THE JUNIPER. 



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whitish above, pale green below, and like those of the common 

 Juniper (J. communis), but much smaller ; branches very short, 

 numerous, dense, and compact, forming a small globular-headed 

 bush, not more than one or two feet high. Berries globular, 

 bright red, and shining. 



It is found on the upper barren regions of Mount Etna, a 

 low spreading but dense bush, at an elevation of from 5000 to 

 7000 feet. Professor Tenore says it is also found on the 

 mountains of Calabria. 



This very dwarf and singular little Juniper is now frequently 

 to be found in English collections of Conifers, under the name 

 of J. echinoformis, or the Hedgehog Juniper, a very appropriate 

 name ; for young healthy plants, at a short distance, look very 

 like a green Hedgehog. 



No. 7. Juniperus macrocarpa, Sibthorp, the large Purple- 

 fruited Juniper. 



Syn. J. maximus, Lobel. 



Lobelii, Gussone. 



oblongata, Gussone. 



Biassolettii, Link. 



major, bacca-ccerulea, Touvnefovt. 



neaboriensis, Lawson. 



elliptica, Van Houtte. 



umbilicata, Grenier. 



Wilkommii, Antoine. 



sphrerocarpa, Antoine. 



Attica, Helclreich. 



communis macrocarpa, Spach. 



Leaves spreading, lanceolate, and in whorls of three, broader 

 than those of J. Oxycedrus, and sharp-pointed, keeled on the 

 under side, two furrowed, and glaucous gray above ; branchlets 

 angular and slender, with the ends rather pendent. Berries 

 very large, obovate, or elliptic, smooth, shining, and of a deep 

 purplish black colour, when ripe, covered with a glaucous violet 

 bloom, like a small Plum. 



