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more or less pointed ; remaining on after they are withered ; young ones 

 inflexed at the apex, as .if obtuse. Berries ovate, umbilicate on the top. 

 Branches and branchlets crowded, round. Stem prostrate. (Lamb. Pin.) 

 A large, decumbent, much-branched evergreen shrub. Nepal, and on the 

 Bhotan Alps. Height 3 ft. Introduced in 1824. Flowering in August ; 

 but only young plants are in British gardens. 



* 12. J. RECU'RVA Ham. The recurved Nepal Juniper. 



Identification. Ham. MSS., as quoted in Don's Flora Nepalensis, p. 55. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 2031 . 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, mucronate, 

 loosely imbricated, smooth, convex beneath. Berries 

 roundish-oval, tubercled. Branches and branchlets 

 recurved. (D. Don.) An evergreen shrub. Nepal, 

 in Narainhetty. Height 5ft. to 10ft. Introduced 

 in 1830. Flowering in May, and ripening its fruit in 

 November following. 



It forms a graceful bush, or low tree, from its pen- 

 dulous habit ; and it is readily distinguished from all 

 the other species, not only by this circumstance, but by 

 the mixture of its brown half-decayed chaffy leaves of 

 the past year with its greenish grey leaves of the 

 present year. The bark is rough, brown, and soon 

 begins to curl up, when it has a rough appearance, 

 and ultimately scales off. It is as hardy as the common 

 juniper, and deserves to be as generally cultivated. 



* -** 13. J. CHINE'NSIS L. The Chinese Juniper. 



Identification. Lin. Syst., 894. ; Reich., 4. 277. ; Mant., 127. ; ? Lour. Coch., 636. 

 St/nonyme. ? J. c. SmfthtV Arb. Brit. 1st edit. p. 2505. 

 Engravings. Our figs. 2032. and 2033. from living specimens. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves decurrent, imbricate-spreading, clustered ; stem 

 leaves in threes, branch leaves in fours. (Willd.) An evergreen tree. 



China. Height 15ft. to 

 20 ft. Introduced in 

 1820, or before. Flowers 

 yellowish; May. Fruit 



2031. J. recurv*. 



blackish blue 

 November. 



ripe 



2032. J. chinensis. 



There are two plants in 

 the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden bearing the name 

 of J. sinensis, male and 

 female, 12 ft. and 10 ft. 

 high. The leaves are green, 

 short, and imbricated ; the 

 fruit rough, angular, and dry. 



2033. J. chinensis. 



* 14. J. UVI'FERA D. Don. The Grape-bearing, or large-fruited, Juniper. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., 2. No. 67. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 2107. in p. 1110. 



Spec. Char., S/-c. Leaves ovate, obtuse, adpressed, imbricated in 4 rows. 

 Branchlets short, erect, crowded, knotted. Drupes terminal, roundish. 

 (Lamb. Pin.) A decumbent, much branched, evergreen shrub. Cape 

 Horn, and the only species in the southern hemisphere. Introduced about 

 the beginning ot the present century, but rare in British gardens. 



Other Species ofJuniperus, of recent Introduction, but of which little is known. 



J. tetragona H. B. & Kth. A shrub with low-growing, almost flat, 

 branches ; the leaves are in 4 rows, and lie close on each other, rather thick, 



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