JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS. 



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Scientific Najie. 



Synonyms. 



JUNIPERUS __ 



PACHYPHLOSA 



(Torrey) 



PH(ENiCEA 



(Linrueus) 



SPHJSRICA 



{IAndley) 



,, Sheppardi 

 {Hort.) 



Juniperus hacciformis 



(Carriere) 



,, Langoldiana 



(Hort.) 



Cupressus hacciformis 



(Weldenow) 



Juniperus Fortunei 

 (Hort. Van Houtte) 

 ,, chinensis 



Smithii 

 (Loudon) 



,, sphosrim 



glauca 

 (Fortune) 



Popular Name. 



The Phoenician 

 Juniper 



The globular- 

 fruited Juniper 



Sheppard's 



Juniper 



Habitat. 



New Mexico 



Greece, Asia 



Minor, &c, 



North China 



North China 



Height 



in 

 Feet. 



15— 18 



25— 30 



Juniperus chinensis. — A low or medium-sized tree, of erect or 

 elongated pyramidal habit, with short branches and dimorphous 

 foliage. It is dioecious, each sex presenting an aspect distinct 

 from the other. The mas or male form has numerous branches, 

 the higher ones ascending or nearly erect, and all very much 

 ramified; the leaves are generally in threes, acicular, stiff, and 

 spreading, glaucous or bright green; the small staminate orange- 

 yellow flowers are produced in profusion all over the plant in 

 spring. The fcemina or female form has its branches longer, more 

 distant, and more spreading than those of the male; the leaves 

 are in opposite pairs, short, scale-like, and closely imbricated; 

 the berries are small, of a brownish-violet colour, and rarely contain 

 more than three seeds. The dimorphous foliage is common to both 

 forms; acicular leaves are frequently found on the small side shoots 

 and lower branches of the fcemina ; and the imbricated scale-like leaves 

 are most common on the outer and upper branches of the mas. 



Habitat. — China, Thibet, and the Himalayas of Cashmere and 

 Nepaul. * 



* Prod., xvi., p. 488, ox "Webb et Griffith. 



