PINACE^ 259 



Var. ♦' Knap Hill," Hort. 

 A garden variety of dwarf habit with plumose branches. A 

 decorative plant. 



Var. lusitanica, Ascherson and Graebner. 

 An erect shrub with sharply pointed, scale-like leaves. 

 Common in S. Europe. 



Var. tamariscifolia, Aiton. 

 Spanish Juniper. 

 A spreading shrub with erect branches and mostly awl-shaped 

 leaves. Leaves on the ultimate branchlets in opposite pairs, 

 slightly spreading, glandular on the back, bright green in tint, 

 about -|- in. long ; on the older branchlets occasionally in threes. 

 This variety has been known in cultivation for more than 200 

 years. 



Var. variegata, Carriere. 



A dwarf shrub with scale-like foliage, the tips of some of the 

 young branchlets creamy white. 



J. Sabina has a wide distribution in Cent, and S. Europe, 

 the Caucasus and N. America. It usually grows on limestone 

 formations. 



The savin has been known in English gardens since 1548, 

 and is now a very common shrub. 



Wood of Uttle value except for walking sticks and firewood. 

 Oil of savin is distilled from the fresh and dried leaves and shoots. 

 It is used in medicine for its powerful diuretic properties. Inferior 

 substitutes are obtained from J. j)h<jenicea and J. thurifera. 



Juniperus saltuaria, Rehder and Wilson. 



A tree up to 30 ft. high and 3 ft. in girth, pyramidal in habit, 

 the branches dense, erect or ascending. Bark greyish brown 

 or cirmamon-coloured. Branchlets short, quadrangular, slightly 

 recurved. Leaves light green, scale-like, closely pressed, triangu- 

 lar, ovate, short-pointed, or blunt and sUghtly incurved at the 

 apex, obscurely glandular on the back, about tV in. long, those 

 on the main branchlets larger. Male and female flowers on the 

 same tree. Fruit ovoid or sub-globose, about I in. in diameter, 

 shining black, one-seeded. Seed ovoid, about ^ in. long. 



This new species is recognized by its dark green leaves and 

 small, erect, shining black, one-seeded fruits. It is closely allied 

 to J. pseudo-Sabina, Fischer and Meyer, which is a shrub differ- 

 ing in its foliage and larger, oblong, recurved fruit. 



Native of N.W. Szechuen, China, where it forms extensive 

 woods, the timber being used for housebuilding. 



PL Wils. ii, 61 (1914). 



