Illustrations of Conifers. 17 



JUNIPERUS FORMOSANA (Hayata). 



Joum. Coll. Sei. Tokyo. XXV. art. 19, p. 209, pi. 88 (1908). 

 Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. VI. p. 1415 (1912). 

 J. oblonga pendula, Knight and Perry, Sijn. Conif. p. 11 (1850). 

 J. taxifolia, Masters, Joum. Boy. Hort. Soc. XIV. 215 (1892). 

 Yeitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 191 (1900). 



A tree in China attaining a height of 40 feet often pendulous in 

 habit. Branehlets triquetrous with three narrow ridges. Leaves 

 all acicular, spreading, in whorls of three, linear-subulate, about 

 to f inch long, jointed and swollen at the base, ending in a sharp, 

 spine-like point ; lower surface convex, keeled ; upper surface con- 

 cave, with two broad white stomatic bands, separated by a very 

 narrow green or glaucous midrib, and becoming confluent at the 

 apex. 



Fruit globose, j to J inch in diameter, on a short scaly stalk, 

 ripening in the second year, shining dark reddish-brown when ripe 

 with three deep radial furrows at the summit, showing the separa- 

 tion of the fruit into three scales. Seeds three, elongated-ovate, 

 triquetrous, mucronate at the apex, with several circular resin-pits 

 at the base and three or four larger oval pits above. 



Jmtiperus fonnosana is widely spread throughout the mountains 

 of China where it is also cultivated in temple grounds, being known 

 as the " Tze Poh " or "Prickly Cypress." It has lately been found 

 on Mt. Morrison and the adjacent ranges in Formosa, between 

 8,000 and 13,000 feet altitude. 



This species which is usually known in cultivation as J. oblonga 

 pendnla was probably one of the plants sent home by Fortune in 

 1844. It is rare in cultivation. There is a small specimen at 

 Bayfordbury which was planted in 1845. 



The specimen illustrated is from a tree at Glasnevin, which 

 bore fruit in 1911. 



