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shining, of an irregular, globular form, slightly compressed and 

 angular ; the pulp is dry and fibrous, and each berry contains 

 three or four seeds. 



A small tree, or large bush, from 15 to 20 feet in height, 

 loaded with numerous branches, so disposed as to form a regu- 

 lar pyramid. 



This species is found on the rocks along the shores of the 

 Mediterranean, particularly on the French Coast ; from Nice to 

 Calabria, and Sicily, and along the Ionian Sea, the Adriatic 

 Gulf, in Greece, the Levant, and in Barbary. 



There is the following variety : 



Juniperus Phcenicea Lycia, Loudon, the Lycian Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus Lycia, Linnceus. 

 Phcenicea malacocarpa, Endlicher. 



This variety differs from the species in being rather smaller 

 in all its parts, but more spreading and bushy, of a deeper 

 green, and in the berries being much larger, rounder, less angu- 

 lar, and nearly black (not pale yellow) when ripe, and in being 

 soft and glaucous. 



It grows from 10 to 15 feet high, and is found growing in the 

 South of Europe, the Levant, in Italy, and Spain. 



This is the C}^press-leaved Cedar of the Greeks, which pro- 

 duces the " Olibanum," used as incense in religious ceremonies 

 on the Continent. 



No. 35. Juniperus spilerica, Lindley, the Globular-fruited 



Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus Fortunii, Van Houtte. 

 i, )f Chinensis Smithii, Loudon. 



Leaves in opposite pairs, imbricated, very rarely sharp- 

 pointed, except on young plants ; scale-formed, blunt-pointed, 

 slightly spreading at the points, of a shining, lively green colour, 

 and with a little circular sunken pit or gland on the back of 

 the leaves. Branches numerous, slender, and curved. Branch- 

 lets roundish, four-sided, thickly covered with small, scale-like 



