74 DWARF AND SLOW-GBOWING CONIFERS 



A juniper species recently collected by Wilson in 

 Northern Japan, where (Sargt., "A. A. Bullet.," 18) it 

 covers with long prostrate stems the sand-dunes of the 

 coast. There are only young plants at present in culti- 

 vation, but these appear to be hardy in British Isles and 

 East U.S.A. 



J. procumbens, Sieb. (" Ann. Soc. Hort. Pays-bas," 1844, 

 p. 31). 



Syn. : J. Chinensis, var. procu7nbenSy Endl. (" Syn. 

 Conif.," 1847). 



In the absence of fruit, Henry (E. and H., vi. 1422) 

 tentatively describes this to be a variety of J. squamata. 

 It differs from that plant in having its branchlets glaucous 

 white on the edges of the pulvini. Leaves longer, gradu- 

 ally tapering to a spire -like apex; upper side concave, 

 with broad white stomatic band divided, except near 

 apex, by an elevated midrib; lower side convex, bluish 

 spotted with white, with a median furrow of variable 

 length. 



Stated by Siebold to be wild in mountains of Japan, 

 and found by Faurie high up in Hondo. It has long been 

 grown in Japanese gardens, and is now frequently im- 

 ported from Japan. It is a very ornamental prostrate 

 shrub. 



J. recurva, var. densa, Carr. ("Man. des Plantes," 

 iv. 310). 



Syn. : J. densa, Gord. 



J. recurva nana, Hort. (Beiss., ii. 583). 



This bushy dwarf form is described by Beissner on 

 Gordon's authority. Elwes and Henry (vi. 1420) point out 

 that with the exception of the berries being three-seeded, 

 Gordon's description applies to J. squamata; certainly 

 one invariably receives J. squamata for " recurva densa " 

 when the latter name is catalogued, and I have never seen 

 any other that might be identified with it. 



