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Section II. SABINA. The Savin Junipers. 



JuNiPERUs DENSA, GordoTi, the Dense or Bushy Indian Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus recurva densa, Hort. 



„ „ „ nana, Hort. 



„ „ communis Indica, Madden. 



„ „ „ ,, Alpina, Winterbottom. 



,, „ „ „ nana, Madden. 



Leaves, in whorls of three, half spreading, linear-lanceolate, 

 very acute, pungent, of a pale yellowish green, and about the 

 third of an inch long. Berries solitary, the size and shape of 

 a small pea, dark blue, covered with a glaucous bloom, ex- 

 tremely resinous, aromatic, and mostly three-seeded ; with three 

 divergent furrows on the apex, connected at the extremities by 

 an elevated scale, and thus forming a kind of platform on the 

 top, with three lateral scales lower down the sides of the berry. 

 The whole plant emits an exceedingly strong turpentine, or re- 

 sinous smell, when bruised, and the berries ripen from August to 

 November. 



This is the Indian Juniperus communis of Major Madden, in 

 his observations on the Himalayan Coniferse, and the " Better," 

 '' Betr,^' " Bytr," and " Beetur," of the Bhotiyas ; all vernacu- 

 lar variations in their dialect for yeast, or yielding yeast. In 

 Kumaoon it is called " Pumaroa," and, according to Dr. Jame- 

 son and Capt. Strachey, it is found near Bumpa and on the high 

 mountains behind Mularee, at from 9,600 to 10,500 feet of ele- 

 vation, but penetrating into the heart of the snowy mountains 

 to 14,000 feet. It is also found plentiful on the Bhotan Alps, 

 near the Netee Pass, forming a dense diffuse bush, from 3 to 6 

 feet high. Major Madden found it in abundance on the Glacier 

 Moraines, west of Mana, at from 12,000 to 13,000 feet of ele- 

 vation, where it is known to the Bhotiyas as "Churpinja." It 

 was also found on the south face of the Wyrung Pass in Kuna- 

 wur by Dr. Hoffmeister, at an elevation of from 11,000 to 12,000 

 feet, and Capt. Hutton found it on the Roo-Nung Pass ; while 

 its easternmost known position is at 10,000 feet on the Che to 



