34 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PINETUM. 



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JuNiPERUs RELiGiosA, Royle, the Incense or Sacred Indian 



Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus excelsa, Madden. 



This Juniper is called " Shirkoo," or '' Shirgoo," in Kuma- 

 oon, and *' Sheer/' "Shoorpa/' " Shookpa/' and " Chokpa," 

 all vernacular variations in the Bhotan dialects for Incense, or 

 used for that purpose. It is also the Juniper Cedar of Indian 

 travellers, who describe it as a large, dark, dense branched, 

 stiff tree, growing in Eastern Nepal, from 60 to 80 feet high, 

 while in Sikkim it only attains a height of from 15 to 20 feet, 

 and at all very high and extreme elevations it becomes a creep- 

 ing shrub or sprawling bush. 



The Himalayan Cedar wood, so called, or miscalled, by Dr. 

 iloyle,is the timber of Juniperus religiosa (the J. excelsa of India), 

 and not that of Sanscrit record, which latter is that of the Deodar 

 Cedar. He also confounds Juniperus religiosa with Cupres- 

 sus torulosa, and states that he found Cupressus torulosa growing 

 at an elevation of 11,500 feet in Kunawur, on the borders of Chi- 

 nese Tartary : a statement totally iallacious; for Cupressus toru- 

 losa has never been found in any part of India above 7,000 or 

 8,000 feet of elevation, and generally very much dwarfed or 

 stunted in such situations ; while on the other hand, Juniperus 

 religiosa (excelsa of Indian wi'iters) is seldom or ever found 

 below 9,000 or 10,000 feet, in a native state, but up to 14,000 

 or 15,000 feet on the rearward ranges, where it becomes a 

 creeping Alpine shrub, although at an elevation of 9,000 or 

 10,000 feet it is a large tree from 70 to 80 feet high. 



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Juniperus Sabina, LinncBiis, the Common Savin. 



Syn. Juniperus Sabina cupressifolia, Alton. 



„ „ cupressifolia, Hort. 



„ ., Sabina horizontalis, Hort. 



These names are mostly applied to the female form of the 



