Illustrations of Conifers. 



JUNIPERUS BARBADENSIS (Linnmus). 



Sp. PI. 1089 (1753). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. VI. p. 1487 (1912). 



A tree attaining 50 feet in height and 6 feet in girth. Branches 

 and branchlets pendulous. Adult foliage similar to that of J. vir- 

 giniana, but branchlets more slender and leaves smaller, acuminate, 

 conspicuously marked on the back by an oblong or linear oil gland. 



Flowers dioecious. Fruit ripening in the first year, sub-globose, 

 smaller than that of J. virginlaiia, I to \ inch in diameter, glau- 

 cous. Seeds, one or two, ovoid, pointed, ridged. 



Juniperus barbademis, which was formerly considered to be a 

 southern variety of J. virfjuuana, occurs in inundated coastal river 

 swamps from Southern Georgia southward to the Indian River, Florida; 

 and on the west coast of Florida from Charlotte Harbour to the Ap- 

 palachicola River, often forming thickets under the shade of larger 

 trees. It is often planted in the cities and towns near the coasts 

 from Florida to Western Louisiana, and is now said to be natural- 

 ised on the Gulf Coast. This Juniper also occurs in the West 

 Indies, in San Domingo, Antigua and the mountains of Jamaica. 



The illustration represents a specimen collected at Cinchona, 

 Jamaica, by Mr. W. Harris, Superintendent of the Hope Gardens, 

 at the request of Captain L. Clinton-Baker, R.N. 



