CHAP. CXI II, 



CONI'FEU/E. JUN1 PERUS. 



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and in the leaves being acute and less clustered. Native of the south 

 of Europe, the Levant, and Siberia. It was cultivated in 1759, by Miller, who 

 received it from Spain and Italy. In its native climate it produces the resin- 

 ous gum called olibanum, which has a strong smell, 

 and a bitterish and somewhat pungent taste. When 

 burned, it diffuses a fragrant smell, and is supposed 

 to be the incense which was used by the ancients 

 in their religious ceremonies (though not the same 

 as the substance known by that name in the shops.) 

 It is much employed by the Roman Catholics, in their 

 churches, for similar purposes. It is used in medicine, 

 as an astringent. The only plants that we have seen 

 of it were quite young ; that in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden being, in 1837, only 2ft. high; 

 the upper part of the plant so closely resembling 

 J. phoenicea as scarcely to be distinguished from it, 

 but the lower part with the leaves glaucous on both 

 sides, and 4-rowed. There is a large plant at Boy- 

 ton, of which we have received specimens from Mr. 

 Lambert, and the shoots of which were covered with 

 a white resinous matter, like minute scales. Mr. Lam- 

 bert describes his plant as hardy, very much branched, 



and 6 ft. or 8ft. high. It is the only plant, he says, which he has seen of 

 the species. 



1 U. ,7. THURI'FERA L. The incense-bearing, or Spanish, Juniper. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1471. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4, p. 851.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 413. ; Mart. 



Mill., 1. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. J. hispanica Mill. Diet., No. 13., Lam. Encyc. Diet., 2. p. 626., A 7 . Du Ham.,6. p. 50. ; 



Cedrus hispanica, &c., Tourn. Inst., p. 588. 

 Engraving. Fig. 23C9 , from a specimen received from Mr. Lambert. 



Spec. Char.y tyc. Leaves imbricate in 4 rows, acute. tJI 2369 



( Willd.) A tree, a native of Spain and Portugal ; 

 cultivated in 1752, by Miller; and flowering in May 

 and June. 



Description, fyc. An evergreen low tree, growing to 

 the height of from 25ft. to 30 ft., and sending out 

 many branches, so as to form a pyramidal head. The 

 leaves are acute, and lie over each other in four rows, 

 so as to make the branches appear four-cornered. Ber- 

 ries very large, and black when ripe. There is a tree 

 at Mr. Lambert's seat at Boyton, which, in 1837, was 

 28ft. high, with a trunk 9 in. in diameter; one at 

 Bagshot Park, 12 years old, which is 12ft. high; and 

 one at Croonie, 40 years planted, which is 30 ft. high : there are also plants in 

 the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in the Fulham Nursery, in both places 

 3 ft. high. Price of plants, in London, 3s. 6d. each ; at Bollwyller, 3 francs. 



1 12. J. EXCE'LSA Willd. The tall Juniper. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 852. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 413. ; Laws. Man. p 399 



Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 647. ; Royle Illust. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; Bon Jard., ed. 1837. 

 Syrw/ii/mes. J. Sablna var. Pall, floss., 2. p. 15. ; Himalaya Cedar-wood. 

 Engraving. Fig. 2370., from a plant about 2ft. high. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves opposite, somewhat obtuse, with a central gland ; 



4-ranked and imbricate ; slender, acute, disposed in threes, and spreading. 



Stem arboreous. (Willd.) A tall evergreen tree. Introduced in 1806. 



Description, $c. A very handsome and elegant tree, with an upright trunk, 

 and slightly pendulous branches. Leaves opposite, imbricated in 4 rows, and 

 haying a raised line on the back. This species has a very extensive geogra- 

 phical range. It was first discovered in Siberia, by Pallas ; and it was intro- 

 duced in 1806, by Sir Joseph Banks. Some years afterwards, it was discovered 



