254 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



J. phoenicea is widely distributed throughout the Mediter- 

 ranean region, growing in dry situations on rocky hills. In 

 Algeria it often constitutes the only arborescent vegetation, 

 ascending to 6,000 ft. In the Canary Islands it attains a great 

 age and enormous size, one of the largest specimens reputed 

 to be 1,000 years old. According to Alton this species was first 

 cultivated in Britain in 1683, but it is rarely seen in England 

 except in the milder parts of the country. 



The timber is used for building purposes, posts and firewood ; 

 and is sometimes distilled for the fragrant oil. 



Clinton-Baker, Illust. Conif. iii, 11, No. 3 (1913). 



Juniperus Pinchoti, Sudworth. 



A tree rarely 20 ft. high with a trunk 3 ft. in girth, bearing 

 stout, wide-spreading branches, forming an open, irregular head, 

 or more often a shrub up to 12 ft. high. Bark thin, light brown, 

 scaly. Leaves on adult plants in pairs or in threes, scale-like 

 in 3 rows, y',; in. long, glandular pitted on the back, dark- 

 yellowish green ; on young plants awl-shaped, 5— | in. in length. 

 Fruit ripening in one season, sub-globose, bright red, | in. in 

 diameter. Seed soUtary, ovoid, bluntly pointed, deeply grooved. 



Found on dry, rocky slopes in W. Texas. Not in cultivation. 



The soft, close-grained, light brown wood is used locally for 

 fencing and fuel. 



Juniperus procera, Hochstetter. 

 East African Juniper. 



Cedar ; East African Cedar. 



A large tree, attaining in Kenya 80-100 ft. in height with a 

 straight trunk sometimes 35 ft. in girth. Branchlets irregularly 

 pinate, the ultimate divisions slender, more or less four-sided, 

 about :u) in. in diameter. Leaves on the main branchlets lance- 

 shaped, narrowing to sharp points, closely pressed, about ^ in, 

 long, becoming smaller and shorter on the ascending branches or 

 ultimate divisions, where they are acute or sub-acute and often 

 furrowed on the back. Awl- shaped or juvenile leaves in threes, 

 but rarely present on adult trees. Fruit globose, conspicuously 

 glaucous, i in. in diameter. Seeds 2-3, ovate. 



This species has been regarded as a variety of J. excelsa by 

 some authorities, but differs in its smaller fruit and widely different 

 distribution. It is a native of Kenya, where it occurs in the drier 

 forests from 5,000-6,800 ft. altitude, and is widely spread in the 

 equatorial highlands of Africa and in Abyssinia. The plant is 

 too tender for outdoor cultivation in England, but is sometimes 

 grown under glass. 



Wood reddish brown, soft, fragrant, with a fine and even 



