Lxxvii. coni'fer.^: juni'perus. 



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i 7. ./. PHCENi'cEA L. The Phoenician Juniper. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1471. ; Pall. Ross., 2. p. 14. 57. ; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 47. 



Synonymes. Cedrus phoenicea media Lob. Icon. 2. p. 221.; Oxycedrus lycia Dod. Pempt. .583.; 



Genevrier de Phenicie, Fr. ; dichtnadliger Wachholder, Ger. ; Cedro licio, Ital. 

 Engravings. Pall. Koss., t. 56. ; N. Du Ham., 6. pi. 17. ; and our fig. 2026. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in threes, obliterated, imbricated, obtuse. (JVil/d.) 

 An evergreen shrub or low tree. South of Europe, Russia, and the Levant. 

 Height 10 ft. to ^0 ft. Cultivated in 168.3. Flowering in May and June, 

 and ripening its pale yellow fruit at the end of the second year. 



The young branches are entirely covered with very small leaves, which are 

 disposed in threes opposite to each other, closely covering the surface of the 

 branches, and laid one upon another like scales. These leaves are oval, ob- 

 tuse, somewhat channeled, and convex on the back, perfectly smooth. On 



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2026. J. phcEnicea. 



some of the branches, a few sharp linear leaves are found, which are about 

 3 lines long, and quite open. The male and female flowers are sometimes 

 found on the same tree, but they are generally on different trees. The form 

 and (hsposition of the male and female flowers closely resemble those of J. 

 iS'abina. The berries generally contain 9 bony seeds in each, of an irregular 

 oval, slightly compressed and angular ; the pulp is dry and fibrous, and in 

 the middle of it are 3 or 4 bladders, filled with a sort of resinous fluid. Much 

 less common than so fine a shrub deserves to be. 



8^ 8. cT". (p.) ly'cia L. The Lycian Juniper. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1471. ; Pall. Ross., ii. p. 14. t. 56. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., v. p. 415. 



Synoni/mes. J. p. ;S Ivcia N. Du Ham. vi. p. 47. ; ciprpssen Wachholder, Ger. 



Engravings. Pall. Ross., t. 56. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 17. ; oxirfig. 2027., and^^. 2028. from Pallas. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves in threes, imbricate on all sides, ovate, obtuse. 

 Male flowers at the ends of the branches, in a conical araent ; and the fruit 

 single from the axils below them, on the same branch. Berries large, oval, 

 and, when ripe, brown. An evergreen shrub. South of Europe, Levant, 

 and Siberia. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1759, but not common 

 in collections. 



According to Pallas, J. lycia is an entirely prostrate shrub, with the trunk 

 branching from the very bottom, and often thicker than the human arm. This, 



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