CHAP. CXIII. 



CONI'FERjE. juni perus. 



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§ i. Oxycedri. — Leaves spreading jin the adidt plants. D. Don. 

 • 1. ./. commu'nis L. The common Juniper. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1470. ; Willd., 4. p. 853. ; Fl. Br., 1085. ; Eng. Bot , t. 1100 ; Hook 

 Scot, 290. ; Woodv., t. 95. ; Mill. Illust., t. 95. ; Ehr. PI. Oft!, 449. ; Engl. Flor 4 p 251 • N Dii 

 Ham., 6. p. 46. ; Hook. Brit. Fl., p. 4*1. ; Lindl. Syn., p. 241. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 18o6: Boa j'ard. 

 ed, 1837. ' 



Si/nonymes. J. No. 1661^., Hall. Hist., 2. p. 319. ; J. vulgaris, &c., Raii Syn., 44-1 Baith. Hist 1 

 pt. v. p. 293., Bauh. Pin., 488., Ger. Em., 1372., Mntth. I'alf^r., 1. p. 109., Cam. Epit., p 53. i'ob 

 Ic, 2. p. 222. ; J. minor Fuchs Hist., p. 78., Ic, t. 44., Dalec/i. Hist., p. 67. ; J. comnitinis sax&tilis 

 Pall. Ross., 2. p. 12. ; J. alpina Ctus. Hist., 38., J. Baiili., 1. lib. 9. p. 309. ; J. minor montana C 

 Bauh. Pin. ; Genevrier commun, Fr. ; geraeiner Wachholder, Ger. 



Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 1100. ; Woodv., t. 95. ; Mill. Illust., t. 95. ; N. Du Ham. t 15 f 1 • 

 Hayne Abbild., t. 206. ; our^^. 2349. to our usual scale ; andfig. 2348. of the natural size. ' ' " ' 



Spec. Char., cfc. Leaves in threes, spreading, mucronate. Berries longish. 

 ( Willd.) An evergreen shrub ; a native of Europe, North America, and 

 Asia ; flowering in May. 



Vaiieties. 



« J. c. 1 vulgaris Park. Theat., 1029., Mart. Mill., No. 7. ; J. v. fruticosa 

 Bank. Pin., p. 488. ; J. c. erectis Pursk Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 646. — 

 Leaves, according to Hayne, a in. in length. A bushy shrub, from 

 3 ft. to 5 ft. high ; but, in favourable situations, growing much 

 higher. (Willd.) 



« J. c. 2 suecica Mart. Mill., Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., v. 

 p. 414. ; J. suecica Mill. Diet., No. 2. ; J. vulgai-is arbor 

 Bank.; the Swedish, or true, Juniper ; (7%. 2343.) has 

 the leaves spreading and acute, and according to 

 Hayne, 1 in. in length; and the branches erect, with 

 oblong fruit. This kind was supposed by Miller to . 

 be a species, because he found it always come true from 

 seed. It generally attains the height of 10 ft. or 12 ft., 

 and sometimes of 16 ft. or 18 ft. The branches ai-e 

 more erect than those of the common juniper ; the 

 leaves are naiTower, they end in more acute points, 

 and are placed farther asunder on the branches ; the 

 berries are also lai'ger and longer. It is a native of 

 Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, and is in common 

 cultivation in British nurseries. The leaves of the 

 plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which 

 are marked J. suecica, and also those of the plants 

 that are sold for that variety, or species in the British nurseries, are 

 rather shorter than those of the common juniper ; oi', at all events, 

 not longer. Perhaps the variety J. c. oblonga, mentioned below, 

 which has leaves an inch long, and the fruit oblong, 

 may be the true Swedish Juniper. 



• J. c. 3 7id7ia Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 854. ; J. communis ^ 

 Fl. Br., 1086., Lig/itf., p. 624., Lin. Sp. PL, 1470. ; 

 J. c. saxatilis Pall. Ross, ii. t. 54.; J. No. 1661. 

 Hall. Hist., ii. p. 320. ; J. alpina Rai/ Sijn., 444., (i 

 Bauh. Hist., i. pt. 2. p. .301. f. 302., Clus. Hist., p. 38., ,^^ 

 Pann., p. 26. f. 25., Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; J. alpina ' 

 minor Ger. Emac., 1372. ; J. minor montana, &c., 

 Bauh. Pin., 489., N. Du Ham., vi. p. 46. ; .7. nana 

 Smith Engl. Fl., iv. p. 252. ; J. sibirica Hort. ; J. 

 diiurica, Hort.; J. c. montana Ait. Hort. Kew., v. 

 p. 415. ; and our fig. 2344.; has the leaves broader 

 and thicker, and the fruit longer, than the spe- 2344 

 cies. 

 * J. c. 4 oblonga, J. oHonga, Hort., {fig. 2346-) has longer 

 leaves than any other variety, and small oblong fruit. 

 There is a large bush of this variety in the Horticultural Society's 



