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A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



(Fig. 59.) 



Juniperus thurifera, Linnaeus. 

 Spanish Juniper. 



Jiiniperus Bonatiana, Visiani ; J. cinerea, Carriere ; J. fcetida, var. 

 thurifera, Spach ; J. hispanica, Miller. Incense Juniper. 



A tree attaining in S.W. Europe a height of 30-40 ft. and a 

 girth of 6-12 ft. Juvenile foliage often persistent on adult trees, 



Fig. 5d.— juniperus THURIFERA. 

 a, spray with berries ; 6, branchleta. 



the leaves being awl-shaped in opposite pairs, spreading, yV-i in. 

 long, whitened on the upper surface. Adult foliage with the 

 flattened branchlet systems pinnately divided, mostly in one 

 plane, the ultimate divisions slender, four-sided, about i'o in. in 

 diameter. Leaves closely pressed, in opposite pairs, but free at 



