Illustrations of Conifers. 15 



JUNIPERUS FLACCIDA (Schlec/Uendal). 



Linnaa, Vol. XII. p. 495 (1888). 



Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 177 (1900). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. VI. p. 142G (1912). 



A tree attaining 30 to 40 feet in height, with brown scaly bark. 

 Branches widely spreading with long pendulous branchlets. Adult 

 foliage : leaves in opposite pairs, slightly spreading, ovate-lanceolate, 

 about r ^ inch long, decurrent, ending in a sharp point, rounded 

 on the back with a sunken resinous-gland. Juvenile foliage appear- 

 ing on the ends of some branchlets of adult trees, acicular, spread- 

 ing in whorls of three, decurrent, about \ inch long, tapering to a 

 very sharp point ; upper surface concave with inflexed margins and 

 two narrow lines of stomata, lower surface marked near the base with 

 a gland which often secretes resin. 



Flowers monoecious. Fruit ripening in the second year, on a 

 short scaly stalk, four- to six-bracteate at the base ; sub-globose, 

 about j inch in diameter, reddish-brown, with a glaucous bloom, 

 and marked on the surface with minute tubercles ; composed of six 

 to eight opposite scales, each indicated by a reflexed mucro. Seeds 

 six to twelve, several often aborted. 



Juuijierus flaceUla grows wild on the Chisos Mountains in Texas, 

 and is common in North- Eastern Mexico at elevations of 6,000 to 

 8,000 feet. It was introduced in 1838 by Hartweg, but it appears 

 to be rather tender for the climate of most parts of England ; and 

 the only fine specimen known is at Bicton where there is a tree 

 40 feet high. 



The specimen illustrated was sent by M. Parde from Angers, 

 France. 



