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curved, pendulous, and not very numerous ; easily distinguished 

 from all the other Indian species, not only by its chaffy leaves 

 of the past year, but by the mixture of its brown half-decayed 

 chaffy leaves of the past year with the greenish- grey ones of the 

 present. Branches and branchlets recurved and pendulous ; 

 bark, rough brown, curling up and scaling off; a bush or low 

 tree ; very graceful in habit, growing from four to ten feet in 

 height. It is found in Gosainthan in Nepal, and in Bhotan, at 

 an elevation of from 8,000 to 10,000 feet ; a small, but elegant 

 tree ; and in higher elevations, only a scrubby bush. Berries, 

 roundish-oval, deep purple, or nearly black when ripe, with a 

 shining smooth surface ; each berry contains only one seed ; 

 the berries and branches are burnt as incense in temples, and 

 in other magical incantations, by the natives. 



The sexes of this species are on different plants, and both 

 very dissimilar in appearance ; the male has longer and looser 

 foliage, and a denser appearance ; while the female form has 

 much shorter and more closely imbricated, three-rowed leaves, 

 and a slenderer appearance ; the female form is that which 

 is most common in collections. 



No. 21. JuNiPERUs RELiGiosA, Royk, the Pencil, or Incense 



Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus excelsa, Madden, and all other writers on In- 

 dian Conifers under this name. 



Leaves, closely imbricated in opposite pairs, somewhat 

 blunted, with a central gland or raised line on the back, four- 

 rowed, and imbricated, or slender, acute, disposed in threes ; 

 glaucous, and spreading on the young plants, but both forms 

 are frequent. Branches and branchlets, very similar but more 

 compact than Cupressus torulosa. Berries of a purplish colour, 

 the size of a small pea, rounded or two-lobed, smooth, and with 

 only one or two small seeds in each ; dry, resinous, and with 

 a strong aroma when bruised, and very disagreeable-taste. 

 Male and female flowers on separate plants. 



This species is rarely found below 10,000 feet of elevation, 



