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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



the varieties 1*. 6d. each; at Bollwyller, the varieties, 2 francs each. At New 

 York, plants of the Swedish juniper, which requires protection there during 

 winter, are 50 cents each. 



* 2. J. OXY'CEDRUS L. The Sharp Cedar, or broiun-berried, Juniper. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1470. ; Willd. Sp., 4. p. 854. ; Lam. Diet., 2. p. 625. : Desf. Fl. Atl., 2 

 p. 270. ; Lois. Fl. Gall., p. 684. ; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 47. 



Synom/mes. J. major Cam. Epit., 54. ; J. m. monspeli^nsium Lob. Ic., 2. p. 223. ; J. phoanicea, &c., 

 J. Bauh. Hist, 1. p. 277.; J. mhjor, &c., C. Bauh., p. 489., Tourn. Inst, 589., Du Ham. Arb., 

 p. 322. t. 128., Rait Hist., 1413.; Cedrus phoenfcea Matth. Valgr., 127.; Oxycedrus Clus. Hist., 

 p. 39. ; O. phcenfcea Dod. Pempt., p. 853. ; the prickly Cedar ; le Cade, Fr. ; Spanische Wach- 

 holder, Ger. 



Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., 2. 1. 128. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 15. f. 2. ; our fig. 2352. to our usual scale : 

 and fig. 2351. of the natural size. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Leaves in threes, spreading, mucronate, shorter than the 

 berries. (Willd.) An evergreen shrub, native of Spain, Portugal, and the 

 south of France. Introduced before 1739; flowering in May and June. 



Description, %c. A shrub, closely allied to J. communis, from 10 ft. to 12 ft. 



high, and feathered from the ground. The branches are small and taper, with- 

 out angles. Berries very 

 large, of a brownish red, 

 and marked with two 

 white lines. This species 

 is said to form a handsome 

 shrub when allowed suffi- 

 cient space ; and to be 

 rather more tender than J. 

 communis. In France, an 

 essential oil is distilled 

 from its wood, called huile 



23.51 lf~^ """^ de cade, which is used 

 in veterinary medicine. 



There are small plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden, at Kew, and at 



a few other places ; but we have never been able to see any above 1 ft. in 



height. 



3. J. MACROCA'RPA Smith. The large-fruited Juniper. 



Identification. Smith in Fl. Gra?c. Prod., 2. p. 263. ; ? Tenore Syll. Fl. Neapol. 



Synonyme. J. major, bacca ca>rulea, Tourn. Inst., 589. 



Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 223. f. 1. ; Tourn. Inst., 589. f. ; and our fig. 2353. of the natural size, 



copied from the figure of L'Obel. 

 Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ternate, spreading, mucronate, sharply keeled, 



one-nerved. Berries elliptical, longer than the leaf. (Smith Fl. Or., 2. 



p. 267.) A shrub, a native of Greece, with leaves like those of J. Ox- 

 ycedrus, but the berries are twice as large, elliptic or obovate, and 



black covered with a violet bloom. There is a specimen in Sibthorp's 



herbarium, in the Linnaean Society. (Du Ham.) Berries have been 



sent to us by the Honourable W. Fox Strangways, under the name 



of J. macrocarpa, (but which were of a brownish red, and only differ- 

 ing from those of J. Oxycedrus in size,) accompanied by the following 



remarks : " Juniperus macrocarpa is described in Tenore's Syllog. Fl. 



Neapol., 1832, 8vo. It is common along the sea-shore, particularly 



near Baia, Cuma, and Licola ; and is a low thick bush, haying neither 



the cedar-like spread of the common juniper, nor the upright stature 



or J. Oxycedrus. J. Oxycedrus appears to be intermediate between 



J. communis and J. macrocarpa ; having the small fruit of the former, 



and the spreading prickly leaves, wide apart, of the latter. It is not 



common in Italy, but is abundant in Istria and Dalmatia, where it 



bears the Fiscum Oxycedri. W. Fox Strangways. January 20. 1838." 



Professor Don doubts much whether Tenore's J. macrocarpa be any 



thing more than a variety of J. Oxycedrus. As Mr. Strangways has 



given seeds of Tenore's plant to the Horticultural Society, and to other 



collections, it will be known in a few years what it is. 2 353 



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tt. 4. J. DRUPA V CEA Lab. t N. Du Ham. The drupaceous, or large-fruited, 



Juniper. 



Identification. Labillard. Icon. Plant Syr. Dec., 2. p. 14. ; Mart. Mill., No. 11. ; Desfont. Hi-t. des 

 Arbres et Arbriss., 2. p. 558. 



