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state, but up to 14,000 or 15,000 feet on the rearward ranges 

 where it becomes a creeping Alpine shrub, although at an ele- 

 vation of 9000 or 10,000 feet it is a large tree, from 70 to 80 

 feet high. 



It is perfectly hardy, and resembles J. excelsa, but it is more 

 open in the head. 



No. 23. JuNiPERUS Sabina, LmncBus, the Common Savin. 



Syn. Juniperus Sabina cupressifolia, Aiton. 



„ cupressifolia, Hort. 



„ Sabina horizontaHs, Hort. 

 „ „ vulgaris, Endlicher. 



„ Lusitanica, Miller (not of others). 



„ Lycia, Pallas not Idnnceus. 



„ foetida Sabina, Spach. 



Leaves in opposite pairs, imbricated, oval, somewhat pointed, 

 and convex on the back, or awl-shaped, and remote. Branches 

 nearly straight, very much ramified, younger ones entirely 

 covered with imbricated leaves, which have a very disagree- 

 able odour, and very bitter taste. Berries of a blackish-purple 

 colour, generally one-seeded, small, oval, smooth, and about the 

 size of a small currant. 



A low, much-branched shrub, but sometimes growing six or 

 seven feet high on the Lower Alps in Southern Europe. It 

 occurs in the mountains of Lombardy, in the Apennines, on 

 the Pyrenees, in Greece, on the Spanish Peninsula, but always 

 as a mountain plant. It is also very abundant on the northern 

 and western slopes of the Alps, on the Altai and Taurian 

 mountains. 



Juniperus Sabina nana, Hort, the Green Carpet or Dwarf 

 Savin Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus Sabina pumUa, Hort. 

 „ „ prostrata, Risso, not Torrey. 



„ „ elegans, Hort. 



