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J. nepalensis Hort., Cupressus nepalensis Hort. Seeds of this specieswere sent to tile Horticultural Society’s Garden, by Mr. Ward of the Isle ofWight, in 1834, and many plants raised from them. They are of vigorousgrowth, and have the general appearance of the common red cedar. Thelargest plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden is 2 ft. high.

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§ ii. Sabina:. — Leaves of the adult plant imbricated. D. Don.

* *7 . J. Sabi'na. The common Savin.

Identification. Lin, Sp., 1472.; Hort. Cliff.; Woodv. Med. Bot., p. 256. t. 94.; Gouan Hort. Monsp.,510.; Hall. Helv. No. 1662.; Scop. Carn., No. 1228.; Gmel. Sib., 1.183. No. 34.: Pall, ltin., 3. 368.;FI. Ross., 1, 2. 15. t. 56. f. 2.; Mart. Mill., No. 5.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. 852.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 5.p. 414.; Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 62.; Desf . Hist, des Arb., &c., 2. p. 559.

Engravings. Woodv. Med. Bot., t. 94.; Pall. FI. Ross., t. 56. f. 2.: Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 62, 63. jBull. Herb., t. 139. j and out Jig. 2364.

Spec. Char., <$,c. Leaves oval, opposite, imbricated, somewhat acute, convexon the hack ; the male catkins pedunculate. Berries of ablackish blue, generally monospermous. (H. Du Ham.) Alow shrub, introduced before 1548, and flower-ing in March and April.

Varieties.

* J. S. 1 cupressfolia Ait. Hort. Kew., v. p.

414.; J. lusitanica Mill. Diet. , No. 11.;

Sabina Dod. Pempt., 854.; S. folioCupressi Bauh. Pin., 487., Du Ham.

Arb., ii. t. 62., Had Hist., 1415.; laSabine male, Ft: ; the Cypress-leavedSavin; (Jig. 2359.) has the leaves likethose of a cypress.

* J. S. 2 t amariscifotia Ait., 1. c.; .Sa-

bina fdlio Tamarlsci Dioscoridb Bauh.,

1. c.; J. .Sabina Mill. Diet. , No. 10.; laSabine femelle; the Tamarisk-leaved,or berry-bearing, Savin. (Jig. 2360.)

* J. S. 3 fbliis variegatis Mart. Mill, has the leaves variegated.

There are plants of all the above varieties in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden.

* J. S. 4 prostrata, J. prostrata Michx., J. repens Nutt., J. hudsonica

Lodd. Cat. , 1836, and ourJig. 2361., is a low trailingplant, seldom rising above6 in. or 8 in. in height, butrooting into the soil, and ex-tending its branches to a great ,distance.

!U J. S. 5 alpina, J. alpina Lodd.

Cat. , 1836, (fig. 2362.) is aprocumbent plant, more slen-der in its habit, but, in otherrespects, only slightly differentfrom ./. prostrata. The plantin the Horticultural Society’sGarden is about 18 in. high. 2361

Description, fyc. The savin, though generally seen, in British gardens, asalow spreading shrub, has sometimes an upright trunk, clothed in a reddishbrown bark, and rising to the height of 10 ft. or 12 ft., or even higher. Itsbranches are nearly straight, very much ramified, and form, with the trunk,a regular pyramid. Its young branches are entirely covered with imbri-cated leaves, which have a very strong and disagreeable odour, and a

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