1448 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



II. Juniperus religiosa, Carriere, Conif. 41 (1855) (not Royle'). 



Juniperus gossainthanea,^ Loddiges, Catalogue, 48 (1836); Loudon, Trees and Shrubs, 1090 (1842). 

 Juniperus chinensis, Parlatore, in De CandoUe, Prod. xvi. 2, p. 488 {1868 (in part) (not Linnaeus). 

 Juniperus excelsa, Brandis, Forest Flora, N. W. India, 538, t. 68 (1874) (not Bieberstein). 

 Juniperus macropoda, Hooker, Ft. Brit. India, v. 647 (1888) (not Boissier). 



A tree, occurring in the inner dry ranges of the north-western Himalayas from 

 Chitral and Kashmir to Nepal, at 5000 to 10,000 ft. altitude. It often attains 50 ft. 

 in height, with a girth of 6 or 7 ft. ; but occasionally trees of enormous girth are met 

 with, one at Lahoul measuring 33^^ ft. in circumference. 



This species has foliage similar to that of J. macropoda and J. chinensis. Fruit 

 obovoid, widest at the apex, which is depressed, \ in. in diameter, bluish black with 

 a soft juicy pulp. Seeds, one to three, ovoid, sharp-pointed, with large resin-glands. 



(A. H.) 



' J. religiosa, Carriere, the first published name with a description, should be adopted for this species. J. religiosa, 

 Royle, Illust. Himal. i. 351 (1839), without any description, is possibly y. squamata. Cf. p. 1420, note 4. 



2 This name was published without any description, and, moreover, is somewhat doubtful. Cf. p. 1438, note I. 



