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sharp-pointed, and the back rounded with a sunken resin gland. 

 Juvenile leaves, which occasionally appear on the ends of branch - 

 lets of adult trees, awl-shaped, spreading, in whorls of 3, rarely 

 in pairs, about \ in. long, the base closely clasping the stem, 

 gradually tapering to a horny, pointed apex ; the upper sur- 

 face concave with inflexed margins, and two narrow lines of 

 stomata, the lower surface marked near the base with a gland. 

 Male and female flowers on different branches of the same tree. 

 Fruit ripening in the second year, sub-globose, ^ in. in diameter, 

 reddish brown, with a waxy bloom, marked on the surface 

 with minute tubercles, composed of 6-8 opposite scales, each 

 indicated by a reflexed point. Seeds 6-12, several often imperfect. 



A native of the Chisos Mountains in Texas and common in 

 N.E. Mexico at 6,000-8,000 ft. elevation. It was introduced 

 in 1838 by Hartweg, but has proved too tender for our cUmate, 

 the only known specimen in Britain being one at Bicton, which 

 is now about 40 ft. high. 



The useful qualities of the timber are limited to its native 

 countries. 



Clinton -Baker, op. clt. iii, 15 (1913). 



Juniperus formosana, Hayata, 

 Prickly Cypress. 



J. taxifolia, Masters (not Hooker and Amott). 



An elegant tree, attaining in China a maximum height of 

 75 ft., although often but 40 ft. high, with a slender trunk often 

 dividing a few feet from the ground into three or more erect 

 stems. Bark grey-brown, fibrous, fissured, peeling off in thin 

 narrow strips. Leaves in whorls of 3, narrow, about \ in. 

 long, o'o— t'-' in. broad, jointed and swollen at the base, ending in 

 a spiny point, upper surface concave, with two broad, white, 

 stomatic bands separated by a narrow green or glaucous midrib. 

 Fruit sub-globose, or broadly ovoid, |-^ in. diameter, ripening 

 in the second year, shining dark reddish brown when ripe, with 

 three deep furrows at the summit, showing the separation of the 

 fruit into three scales. Seeds three, elongated-ovate, triangular. 



J. formosana is widely spread throughout the mountains of 

 China, and has also been found in Formosa between 8,000-13,000 

 ft. altitude. Wilson, ^ apparently writing of this species, says : 

 " At Erb-tao-chiao I photographed a magnificent juniper tree 

 75 ft. tall, and 22 ft. in girth, with graceful pendent branches." 



This beautiful juniper is rarely seen in cultivation and does 

 not appear to bear fruit in this country. It was probably one 

 of the plants sent home by Fortune in 1844. It closely resembles 



^A Naturalist in Western China, i, 176 (1913). 



