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coni'feha:. juni'perus.

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it/tnes. Hdbhel fructus Clus. Hist. Ic.,; J. m&jor Bellon Obs., 2. p. 162.avings. Clus. Icon.; Labillard. Icon.; our2354. reduced to our usual scale from theire of La Billardi£re ; and figs. 2355. and6. of the natural size, also from the samehority. Fig. 2355. shows the scales of theit much opener than is usual in Jimiperus;s, however, a correct copy of the original.

Synonymes. Hdbhel fructus Clus. Hist. Ic., \q| ; bL m

37.; J. m&jor Bellon Obs., 2. p. 162.

Engravings. Clus. Icon.; Labillard. Icon.; ourfig. 2354. reduced to our usual scale from the 11

figure of La Billardi£re ; and figs. 2355. and | Mr

2356. of the natural size, also from the same ^—4'

authority. Fig. 2355. shows the scales of the

fruit much opener than is usual in Jimiperus; j

it is, however, a correct copy of the original. ^3

Spec. Char. Leaves in threes, spreading, acute, three times shorter than the fruit. Nut 3-eelled.{Labillard.) A shrub, a native of Syria . Introduced in 1820; but we have not seen the plant.Description , Sfc. Stem erect, branched. Branchesspreading; branchlets 3-sided. Leaves lanceolate, 2356

moercies. jnuc sunovate, Jarge, witn tftree smallcells; very hard, hollowed above with three lines;kernel solitary, ohlonir. fixed bv a nellirle to

prooamy tne same witn tne greater junipers observedby Bellouius on Mount Taurus, which he describes asrising to the heieht of a cypress, and bearing a sweetfruit, the size and shape of an olive, which is eaten by

rising to the heieht of a cypress, and bearing a sweet

fruit, the size and shape of an olive, which is eaten by ■» “

the inhabitants of the mountains. {Mart. Mill.) This

species was seen by Desfontaines in Paris, iu the nursery of M. Cels. Clusius received it from theEast, under the name of Habhel.

£ 5. J. virginia'na L. The Virginian Juniper, or Red Cedar.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1471.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 853.; Michx. Arb. For., 3. p. 42.; NorthAmer. Syl., 3. p. 222.; Mart. Mill., No. 6.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 415.

Synonymes. J. major araeric&na Bait. Hist., 1413.; J. maxima, &c., Sloan, Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836,Bon Jard., ed. 1837, Laws. Man. , p. 399.

Engravings. Michx. Arb. For., 3. t. 5.; North Amer. Syl., 3.1.155.; ourfig. 2357.; and the plate*of this tree in our last Volume.

Spec. Char. Leaves in threes, the three growing together at the base;young ones imbricated, old ones spreading. ( Willd.) An evergreen tree;a native of North America . Introduced before 1664; flowering in May,and ripening its fruit in October.

Varieties.

I J. v. 2 humilis Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.—The only plant that we have seenis at Messrs. Loddiges’s, and it is there so very small and sickly,that it is difficult to form any opinion respecting it.

I J. v. 3 caroliniana ; J. carolini&na Du Rot, Mill, Diet No. 2.—Miller says that the lowerleaves of this kind are like those of the Swedish juniper ; but that the upper leaves arelike those of the cypress; while in the Virginian cedar all the leaves are like those of thejuniper. The name is in Messrs. Loddiges’s catalogue for 1837; but, as the plant intheir collection is dead, we can say nothing as to the difference between it and the species.

Other Varieties. The red cedar varies exceedingly from seed. At WhiteKnights, where there are some hundreds of trees, some are low and spread-

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