30 Illustrations of Conifers. 



JUNIPERUS TAXIFOLIA {Hooker and Arnott). 



Bot. Capt. Beecluy's Voyage, p. 271 (1830-1841). 

 Eayata, in Joum. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXXIX. p. 89 (1909). 

 Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. VI. p. 1416 (1912). 



A shrub about 10 feet high, with a more or less twisted trunk. 

 Branches horizontal, spreading, with pendulous branchlets. Young 

 branchlets triquetrous, narrowly winged, glabrous. Leaves linear, 

 about inch long, ^ s to r V inch broad, obtuse at the apex, 

 jointed at the base, erect, with two broad bands of stomata on 

 the upper surface, keeled below. 



Fruit about j- inch in diameter, globose. Seeds three, erect, 

 trigonous, with two or three resin-glands. 



Juniperus taxifolia has been much confused with J. formosana 

 (Hayata), but may be easily distinguished from that species by its 

 obtuse leaves. It is peculiar to the Loo Choo and Bonin Islands, 

 and is unknown in cultivation. 



The illustration represents a specimen, collected by Dr. Hayata, 

 in the Bonin Islands, and preserved in the British Museum Her- 

 barium. 



