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fruit globose, about ]/^ inch across, dark purplish-brown, covered with bluish 

 bloom, 4-6-seeded. Greece, western Asia, and Caucasus. — Introduced in 

 1836 to England. Hardy as far north as New York. 



Var. stricta, Rollisson (var. Perkinsii, Gord. var. venusta, Gord.). Spiny 

 Greek J. Columnar form with juvenile glaucous foliage. 



14. J. procera, Hochst. Afri- 

 can J. Tree to 100 or 150 feet 

 tall, similar to the preceding: 

 leaves in 3's, or opposite, lanceo- 

 late and spreading or loosely 

 appressed and ovate-lanceolate : 

 fruit globose, small, about 3^ incl 

 across, 2-3-seeded. Mountains o 

 eastern Africa. — Cultivated in 

 California, reintroduced by E. H. 

 Wilson in 1921. Probably the 

 tallest species of the genus. 



15. J. chinensis, L. {J. sinensis, 

 Hort.). Chinese J. Fig. 31. 

 Tree to 60 feet, or shrub, some- 

 times procumbent; branches 

 rather slender: acicular leaves opposite or in 3's, 

 linear, pointed and spreading, with 2 white bands 

 above, or scale-like, appressed, rhombic, obtuse: 

 flowers dioecious; the staminate ones numerous, yel- 

 low, often on branchlets with juvenile foliage: fruit globular, brownish-violet 



31. Juniperus 

 chinensis. 



bloomy. 



inch across, with 2 or 3 seeds, ripening the second year. 



Himalayas, China, Japan. — Introduced to England before 1767; A variable 

 species of which many garden forms are in cultivation. 



Variegated forms: Var. albo-variegata, Veitch (var. argenteo-variegata, 

 Hort.). Whiteleaf Chinese J. A compact shrub with the tips of the 

 branchlets creamy-white; the leaves mostly scale-like. Var. aurea, Young 

 (var. mascula avrea, Hort.). Golden Chinese J. Upright form with scale- 

 like foliage, the young growth golden-yellow. 



Pyramidal or columnar forms: Var. mas, Gord. (var. mascula, Carr. var. 

 strvthiacea. Knight). A dense conical form with mostly acicular leaves and 

 with staminate flowers. Var. neaboriensis, Beiss. {J. neahoriensis, Hort.. not 

 Gord.). A dense conical form with scale-like and acicular leaves. Var. 

 pyramidalis, Carr. Narrow-pyramidal form, with bluish-green, mostly needle- 

 shaped foliage. 



Spreading and pendulous forms: Var. pendula, Franch. With spreading 

 branches, pendulous at the extremities. Var. Pfitzeriana, Spaeth. Pfitzer 



