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height, loaded with numerous branches, so disposed as to form 

 a regular pyramid. 



This species is found on the rocks along the shores of the 

 Mediterranean, particularly on the French Coast ; from Nice to 

 Calabria, and Sicily, and along the Ionian Sea, the Adriatic 

 Gulf, in Greece, the Levant, and in Barbary. There is the 

 following variety: — 



JuNiPERUS Phcenicea Lycia, LoudoTi, the Lycian Juniper 

 Syn, Juniperus Lycia, Linnceus. 

 „ „ Phcenicea malacocarpa, Endlicher. 



„ „ Pseudo-Sabina, Fischer. 



„ „ Phcenicea myosurus, Hort. 



a, „ „ filicaulis, Hort. 



„ „ Davurica, Pallas. 



„ „ foetida Davurica, Spach. 



This variety differs from the species in being rather smaller 

 in all its parts, but more spreading and bushy, of a deeper green, 

 and in the berries being much larger, rounder, less angular, and 

 nearly black, (not pale yellow) when ripe, and in being soft and 

 glaucous. 



It grows from ten to fifteen feet high, and is found growing 

 in the South of Europe, the Levant, in Italy, and Spain, and, 

 according to Professor Pallas, even in Siberia, where, however, 

 it becomes a creeping shrub, and is frequently introduced from 

 the Russian Gardens as the J. Davurica of Professor Pallas, and 

 J. Pseudo-Sabina of Dr. Fischer. 



This shrub produces the resinous gum called olibanum, 

 used for incense in religious ceremonies on the Continent. 



No. 31. Juniperus sphjerica, Lindley, the Globular-fruited 



Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus Fortunii, Van Houtte. 

 „ „ Chinensis Smithii, Loudon. 



Leaves, in opposite pairs, imbricated, very rarely sharp 

 pointed, except on young plants ; scale-formed, blunt-pointed 



