Illustrations of Conifers. 19 



JUNIPERUS MEXICANA (Schlechtendal). 



Linnaa, Vol. V. p. 77 (1880). 



Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 168 (1900). 



A shrub or small tree rarely exceeding 20 feet in height. Bark 

 with persistent long narrow slightly attached scales. Leaves of the 

 ultimate branchlets scale-like, appressed, in opposite pairs, in four 

 ranks, slender, acute or acuminate, T V to , l inch long, minutely 

 and irregularly denticulate, glandular on the back. Leaves on 

 vigorous young shoots, acicular, \ to ^ inch long. Fruit globose 

 or ovoid, J to J inch long, brownish, covered with a bluish bloom ; 

 flesh fibrous, containing one or two (rarely three) seeds, similar to 

 those of J. californica. 



Jvniperus mexicana is a native of the mountains of Mexico, 

 where it ascends the high peaks, forming the limit of arborescent 

 vegetation. 



This species has not yet been introduced into cultivation in 

 England. 



The illustration represents an authentic specimen collected by 

 Hartweg in Mexico and photographed at the Kew Herbarium. 



