PINACE^ 251 



Var. umbilicata, Rikli. 



J. macrocarpa, var. umbilicata, Asch and Grab. 

 Fruit glaucous when young, chestnut brown when ripe, and 

 larger than in the type ; very variable in shape. Italy. 



Fig. 55.—JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS and J. COMMUNIS. 



Juniperus Oiycedrus — a, spray with male cones in axils of leaves ; b, leaves and leaf-buds ; c, sec- 

 tion of leaf, showing two bands of stomata ; rf.'spray with two berries. J. communis. — e, inner side of 

 leaf, showing single band of stomata ; /, section of leaf. 



Var. viridis, Pospichal. 



Fruit dull green when ripe. Found in Istria. 



J. Oxycedrus is widely distributed throughout the Mediter- 

 ranean region, extending eastwards through Syria, W. Asia 

 Minor, and the Caucasus to Armenia and N. Persia. It was 

 cultivated in England as early as 1739, but is now rarely seen. 



