JUNIPERUS THURIFERA. 191 



Juniperus sphaerica, Lindley in Paxton's Flower Garden, I. 58, with fig. (1850). 

 Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. II. 32 Parlatore, D. C. Prodi-. XVI. 488. Beissner, 

 Nadelholzk. ]21. Masters in Journ. R. Hort. Soc XIV. 215. 



This Juniper, rarely seen except in Botanic gardens, was intro- 

 duced by Fortune in 1846 from China, but nothing more appears to 

 be known of its habitat. The species, if species it is, is said to be 

 monoecious and thence differs in that respect from Juniperus 

 chinensis and also in its fruits which are almost twice as large. A 

 Juniper mentioned by London under the name of J. chinensis 

 Smithii, and another described in the former edition of this Manual as 

 J. Sheppcirdi have been referred to J. sphoerica by some authors. 



Juniperus taxifolia. 



In Great Britain, a sub-fastigiate tree 15 20 feet high with a 

 trunk 9 12 inches in diameter covered with thin reddish brown bark 

 peeling off in oblong flakes. Primary and secondary branches ascending 

 and nearly parallel with the trunk, the latter much ramified. Branchlets 

 slender, 12 18 inches long, quite pendulous, with orange-brown bark, 

 the youngest shoots angulate, pale green. Leaves persistent two three 

 years, in whorls of three, acicular, acuminate with a cartilaginous tip, 

 0*25 O75 inch long, with two white stomatiferous bands 011 the 

 ventral side, grass-green and keeled on the dorsal side. Staminate 

 flowers and fruits not seen. 



Juniperus taxifolia, Hooker and Arnott, Beechey's Voy. 271 (1841). Endlicher, 

 Synops. Conif. 17. Carriere, Traite Conif. ed II. 21 Parlatore, D. C. Prodr. 

 XVI. 418. Beissner, Nadelliolzk. 131. Masters in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. XIV. 

 215. 



J. oblonga pendula, Hort. 



The Juniper described above is cultivated in many gardens under 

 the name of Juniperus oblonga pendula, an unauthentic name implying 

 a connection with the Caucasian J. oblonga of Bieberstein, long since 

 recognised as a geographical variety of J. communis, but from this 

 it is specifically distinct. It is believed to have been introduced 

 from China by Fortune about the year 1856, and was afterwards 

 distributed from Osborne's nursery at Fulham under its garden 

 name. 



Juniperus thurifera. 



A low or medium-sized tree of columnar or sub-pyramidal outline, 

 in places attaining a height of 35 40 feet with a trunk covered with 

 greyish white bark ; sometimes a shrub with spreading or ascending 

 branches. Secondary and ternary branches much ramified ; branchlets 

 slender, short and pinnately divided. Leaves dimorphic ; on young- 

 plants and vigorous shoots of older ones, in whorls of three, acicular, 

 pungent and spreading ; * on adult plants always squamiform, in 

 decussate pairs, concrescent with or adnate to the stem ; on the axial 



* This form is rarely seen on plants growing in Great Britain. 



