THE JUNIPER. 139 



Syn. Juniperus Wittmanniana, Fischer. 

 „ „ communis Wittmanniana, Carriire. 



„ „ Oxycedras Wittmanniana, Hort. 



Leaves in whorls of three, rigid, distant, spreading, very 

 sharp-pointed, dull green, and without foot-stalks, nearly three- 

 quarters of an inch long, lanceolate, tapering from the base to 

 the point, with two furrows, slightly glaucous on the young 

 foliage on the upper side, and angular below, but nearly the 

 same colour on both sides, on the adult leaves. Branches 

 spreading, angular, and straight. Branchlets slender, long, 

 rather stiff, and dull brown. Berries globular, four-tenths of 

 an inch in diameter, and of a smooth, shining, dull red colour, 

 with very short foot-stalks, and marked on the apex with three 

 white lines, radiating from the centre. Seeds three in each 

 berry. 



A shrubj or large bush, growing eight or ten feet high. 



It is found in the South of Europe, inhabiting the shores of 

 the Mediterranean, along the rocky districts of Spain and 

 France, the sands of Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, and 

 the Western Islands, at elevations varying from 1000 to 6000 

 feet. It is also found in the Caucasus, and Taurian Mountains, 

 but greatly influenced in size and foliage by elevation and 

 climate. 



No. 13. JtTNiPEBUS TAXIFOLIA, Hoolcer, the Yew-leaved 

 Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus oblonga pendula, Loudon. 

 „ „ pendula vera, Hort. 



„ i^ communis pendula, Sort. 



Leaves in whorls of three, linear, slightly rounded at the 

 point, rigid, spreading, upper side hollow, two furrowed, and 

 glaucous, the under one smooth, dark green, with a strong ele- 

 vated rib along its centre, terminating in a blunt point, and 

 without any foot-stalk. Branches few, scattered on the stem, 

 rather spreading, and pendulous at the ends, smaller ones 



