THE JUNIPER. 137 



No. 9. JUNIPERUS OBLONGATA, loudon, the Caucasian Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus Caucasica, Fisch. 

 „ „ interrupta, Wendland. 



„ „ communis oblonga, Loudon. 



„ „ „ Caucasica, Endlidier. 



„ Thuisecarpus juniperinus, Trautv. 



Leaves in whorls of three, long, narrow, rigid, lance-shaped, 

 acute-pointed, spreading and pointing outwards, bright green 

 on one side, and glaucous gray on the other, distant and without 

 foot-stalks. Branches straggling, very numerous, and curved 

 upwards at the points, with the branchlets slender, branching, 

 and drooping. Berries very small, oblong, in threes round the 

 branchlets, without any foot-stalks, of a purplish colour, covered 

 with a glaucous bloom, and divided on the top by two or 

 three grooves, radiating from the centre, each fruit containing 

 either two or three hard, bony seeds, in a dry spongy flesh. 



A large straggling, many-stemmed bush, growing from three 

 to four feet high, but covering a large space along the ground. 



It is found on the sub- Alpine Mountains in the Western 

 Caucasus, on the Talusch Mountains, in South Western Russia, 

 and on the Taurian Mountains. 



It is a very distinct and hardy kind. 



No. 10. Jttniperus Oxycedrus, Linn., the Prickly Cedar, or 

 large brown-fruited Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus Monspeliensium, Label. 



„ Oxycedrus Phoenicea, Bodon. 



Leaves dull green, distant, three in a whorl, spreading, very 

 sharp pointed, lanceolate, with two furrows on the upper side, 

 angular below, and nearly the same colour on both sides. 

 Branches furrowed; branchlets angular, slender, and rather 

 pendent at the points. Berries round, very large, smooth, 

 numerous, and chestnut brown, marked with two white lines on 

 the apex. 



A shrub or small tree, mostly with a centre stem, about ten 



