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Archipelago, especially on Mount Helicon and in Dalmatia. It 

 probably exists also in the Spanish peninsula. 



5. JUNIPERUS MACROCARPA. Sibth. 



This species is found on the sandy coasts and rocks of the 

 Mediterranean (Marchia di Pisa, Montenero, Ostia, Lago di 

 Licola, Lago di Patria, Cuma) and the Adriatic (in the Pouilla, 

 Tenore) — and in Sicily, according to specimens communicated 

 by Tineo. 



It occurs in Greece (Sibthorp), near Cadiz, in Spain (Webb), 

 and I have seen a specimen of it from Barbary named as Oxyce- 

 drus in the herbarium of Desfontaines. This species is probably 

 pread over all the coasts of the Mediterranean. 



6. JuNiTERus Sabina. Linn. 



The Savin is found in the Alps (Pfunds, the mountains of 

 Lombardy, according to specimens received from Odescalchi) 

 and in the Apennines (Castelluccio, Gransasso, Majella^. Some 

 Italian botanists say that it grows on rocks near the sea ; but I 

 suspect that they have confounded it with J. phoenicea. Allioni, 

 Pollini, Brocchi, and Tenore say that it is a mountain plant, 

 and my own experience confirms this statement. 



According to Bentham, it grows in the Pyrenees ; it also 

 occurs in Greece (Sibthorp and Chaubard) ; and in the Spanish 

 Peninsula, always as a mountain plant (Webb). It is found on 

 the northern and western slope of the Alps, on the Altai (Lede- 

 bour), and on the Caucasus (Meyer). Hooker says it is also 

 found in Canada as far as the Saskatchawan, near Lake Huron, 

 and in the Rocky Mountains, 



7. JuNiPERUS PHCENICEA.* Nouveau Duhamel. 



Is found on the rocks on the shores of the Mediterranean, 

 from Nice and Oneilli to Calabria, and in Sicily ; and also along 

 the Ionian Sea and the Adriatic Gulph, from Tarentum and 

 Gallipoli to Cherso (Nice, according to Allioni ; Montenero, 

 Terracina, Castel Fusano, Gargano.) Near Lecce, Taranto, 

 Gallipoli (Tenore and Gussone) ; at Cherso (Koch). From Cas- 

 tellamare, in Sicily, according to specimens received from Gus- 

 sone. It is not found beyond the lower heights near the sea. 



It is generally spread around tlie Mediterranean, in Greece, 

 and its Archipelago (Sibthorp, Chaubard), probably also in the 

 Levant, on the table-land of Barca (Visiani), in Barbary (Des- 

 fontaines), and on the French coast of the Mediterranean (De 

 Candolle and Loiseleur.) 



* I look upon J. Lycia as synonymous with J. Phoenicea. 



