THE JUNIPER. 137 



No. 9. Juniperus oblongata, Loudon, the Caucasian Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus Caucasica, Fisch. 

 interrupta, Wendland. 



communis oblonga, Loudon. 



Caucasica, Endllcliev. 



Thuisecarpus juniperinus, Trautv. 



Leaves in whorls of three, long, narrow, rigid, lance-shaped, 

 acute-pointed, spreading and pointing outwards, bright green 

 on one side, and glaucous gray on the other, distant and without 

 foot-stalks. Branches straggling, very numerous, and curved 

 upwards at the points, with the branchlets slender, branching, 

 and drooping. Berries very small, oblong, in threes round the 

 branchlets, without any foot-stalks, of a purplish colour, covered 

 with a glaucous bloom, and divided on the top by two or 

 three grooves, radiating from the centre, each fruit containing 

 either two or three hard, bony seeds, in a dry spongy flesh. 



A large straggling, many-stemmed bush, growing from three 

 to four feet high, but covering a large space along the ground. 



It is found on the sub- Alpine Mountains in the Western 

 Caucasus, on the Talusch Mountains, in South Western Russia, 

 and on the Taurian Mountains. 



It is a very distinct and hardy kind. 



No. 10. Juniperus Oxycedrus, Linn., the Prickly Cedar, or 

 large brown-fruited Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus Monspeliensium, Lobel. 



Oxycedrus Phcenicea, Dodon. 



Leaves dull green, distant, three in a whorl, spreading, very 

 sharp pointed, lanceolate, with two furrows on the upper side, 

 angular below, and nearly the same colour on both sides. 

 Branches furrowed ; branchlets angular, slender, and rather 

 pendent at the points. Berries round, very large, smooth, 

 numerous, and chestnut brown, marked with two white lines on 

 the apex. 



A shrub or small tree, mostly with a centre stem, about ten 



