1448 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



II. Juniperus religiosa, Carriere, Conif. 41 (1855) (not Royle 1 ). 



Juniperus gossainthanea? Loddiges, Catalogue, 48 (1836); Loudon, Trees and Shrubs, 1090 (1842). 

 Juniperus chinensis, Parlatore, in De Candolle, Prod. xvi. 2, p. 488 (1868 (in part) (not Linnaeus). 

 Juniperus excelsa, Brandis, Forest Flora, N. W. India, 538, t. 68 (1874) (not Bieberstein). 

 Juniperus macropoda, Hooker, Fl. Brit. India, v. 647 (1888) (not Boissier). 



A tree, occurring in the inner dry ranges of the north-western Himalayas from 

 Chitral and Kashmir to Nepal, at 5000 to 10,000 ft. altitude. It often attains 50 ft. 

 in height, with a girth of 6 or 7 ft. ; but occasionally trees of enormous girth are met 

 with, one at Lahoul measuring 33^ ft. in circumference. 



This species has foliage similar to that of J. macropoda and /. chinensis. Fruit 

 obovoid, widest at the apex, which is depressed, \ in. in diameter, bluish black with 

 a soft juicy pulp. Seeds, one to three, ovoid, sharp-pointed, with large resin-glands. 



(A. H.) 



1 J. religiosa, Carriere, the first published name with a description, should be adopted for this species. J. religiosa, 

 Royle, Must. Himal. i. 351 (1839), without any description, is possibly J. squamata. Cf. p. 1420, note 4. 



- This name was published without any description, and, moreover, is somewhat doubtful. Cf. p. 1438, note I. 



