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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.
PART HI.
the varieties Is. Gd. each; at Bollwyller, the varieties, 2 francs each. At NewYork, plants of the Swedish juniper, which requires protection there duringwinter, are 50 cents each.
at 2. J. Oxy'cedrus L. The Sharp Cedar, or brown-berried y Juniper .
Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1470. j Willd. Sp., 4. p. 8.74.; Lara. Diet. , 2. p. 625.; Dcsf. FI. Atl,, 2p. 270.; Lois. FI. Gall., p. 684.; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 47.
Synotv/mes. J. m&jor Cam. Epit., 54.; J. m. monspeli£nsium Lob. Ic ., 2. p. 223.; J. phcenlcea, &c.,J. Bauh. Hist, 1. p. 277.; J. miijor, &c., C. Bank., p. 489., Tourn. Inst., 589., Du Ham. Arb.,p 322. t. 128., Rati Hist., 1413.; Cfedrus phoenfeea Matth. Valgr., 127.; Ox^cedrus dm. Hist.,p. 39.; 0. pheenfeea Dod. Pempt., p. 853.; the prickly Cedar; le Cade, Fr. ; Spanische Wach-holder, Ger.
Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 328.; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 15. f. 2.; our fig. 2352. to our usual scale;and Jig. 2351. of the natural size.
Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves in threes, spreading, mucronate, shorter than theberries. ( Willd.) An evergreen shrub, native of Spain, Portugal , and thesouth of France . Introduced before 1739 ; flowering in May and June.
Description , Sfc. A shrub, closely allied to •/. communis, from 10 ft. to 12 ft.high, and feathered from the ground. The branches are small and taper, with-out angles. Berries verynit/ large, of a brownish red,
^ . and marked with two
white lines. This species^ is said to form a handsomeshrub when allowed suffi-cient space; and to berather more tender than J.
V i ", communis. In France , an
. 1 \«rw 1 essential oil is distilledfrom its wood, called huile2351 do ca.de. which is used
in veterinary medicine.
There are small plants in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, at Kew, and ata few other places; but we have never been able to see any above 1 ft. inheight.
Identification. Smith in FI. Gncc. Prod., 2. p. 263.; ? Tenore Syll. FI. Neapol .
Synonymc. J. m&jor, bace& cferulea, Tourn. Inst., 589. . . . .
Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 223. f. 1.; Tourn. Inst., 589. f.; and our fig. 2353. of the natural size,copied from the figure of L’Obel.
Spec. Char., %c. Leaves ternate, spreading, mucronate, sharply keeled,one-nerved. Berries elliptical, longer than the leaf. ( Smith FI. Gr., 2.p.267.) A shrub, a native of Greece , with leaves like those of J. Ox.ycedrus, but the berries are twice as large, elliptic or obovate, andblack covered with a violet bloom. There is a specimen in Sibthorp’sherbarium, in the Linnaean Society . (Dm Ham.) Berries have beensent to us by the Honourable W. Fox Strangways, under the nameof J. macrocarpa, (but which were of a brownish red, and only differ-ing from those of J. Ox^cedrus in size,) accompanied by the followingremarks : — ‘Vuniperus macrocarpa is described in Tcnore’s Syllog. Ft.Neapol. , 1832, 8vo. It is common along the sea-shore, particularlynear Baia, Cuma, and Licola; and is a low thick bush, having neitherthe cedar-like spread of the common juniper, nor the upright statureor J. Oxf cedrus. J. Oxf cedrus appears to be intermediate betweenJ. commilnis and J. macrocarpa; having the small fruit of the former,and the spreading prickly leaves, wide apart, of the latter. It is notcommon in Italy, but is abundant in Istria and Dalmatia , where itbears the Fiscum Oxf cedri.—IF. Fox Strangways. January 20.1838.”Professor Don doubts much whether Tenore’s J. macrocarpa be anything more than a variety of J. Ox^cedrus. As Mr. Strangways hasgiven seeds of Tenore’s plant to the Horticultural Society, and to othercollections, it will be known in a few years what it is.
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