100 JUNIPERUS ; OR 



A small tree, growing from fifteen to twenty-five feet high, 

 with quite a drooping habit, found on the Hakone ridge of 

 Mountains, in the Island of Nippon, in Japan, and in the 

 Northern parts of China. 



It is quite hardy, and a very handsome plant. 



No. 11. JuNiPERUS RUFESCENS, Link, the small, shining, 

 red-berried Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus Oxyecdrus Taurica, Hort. 

 „ „ Taurica, Strangivoys. 



„ „ Wittmanniana, Fischer. 



„ ,, communis Wittmanniana, Carriere. 



„ „ Oxycedrus Wittmanniana, Hort. 



Leaves, in whorls of three, rigid, distant, spreading, very 

 sharp-pointed, dull green, and without footstalks, nearly three- 

 quarters of an inch long, lanceolate, tapering from the base to 

 the point, with two furrows, slightly glaucous on the young 

 foliage on the upper side, and angular below, but nearly the 

 same colour on both sides, on the adult leaves. Branches, 

 spreading, angular, and straight; branchlets, slender, long, 

 rather stiff, and dull brown. Berries, small, globular, four- 

 tenths of an inch in diameter, and of a smooth, shining, dull red 

 colour, with very short footstalks, and marked on the apex with 

 three Avhite lines, radiating from the centre. 



A shrub, or large bush, growing eight or ten feet high. 

 It is found in the South of Europe, inhabiting the shores of 

 the Mediterranean, along the rocky districts of Spain and 

 France, the sands of Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, and 

 the Western Islands, at elevations varying from 1,000 to 6,000 

 feet. It is also found in the Caucasus, and Taurian Mountains, 

 but greatly influenced in size and foliage by elevation and 

 climate. There is the following variety : — 



Juniperus rufescens brevifolia, Endlicher. 

 Syn. Juniperus Oxycedrus brevifolia, Hochst. 



This variety diflfers from the species in haying much shorter 



