Juniperus bermudiana L.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
March 7, 1980
Dr. Thomas A. Zanoni
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY 10458
Dear Dr. Zanoni:
Well do I know the Franc specimen to which you refer. Luc Chevalier
brought some fragments back from Paris with the note that it was collected
on Mt. Dzumac. On two occasions I spent several days searching in and
around Mt. Dzumac in the hopes of finding this plant. When I finally
located the original specimens in Paris there were several sheets. Some
said Mt. Dzumac and others said Hermitage. Some had very immature repro-
ductive structures. The "Hermitage" is a small resort on the top of a
high hill north of Mt. Koghis near Noumea. The plant is Juniperus
bermudiana. Let me know if this does not solve the problem for you and
I will certainly look at the specimen further.
Sincerely yours,
David J. de Laubenfels
Professor
DJL/dg
PLANTS OF NEW CALEDONIA
Purchased by the Arnold Arboretum in 1981
No.
Coll. lv Franc
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