850 JUNIPERUS 



ish green. Brit. Columb. to Calif, in the Rocky Mts. 

 G.F. 10:423. 



16. Bermudiina, Linn. Tree, to 40 ft., in habit much 

 like J, Mrginiana, but branches much stouter and 

 foliage pale bluish green: branchlets thickly set, quad- 

 rangular, stout and short: Ivs. mostly imbricate, thick 

 or acicular, spiny-pointed, rigid, erect-spreading : stami- 

 nate catkins larger: fr. usually 2-seeded and depressed- 

 globular. Bermuda and cult, in other W. Indian Islands. 

 G.C.Il. 19:657. G.P. 4:295. 



cc. Fr. pendulous, on cun^ed peduncles, small: shrubs, 

 usually spreading or procumbent. 



17. Sabina, Linn. Spreading or procumbent shrub, 

 rarely with erect stem, to 10 ft. : branchlets rather slen- 

 der, of a very strong, disagreeable odor when bruised: 

 Ivs. needle-shaped, acute and slightly spreading or im- 

 bricate, oblong-rhombic, acute or subacute, usually dark 

 green: fr. one-fifth to J^^in. thick, globular, l-'^-seeded. 

 Mts. of middle and southern Eu., W. Asia, Sibsr., N, 

 Amer. — Very variable. The most remarkable 

 vars. are the following: Var. fastigiata, Hoit. 

 Erect shrub of columnar hal)ir, with daik 

 green, mostly imbricate Ivs. Var. hUmilis, 



The two kind: 



Endl. Procumbent, with ascending thickish branch- 

 lets : Ivs. usually imbricate, scale-like, often bluish 

 green. Var. prostr&ta, Loud. {var. procumbens, Pursh. 

 J. prostrdta, Pers. J. repens, Nutt. J. procihnbens, 

 Nichols.). Procumbent, rarely ascending, with usu- 

 ally trailing, long branches, furnished with numer- 

 ous short branchlets: Ivs acicular, spiny-pointed or 

 imbricate, acute, bluish or glaucous green : fr. globu- 

 lar, blue and bloomy. Nova Scotia to Brit. Coiumb., 

 south to N. Y. and Wyo. Sometimes called Waukegan 

 Juniper. Var. tamarisciidlla, Ait. {J. sabiuo^des, 

 Griseb.). Procumbent or ascending, rarely erect: Ivs. 

 usually all needle-shaped ancl often iu 3's, slightly in- 

 curved, dark and bright green, with a white line above. 

 Mountains of S. Eu. Var. varieg^ta, Hort. Branchlets 

 variegated with creamy white: Ivs. mostly imbricate. 



J. DavuHca, Pall. Allied to J. Sabina. Procumbent, with 

 slender, spreading or drooping branchlets : fr. 1-4-seeded, 

 small. Siberia.—./, fcetidlssima, WiUd. Allied to J. excelsa. 

 To 12 ft. high: branchlets thicker: Ivs. with spreading apex, 

 mucronate, u.sually eglandular: fr. larger, 1-2-seeded. Greece, 

 W. Asia..— J. fldccida, Sehlecht. Graceful tree, to 30 ft., with 

 spreading branches and slender, remote, pendulous branchlets: 

 Ivs. acute, with spreading tips: fr. globular, 5-10-seeded. Tes., 

 Mex. S.S. 10:519.— J. i('(orrtii«. Max. (J.conferta, Pari.). Allied 

 to J. rigida, but prostrate, with long, trailing branches: fr. 

 larger. Japan.— J", macropoda, Boiss. Allied to J. excelsa. 

 Shrub or small tree, to 30 ft., sometimes procumbent: Ivs. 

 closely appressed : fr. nodding, globular, 4-seeded. Persin to 

 Himal.— J". Mexicdna, Schiede. Pyramidal tree: brani'lilels 

 numerous, short and rather stout; Ivs, acute, loosely appressed : 

 fr. 2^-seeded. Mex.—./. monosperma, Sarg. (J. oeeidentalis, 

 var. monosperma, Engelm.). Closely allied to J. oeeidentalis. 

 Branchlets more slender: Ivs. usually opposite and eglandular: 

 fr. smaller and usually 1-seeded. Rocky Mts., from Col. to New 



JUSTICIA 



Mex. S.S. 10:522.— J, pdchypklcea. Torr. Tree, to 60 ft., allied 

 to J. oeeidentalis, with broad, pyramidal or round-topped 

 head: Ivs. usually opposite, glandular, bluish green: fr. dark 

 reddish brown, bloomy, with usually 4 seeds. Has a checkered 

 bark like a black-jack oak. Col. to Tex. and New Mex. S.S. 

