Juniperus communis, Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 1470; Gren. et Godr. FI. 
de Fr. iii. p. 157; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 343. 
(D.) Srrc. CHar. — Catkins moncecious (or sometimes dicecious, 
whole bushes only producing either male or female catkins). Galbuli 
globular or globular-depressed, red-brown when ripe, composed of 6, 
8, 9, or rarely 10 scales. Nuts 6-9, oblong, compressed, apiculate. 
Leaves decussately arranged in pairs or in whorls of 3 each (both sys- 
tems occur on the same branch). Growth low, shrubby, rarely ex- 
ceeding 4: feet. 
Suniper us phenicea, Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 1471; Gren. et Godr. Fl. de 
Fr. iii. 159; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 343. 
Pees —(A, B) Mentone, December 30, 1867 ; (©) Mentone, 
December 30, 1867; (D) Mentone, January 14, 1868. 
Remarxs.—J anasenis Oxycedrus, Linn., is found along the coast be- 
tween Marseilles and Genoa, under two principal forms, namely, the 
var. macrocarpa, here figured, which abounds about Nice and to the 
eastward, and the var. rufescens (J. rufescens, Link, distinguished by 
narrower, linear leaves and smaller galbuli), which is predominant from 
the Esterelles to the westward. About Cannes, among the Esterelles 
mountains, and at Fréjus, there is a form intermediate in all respects, 
which was pointed out to me by Dr. Shuttleworth under the name of 
var. intermedia (J. macrocarpa, Carricre). There is a great. puzzle 
about J. macrocarpa, Sibth..et Sm., for the specimens preserved in Sib- 
thorp’s Herbarium at Oxford* do not answer to their description in 
the Prodromus FI]. Gree. ii. 263; the fruits of the specimen being of a 
dull red, and corresponding well with the plant figured here, and not 
of the black colour with the blue bloom (nigre cum rore ceruleo) de- 
scribed. I have hunted through a great many collections, but have 
never found any variety presenting fruits of a dark blue colour. Dr. 
Shuttleworth kindly sent me specimens of a fine Juniper from Messrs. 
Huber’s gardens at Hyéres, which was remarkable for its very broad, 
dark, bluntish leaves, its orbicular, compressed nut, and especially for 
the trilobed fruit. This was recognized by M. Cosson as the true J. 
macrocarpa, Sibth. et Sm., with which he was familiar in Algeria. The 
fruit, however, was reddish. This is not the J. macrocarpa described 
by Parlatore,t who distinctly states that the scales forming the fruit 
do not project, but are closely combined, and that the species, as he 
conceives it, has a very wide range, one of the special habitats given 
being the neighbourhood of Nice! De Notaris mentions a form which 
he distinguishes as var. ericoides (Rep. Fl. Lig. part ii. (1848), p. 403), 
remarkable for its erect, fastigiate branches, and leaves of a uniform 
pale green, rounded on the back. I have seen Spanish specimens of the 
same variety. Juniperus communis, Linn., is very easily known by its 
* IT am indebted to Mr. Baxter, of the Botanic Garden, Oxford, for a description of 
the Sibthorpian specimen. 
+ In DC. Prodr. xvi. pars ii. p. 476. t Growing at Sestri di Ponente. 
