yi THE BERMUDA JUNIPER AND ITS ALLIES. 
ment, it is mo matter for surprise that the species presents much 
e history of the Bermuda tree has been sketched by Mr. 
Hemsley in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for May 26, 1883, p. 656,* and 
in the Report on the Botany of the ‘Challenger’ Expedition. The 
name bermudiana has been adopted by Mr. Hemsley ; ; but whether 
the tree is really the original J. bermudiana of Linnzus is open to 
question, as will be shown hereafter 
Of the Jamaica plant, at the time Mr. Hemsley originally wrote, 
there were no specimens at Kew, though specimens existed in the 
Sloane Collection i in the British Museum. This West Indian species 
neus 
moment the sneehion of noviaagolasieree it may be repeated that an 
eS ee f Mr. Faweett’s specimens leaves no doubt that the 
Jamaica eae is specwiony distinct from that of Bermuda. More- 
over, as suggested by emsley and others, it is, in spite of 
some variation in habit, specifiealty identical with the J. viryiniana 
of the main land. 
There seem, therefore, to be only two species. One is Ber- 
mudan, and known as a cultivated plant in the Azores, Kaliguas 
(De Ponthiew!), and Saint Helena. Possibly the same species may 
occur in Jamaica and other West ree islands, but there is at 
present no meus evidence on this point. The shed pe iges 
J. virginiana L., is, as has been said, disieibated over a fake = 
in the United States, and i long been known as nhabitant 
of the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. It occurs also, as seems most 
likely, im vane (Wright, 3187!), in the Bahamas eine, 4358 !), 
and in ae 
Three ose oats names have been allotted to these two species. 
Although w a of less importance than the determination of the 
tangled synonymy, and aid us in the adoption of the most ap- 
propriate nomenclature. 
The Bermudas, or Sommers’ Islands, were discovered in 1515. 
me of the records of the early voyages mention is made of the 
‘“‘cedar”’ that then, as now, was very -_ in the island; thus 
y was shipwrecked on the 
no pea west part of the Isle of Bermuda. 5 tle cited by eg 
con the island as covered with zt Se but ‘** Cedar is 
cbiofeat. x will be noted that at that time cedars and Cal 
were ey eonsiered as separate genera. 
9 S. Jourdan was also wrecked on the same island. He 
speaks ee an ‘‘ infinite number of cedar trees (the fairest I ibke in 
* se nis Journ. Bot. 1883, 250-260. 
f. Sargent in litt. inclines to the: view that the Florida form of 
‘itectaiens ‘is i tical with the Jamaica species, and sufliciently distinct to 
constitute a separate species. 
