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is not to my opinion the same as the Bonin i)lant in \vliicli tlie 

 leaves are altogether blunt, and tlie male llowers are nnich longer 

 (see Fig. G). Nor is the specimen'^ ^v]lich was collected b}' M. A. 

 Hexey (Ilupeh, Xo. 2007, A !), referable to tlie jmieper of tlie 

 archipelago. The Chinese plant has pungent leaves and much 

 shorter male flowers, Whether the Juniper i of Formosa and 

 China are similar or not, demands further investigation. At present, 

 I can only state tliat J. taxifoJia does not extend to either Formosa 

 or China, and that it is found in the Bonin, and Loo-choo islands, 

 l)ut nowhere else, 



Juniperus morrisonicola IIayata, (Fig. 7), in (lard, Chron. (1908) 

 p. 194. Rami teretes, ramulis novellis viridibus trigonis. Folia 

 omnia lanceolata apice acerosa patentiuscnla 3-4 mm, longa 1 mm. 

 lata veiticillato-ternata supra cancava glaucescentia subtus leviter 

 carinata. Flores masculini terminales ad ramulos brevissimos ovoidei 

 4 mm. longi 2 mm. lati, staminibus 8, fdamentis in squamam peltatis, 

 squamis siiborbicularibus 1^^ mm. in diametro œquantibus, loculis 

 anthera? 3. Flores fœminei ad ramulos brevissimos terminales basi 

 foliis squamiformil)us bracteisque 6-9 tenia to -verticillatis suffulti, 

 squamis intimis 3 ovatis acutis verticillatis patentibus. Ovulum 

 terminale solitarium squamis intimis circumdatum oblongum apice 

 attenuatum. Cralbuli solitarii globosi vel paullo longiores mm. 

 longi, sub maturitate nigricantes glabri medio vestigiis squama rum 

 notati. Semina solitaria globoso-ovoidea 5 mm. long. 4 mm. lata, 

 testa ossea sulcata. Embryo normalis ; cotyledones 2. 



Hab. ad summam mentis Morrison, 13200 ped. alt,, leg. 

 Shlmoyama, 1899; ibidem, leg. l\. Toeii, 1900; ibidem, leg. S. 

 Xagasawa, 1905, (Xo, 585), et leg. T. Kawakami, 1906, (Xo. 2142, fr.). 



J). FoEBES et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. U. -p. 543. 



