CHAP. CXI II. 



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J. nepalensis Hort., Cupressus nepalensis Hart. Seeds of this species 

 were sent to the Horticultural Society's Garden, by Mr. Ward of the Isle of 

 Wight, in 1834, and many plants raised from them. They are of vigorous 

 growth, and have the general appearance of the common red cedar. The 

 largest plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden is 2 ft. high. 



§ ii. Sablnce. — Leaves of the adult plant imbricated. D. Don. 

 * 7. J. £abi\\a. The common Savin. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1472. ; Hort. Cliff". ; Woodv. Med. Bot, p. 256. t. 94. ; Gouan Hort. Monsp., 



510. ; Hall. Helv. No. 1662. ; Scop. Cam., No. 1228. ; Gmel. Sib., 1. 183. No. 34. ; Pall. Itin., 3. 368. ; 



Fl. Ross., 1, 2. 15. t. 56. f. 2. ; Mart. Mill., No. 5. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. 852.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 5. 



p. 414. ; Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 62. ; Desf. Hist, des Arb., &c, 2. p. 559. 

 Engravings. Woodv. Med. Bot., t. 94. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 56. f. 2. ; Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 62, 63.; 



Bull. Herb., t. 139.; and our fig. 2364. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves oval, opposite, imbricated, somewhat acute, convex 

 on the back ; the male catkins pedunculate. Berries of a 

 blackish blue, generally monospermous. (N. Du Ham.) A 

 low shrub, introduced before 1548, and flower- 

 ing in March and April. 

 Varieties. 



m J. S. 1 cupressifolia Ah. Hort. Kew., v. p. 

 414. ; J. lusitaniea Mill. Diet., No. 11. ; 

 iSabina Dod. Pempt., 854. ; S. folio 

 Cupressi Bank. Pin., 487., Du Ham. 

 Arb., ii. t. 62., Rail Hist., 1415.; la 

 Sabine male, Fr. ; the Cypress-leaved 

 Savin ; (fig- 2359.) has the leaves like 

 those of a cypress. 



* J. S. 2 tamariscifolia Ait., 1. c. ; <Sa- 



bina folio Tamarisci DioscoridL? Bauh., 

 1. c; J. Sabina Mill. Diet., No. 10.; la 

 Sabine femelle ; the Tamarisk-leaved, 

 or berry-bearing, Savin, (fig. 2360.) 



* J. S. 3 foliis variegdtis Mart. Mill, has the leaves variegated. 



There are plants of all the above varieties in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. 



* J. S. 4 prostrdta, J. prostrata Michx., J. repens Nutt., J. hudsonica 



Lodd. Cat., 1836, and our 

 fig. 2361., is a low trailing 

 plant, seldom rising above 

 6«in. or 8 in. in height, but 

 rooting into the soil, and ex- 

 tending its branches to a great 

 distance. 

 <U J. S. 5 alpina, J. alpina Lodd. 

 Cat., 1836, (fig. 2362.) is a 

 procumbent plant, more slen- 

 der in its habit, but, in other 

 respects, only slightly different 

 from J. prostrata. The plant 

 in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden is about 18 in. high. 2361 2362 



Description. $c. The savin, though generally seen, in British gardens, as 

 a low spreading shrub, has sometimes an upright trunk, clothed in a reddish 

 brown bark, and rising to the height of 10 ft. or 12 ft., or even higher. Its 

 branches are nearly straight, very much ramified, and form, with the trunk, 

 a regular pyramid. Its young branches are entirely covered with imbri- 

 cated leaves, which have a very strong and disagreeable odour, and a 



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