 10:d20.— J. Psettdo-sabina, Fisch. & Mey. Allied to J. Sabina. 

 Erect shrub, with thick, dense and short branchlets : Ivs. 

 usually dimorph; fr. ovate, blackish, glossy, 1-seeded. Siber 

 —J. sabinoides, Endl.=J. thurifera.— J", sahinoides, Nees=J. 

 tetragona.— J'. Sdnderi, Hort., recently introduced from Japan, 

 is a juvenile form of a Chamiecyparis. probably C. obtusa. It 

 is a dense shrub with needle-shaped bluish green Ivs.— J. 

 tetrdgona, Sehlecht. Allied to J. oeeidentalis. Small tree, to 

 20 ft., rarely to 40 ft., with round-topped or pyramidal head 

 and slender, quadrangular branchlets : Ivs. obtuse, usually 

 eglandular: fr. subglobose, mostly 1-seeded. Tes. to Mex. S.S. 

 10:523.— J. tkurifera, Linn. Shrub or tree, to 40 ft., with round- 

 topped head and spreading branches: branchlets slender: fr. 

 globular, 2-3-seeded. Spain, Algeria.— J. Vtakensis, Lemm. (J. 

 Califomica, var. Utahensis, Engelm.). Bushy tree, rarely more 

 than 20 ft., with broad, open head; branchlets slender: Ivs. 

 ohtuse, hght yellowish green: fr usually 1-seeded. Col. to 

 Calif., west to Utah. S.S. 10:518. Alfred Rehder. 



JUPITER'S BEARD. Ceutranthus rub^r and 

 Anthi/llis Jiarba-Joris. 



JUSSI.ff:A. See Jussieua. 



JUSSIEt^A (the Jussieu family contained five 

 botanists, of whom the most distinguished was 

 Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, 174S-lH3t>, who laid 

 the foundations of a modern natural system of the 

 vegetable kingdom). Also written Jussiiea. Oua- 

 iji-dcea'. Aliout 30 species of tropical plants, largely 

 l»og and aquatic herbs and shrubs, one of which 

 is cult, in America. It grows 2-3 ft. high, and pro- 

 duces numerous axillary tls. of a bright yellow, 

 somewhat like an evening primrose. It is little 

 cult., but desirable for planting at the edge of a 

 jiond of tender aquatics or for tub culture. Jus- 

 -■^ieua is allied to Liidwigia, and distinguished by 

 the following characters: petals 4-6, not clawed, 

 entire or 2-lobed: stamens 8-12: ovary 4-celled. 

 Jussieuas have alternate Ivs., which are mostly 

 membranous and entire, rarely leathery and ser- 

 rate: fls. yellow or white, solitary, short or long- 

 pedicelled. 



longifdlia, DC. Erect, glabrous: stem 3-angled: 

 Ivs. sessile, lanceolate-linear, acuminate at both 

 ends, glandular beneath at the margins: pedicels 

 1-fld., longer than the ovary, and bearing 2 bract- 

 lets at the apex: petals 4, obovate, scarcely notched 

 at the apex: stamens 8. Brazil. ^ jj_ 



The plant in the trade as J. longifoUa is a summer- 

 flowering aquatic herb, and differs somewhat from the 

 description given above. The stems of young seedlings 

 are4-winged, and aspecimen before the writerof a plant 

 of the previous season is 5-winged. The main root of 

 these old plants may be tuber-like, 3 in. long, K in. thick, 

 or 8-10 in. long and more slender. Also the lower Ivs., 

 at least, are opposite. J. longifoUa is best treated as a 

 tender annual. 



The seed may be sown in fall or spring in shallow 

 water, using seed-pans or pots, as with other flower 

 seeds. Cover the seed, which is very fine, with finely 

 sifted soil, place the pot or seed-pan in water, but do 

 not submerge until the second day, when the seed will 

 be thoroughly soaked and will not float on the surface of 

 the water. When the plants attain a few leaves they 

 .should be potted, singly, into thumb-pots, and later into 

 3-in. pots, and from these planted into their summer 

 quarters. It is not absolutely necessary to keep these 

 plants always submerged in water after potting. The 

 plants will do well on a bench, which should be covered 

 with sand or ashes and the plants kept well watered. 

 Wm. Tricker. 



JUSTlCIA (James Justice, a Scotch gardener and 

 authorof 18th century ). Acantlidceoe. A large and poly- 

 morphous genus (perhaps 100 species) in the warm parts 

 of the Old and New World. They are mostly herbs of 

 various habits, with opposite entire Ivs., and are cult, 

 under glass for the showy fascicles or heads of fls. 

 Most of the garden plants which are known as Just'cias 



