152 PINACE^. 



variegated Tamarisk-like-leaved form,) and Variegata, (the common 

 variegated-leaved.) Each and all of which are, in all their component 

 parts, highly fragrant and stimulant : and thoroughly hardy. 



JUNIPERUS SquAMATA : The Scaly Juniper, 



This kind is called " Pappinja" (creeping juniper,) " Googgul," 

 (incense juniper,) ^'^ Theloo" (spirituous-juiced juniper,) and '■'■ Blie- 

 dara,^' (yeast-producing juniper,) by the Indian tribes. In its ligneous 

 tissue it is closely allied to its congeners, Densa, Recurva, and 

 Religiosa, but in its leaves, fruit, and habit of growth, it is dis- 

 tinct from each and all of them ; and more particularly in its products 

 of resinous juice, which is much less bitter or pungent. It forms a 

 large, spreading, many -branched, creeping or decmiibent bush, about a 

 yard high. Its leaves are generally in threes, ovate or oblong in form ; 

 some acute, some obtuse ; comparatively large ; various shades of 

 green colour, and all of them, young and old, more or less glaucous ; while 

 on young growths they are linear or lanceolate, some bright green, and 

 others green above and white or silvery beloM^; and on all branches 

 they are more scale-formed and imbricated. Its berries are also ovate or 

 oblong ; soine light blue, some dark purple, and some nearly black in 

 colour ; all of them glossy or shining, and more or less scaly-surfaced 

 and generally one- seeded. It is hardy enough for the climate of Britain. 



JUNIPERUS ThuRIFERA: The Frankincense Juniper. 



This is a distinct, beautiful, and ornamental kind ; forming a most 

 graceful, dense, conical, and perfectly symmetrical little pyramidal tree; 

 branched to the ground, and regularly tapering to a sharp and finely- 

 rounded point, or to]) ; attaining heights of from twenty to forty feet. 

 It is a native of Spain and Portugal ; and hardy enough for our Eng- 

 lish winters, though somewhat delicate in cold, or much exposed 

 localities. It well deserves a place in every collection of ornamental, 

 handsome, or beautiful trees or shrubs. Its leaves are small, narrow, 

 rigid, sharp-pointed, rich glaucous grey, or silvery-green in colour ; and 

 generally in opposite pairs, somewhat stem-clasping or loosely imbri- 

 cated and glandless on the under side. Its berries are comparatively 

 large, ovate, changing from bright green to ruby shades as they in- 

 crease in maturity ; transforming themselves to violet tints, and when 

 ripe assuming a rich, glaucous, dark purple, or black colour. It was 

 formerly much used by Southern Europeans, as one of their incense 

 plants or trees, hence its name Tliurifera* 



* When any of the genera or species of Pinacese in European Eoman Catholic 

 countries, or under the Greek Church, are called " Thxteipeka," be it understood 



