96 JUNlPtllUS; OR 



three divisions, each containing a single seed, but frequently 

 one of them is abortive ; the seeds require two or three years to 

 vegetate. 



A large bush, growing eight or ten feet high, in the northern 

 parts of Syria, on Mount Cassio and Asia Minor. 



It is quite hardy, and the finest of all the Junipers. 



No. 5. JuNiPERUS HEMisPHCERiCA, Presl, the Globular Juniper. 

 Syn. J. echinoformis, Rinz. 

 „ „ vulgaris fruticosa, Cwpan. 

 „ „ Oxycedrus echinoformis. Van Houtte. 



Leaves, spreading, very dense, sharp-pointed, three in a whorl, 

 whitish above, pale green below, and like those of the common 

 Juniper (J. communis), but much smaller ; branches very short, 

 numerous, dense, and compact, forming a small globular-headed 

 bush, not more than one or two feet high. Berries, globular, 

 bright red, and shining. 



It is found on the upper barren regions of Mount Etna, a 

 low spreading but dense bush, at an elevation of from 5,000 to 

 7,000 feet. Professor Tenore says it is also found on the 

 mountains of Calabria. 



This very dwarf and singular little Juniper is now frequently 

 to be found in English collections of Conifers, under the name 

 of J. echinoformis, or the Hedgehog Juniper, a very appropriate 

 name ; for young healthy plants, at a short distance, look very 

 like a green Hedgehog. 



No. 6. JuNiPERUs MACROCARPA, Sibthorp, the large Purple- 

 fruited Juniper. 

 Syn. J. maximus, Lohel. 

 „ Lobelii, Gussone. 

 „ oblongata, Gussone. 

 „ Biassolettii, Link. 

 „ major, bacca-ccErulea, Toiirnefort. 

 „ neaboriensis, Lawson. 

 ,, elliptica. Van Houtte. 

 Leaves, spreading, lanceolate, and in whorls of three, broader 



