JUNIPKRUS. 3J 



Binaik, at the south entrance to the Alpine valley of liyaus, 

 where the 13hotiyas call it *' Lhala." In Joohar it occurs on 

 the higher mountains, at elevations of from 11,000 to 13,000 

 feet, where it is designated " Chcechia" by the hill people. It 

 is much used in temples as incense, where among the apparatus 

 used are censers, filled with the burning embersof this Juniper, 

 which are muffled about and put through many evolutions 

 amidst the ceremonial nuimmeries, by the priests ; while on the 

 other hand, the Bhotiyas, who are somewhat careless in such 

 matters, and look sharply to this world, and things substantial 

 rather than spiritual, pay little attention to this Juniper, except 

 for the useful purpose of making yeast, and for which purpose 

 the fruit is sold in the Indian Bazaars under the name of 

 "Ubhul" and " Hoobair." It appears to be unknown on the 

 Indian declivity of the Himalayas, and is a very distinct species, 

 growing from 3 to 6 feet high, somewhat resembling Juniperus 

 squamata, but not so wide spreading, and much taller in habit, 

 and readily distinguished from that kind, and Juniperus re- 

 curva, by the pale yellowish-green tint of its foliage, and small 

 three-seeded berries. 



It is quite hardy, and frequently to be found in the nurseries 

 misnamed Juniperus recurva densa, a nan'ie previously applied 

 to the male form of the Juniperus recurva, but from which our 

 present plant is easily distinguished by its dwarf, dense habit, 

 and small, three-seeded fruit, while that of Juniperus recurva 

 has but a single seed in each berry. 



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Juniperus excelsa, Bieberstein, the Tall Crimean Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus Sabina Taurica, Pallas. 



„ „ excelsa glauca, Hort. 



This kind is not found indigenous, either in India or North 



America, as stated by Mr. Loudon, in the Arboretum Britanni- 



cum ; the American Juniperus excelsa of Lewis and Pursh 



being the Juniperus Occidentalis of Hooker, while the Juniperus 



excelsa of Indian writers is the Juniperus religiosa of Royle, 



and both very distinct from the Crimean kind. 



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