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No. 18. JuNlPEEUS FLACCIDA, SchUcht, the Loose-growing 



Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperns foetida flaccida, Sjpach. 

 „ „ gracilis, Endlicher. 



Leaves of various forms, some opposite and in pairs, others 

 in whorls of three, spreading at the points, needle or lance- 

 shaped, very small and pointing upwards ; three-quarters of a 

 line long, with frequently an elongated gland on the back of 

 the small, round, and closely imbricated leaves, on the smaller 

 branchlets of the adult plants; those on young plants are 

 spreading, straight, much longer, lance-shaped, and bright 

 green on both sides. Branches naked towards the base, slen- 

 der, horizontal, drooping at the points, and covered with a 

 smooth, grayishnbrown bark ; branchlets numerous towards the 

 end of the branches, four-sided, pliable, spread out, mostly 

 growing on one side, and pendulous. Berries large, globular, 

 solitary, and half an inch in diameter, with projecting, thin, 

 acute-pointed scales, and of a deep purple colour, covered with 

 a glaucous bloom. 



A graceful, loose-spreading, pyramidal bush or small tree, 

 growing from 20 to 30 feet high, with a drooping appearance. 



It is found on the mountains of Atotonilco el Chico, Regla, 

 and Real del Monte, in Mexico, at elevations of from 6000 to 

 8000 feet, where it produces Sandarac, but in much smaller 

 quantity than the Mexican Jumper (J. Mexibana). 



It is very distinct and tolerably hardy. 



No. 19. JtJNiPERUS Pseudo-Sabina, Fischer, the Siberian 



Savin. 

 The leaves are of various forms and sizes, on different parts 

 of the plant ; those on the primary branches and intermediate 

 branchlets are open, spreading, subulate, rigid, straight, thickly 

 placed in threes, or in opposite pairs, channelled and glaucous 

 on the upper surface, rounded on the back, spiny pointed, and 

 two lines long; while those on the external fertile branchlets 

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