CHAP. CXIII. 



CONI'FERiE. JUNl'PERUS. 



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



point, and closely 



imbricatedjwith here 



and there a longer 



needle-shaped leaf 



on the branches. 



This kind, though 



principally bearing 



male catkins, has 



sometimes on the 



tips of the branch- 

 lets a few female 



flowers. The female 



tree is covered with 



berries all over the 



branches, except the 



outer and younger |^^ 



shoots; and the "' 



leaves, like those of 



J. Oxjcedrus, are 



sharp and needle- 

 shaped, spreading 2365 

 outwards from the base, and are almost as long as the berries. The 

 berries 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 from 

 J. lycia. {Pall. Ross., ii. p. 13.) There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



1 9. J. PHCENi'cEA L. The Phoenician Juniper. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1471. ; Willd. Sp., 4. p. 855. ; Mart. Mill., No. 9. ; Lam. Diet. Encyc, 

 2. p. 628. ; Desf. Fl. Allan., 2. p. 371. ; Pall. Ross., 2. p. 14. 57. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 5. p. 415. ; N. 



■ Du Ham., 6. p. 47. ; Lndd. Cat., ed. 1S36 ; Bon Jard., ed. 1837. 



Synonuines. J. raft.jor Dioscoridis CIus. Hist., .38. ; Cfedru.s phoenicea mfedia Lob. Icon., 2. p. 221. ; 

 C. ijcia retasa J. Bauh. Hist., 1. lib. 9. p. -309. ; C. fblio Cupressi major, &c., C. Bauh. Pin., 487., 

 Touni. Inst, 588., Du Ham. Arb., 1. p. 140.; Oxycedrus lycia X)orf. Pempt., 853.; Genevrier de 

 Phenicie, Fr. ; dichtnadliger Wachholder, Gcr. 



Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., 1. t. 52. ; Pall. Ross., t. 56. ; N. Du Ham., 6. pL 17. ; and our 

 fiS- 2367. 



Sj^ec. Char., S^c. Leaves in threes, obliterated, imbricated, obtuse. (Willd.) 

 A native of the south of Europe, Russia, and the Levant ; cultivated in 

 Britain in 1683, and flowering in May and June. 



Description, S^c. The Phoenician juniper is a shrub, the trunk of which is 

 loaded with numerous branches, disposed so as to form a pyramid, and both 

 trunk and branches are covered with a reddish brown bark. The young 

 branches are slight, entirely covered with very small leaves, which are dis- 

 po.sed in threes opposite to each other, closely covering the surface of the 

 branches, and laid one upon another like scales. These leaves are oval, ob- 

 tuse, somewhat channeled, and convex on the back, perfectly smooth. On 

 some of the branches, a few sharp linear leaves are found, which are about 

 3 lines long, and quite open. The male and female flowers are sometimes 

 found on the same tree, but they are generally on different trees. The form 

 and disposition of the male and female flowers closely resemble those vi' J. 

 iSabina. The berries are about the size of a pea, and of a pale yellow when 

 ripe, which is not till the end of two entire years. They generally contain 

 9 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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