1923] REHDER, THE LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF NORTHERN CHINA 127 



J. squamata Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PL Wilson n. 57 (1914), pro parte, 

 non Lambert. 



Juniperus recurva Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, vii. 102 (PL 

 David i. 292) (1884).— Beissner in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. iv. 186 

 (1907).— Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 219 (1900).— Non Hamilton. 



Shensi: Tai pei shan, W. Purdom, 1910; without locality, W. Purdom, 

 no. 656 (seeds only; plants growing in this Arboretum). — See also Rehder 

 & Wilson, L c, and Rehder, 1. c. 



Distribution: also Hupeh, Szechuan. 



Juniperus squamata var. Meyeri Rehder in Jour. Arnold Arb. in. 207 

 (1922). 



? Juniperus spec. Meyer in U. S. Dept. Agric. Bur. PL Indust. Invent. Seeds 

 PL Imp. xv. 56, no. 23022 (1909). 



Chili: Tientsin, cultivated, F. N. Meyer (ex Rehder, I.e.). — See also 

 Meyer, 1. c. 



This Juniper is known only as a cultivated plant. In a letter dated 

 February 17, 1923, Mr. J. Hers sends the following additional information 



about it: 



"Juniperus squamata var. Meyeri is extremely common in the Chinese gardens, 

 where it is known under the name of tsuei pai, which means the kingfisher's thuya; 

 it is generally kept in pots and lends itself very well to those extravagant forms, so 

 much appreciated by the Chinese. 



I have never seen it on its own roots; it is always grafted on Thuya orientalis. 

 It is a very slow grower; very old specimens may be seen in almost every garden, 

 but they never exceed 5 or 6 feet in height. It is not considered to be hardy in 

 Peking, though it is in Honan. I have never seen it bearing seeds. 



As to its origin, I supposed that the one quoted by Meyer, 'south-western 

 Shantung' is nothing else but the Tsaochow district, which used to be the biggest 

 horticultural center of North China, but has now lost some of its importance. 



Most of the Peking gardeners agree that the best 'tsuei pai' come not from 

 Tsaochow, but from Lungchuan, which is another horticultural center, a few miles 

 west of Changtefu, in Northern Honan, at the foot of the Shansi hills." 



Juniperus chinensis Linnaeus, Mant. 127 (1767). — Bunge in Mem. 

 Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. n. 137 (Enum. PL Chin. Bor. 63) (1833). 

 Maximowicz in Mem. Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. ix. 477 (Ind. Fl. 

 Pekin.) (1859). — Debeaux in Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxxin, 66 (Fl. 

 Tien-tsin, 43) (1879). — Franchet in Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. 

 256 (1884); in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, vn. 101 (PL David. I. 291) 

 (1884). — Beissner in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. iv. 186 (1897). — Faber 

 in Denkschr. Entwickel. Kiautschou, 27 (1898). — Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. 

 xxix. 220 (1900).— Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 541 (1902).— Rehder 

 & Wilson in Sargent, PL Wilson, n. 60 (1914).— Meyer in U. S. Dept. 

 Agric. Bur. PL Indust. Invent. Seeds PL Imp. xl. 65, no. 40679, 66, no. 

 40680 (1918).— Bailey, Gent. Herb. l. 10 (1920).— Hers in Jour. N. China 

 Branch R. As. Soc. liii. Ill (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 16 (1922) 



Chili: Peking, Temple of Confucius, C. S. Sargent, September, 1903, 

 J. G. Jack, October 3, 1905; Peking, Temple of Heaven, J. G. Jack, October 

 3, 1905; without precise locality, Pete Chanet, nos. 49, 50, 1918. — See 

 also Bunge, 1. c, Maximowicz, 1. c, Franchet, 1. c. (PL David.), and 

 Masters, 1. c. 



