CHAP. CXill.

CONI'FERiE. JUNl'PERUS.

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the different sexes : in the maiej they are decurrent, with a short awl-shaped

point, ana cioseiyimbricated,with hereand there a longerneedle-shaped leafon the branches.This kind, thoughprincipally bearingmale catkins, hassometimes on thetips of the branch-lets a few femaleflowers. The femaletree is covered withberries all over thebranches, except theouter and youngershoots; and theleaves, like those ofJ. Oxycedrus, aresharp and needle-shaped, spreading

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outwards from the base, and are almost as long as the berries. Theberries are globular, more bitter than those of the common juniper,blackish when ripe, but appearing blue from the white meal that covers them ;peduncled, as it were, by standing on a leafless thickened branchlet, and con-taining one or two stones. It is a native of Siberia , but is totally different fromJ. lycia. (Pa//. Ross., ii. p. 13.) There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges’s.

4 9. J. phceni'cea L. The Phoenician Juniper.

Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1471.; Willd. Sp., 4. p. 855. ; Mart. Mill., No. 9. ; Lam. Diet. Encyc. ,2. p. 628.; Desf . FI. Atlan., 2. p. 371.; Pall. Ross., 2. p. 14. 57.; Ait. Hort Kew., 5. p. 415.; N.

’ Du Ham., 6. p. 47.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836 ; Bon Jard., ed. 1837.

Synonumes. J. m&jor Dioscoridis Clus. Hist., 38.; Cfedrus phcenicea mfedia Lob. Icon., 2. p. 221.;C. ijtcia rettisa J. Bauh. Hist., 1. lib. 9. p. 300.; C. folio Cupressi major, &c., C. Batik. Pin., 487.,Tourn. Inst., 588., Du Ham. Arb., 1. p. 140.; Oxycedrus tycia Dod. Pempt., 853.; Genevrier dePhenicie, Fr. ; dicbtnadliger Wachholder, Gcr.

Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., 1. t. 52.; Pall. Ross., t. 56.; N. Du Ham., 6. pl. 17.; and ourfig. 2367.

Spec. Char., S,c. Leaves in threes, obliterated, imbricated, obtuse. ( Willd.)A native of the south of Europe, Russia , and the Levant; cultivated inBritain in 1683, and flowering in May and June.

Description, fyc. The Phoenician juniper is a shrub, the trunk of which isloaded with numerous branches, disposed so as to form a pyramid, and bothtrunk and branches are covered with a reddish brown bark. The youngbranches are slight, entirely covered with very small leaves, which are dis-posed in threes opposite to each other, closely covering the surface of thebranches, and laid one upon another like scales. These leaves are oval, ob-tuse, somewhat channeled, and convex on the back, perfectly smooth. Onsome of the branches, a few sharp linear leaves are found, which are about3 lines long, and quite open. The male and female flowers are sometimesfound on the same tree, but they are generally on different trees. The formand disposition of the male and female flowers closely resemble those of./.Sabina. The berries are about the size of a pea, and of a pale yellow whenripe, which is not till the end of two entire years. They generally contain9 bony seeds in each, of an irregular oval, slightly compressed and angular :the pulp is dry and fibrous, in the middle of which are 3 or 4 bladders,filled with a sort of resinous fluid. The Phoenician juniper was first cul-tivated in Britain by Mr. James Sutherland, of the Botanic Garden, Edin-burgh , in 1683. It is now occasionally to be met with in collections ; but is

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