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“. ** A sprawling shrub, r 
ety. tall: with. dn ovoid crown a ema. 
y a9¢emdent, decumbent or’ even prostrate, férming °°” 
gles; ‘young bark reddish-drab with a dull lustre , smooth, *~— 
‘imilar in shade often with a violaceous tinge, irregularly’. 
aking away; branchlets green, glabrous, striate from the decurrent | 
: : leaf-bases; leaves persistent 5-7 years, commonly 1.5 cm. long, 2.5 mm. 
- Wide, flat, narrowly oblong, narrowed at the base, acuminate at the 
4 apex with a short, sharp mucro, dull green above, the midvein elevated, 
a) ‘.. paler and yellowish green beneath, twisted at the base and obscurely ~ 
Foere articulate, spreading in flat apparently two-ranked Sprays, which when 
young are bluish green, very giaucous; staminate cones yellowish, in 
5 eS » globose clusters 2-3 mm. in diameter on peduncles of equal length; 
. ovules glaucous, green, 2.5 mm. long, scarcely exceeding the scales; 
fruit a bright coral-red, translucent, cherry-like structure 8-10 mme in 
5 
4 
{ diameter, the seed about 8 mm long, elliptical, bony. Seedlings 3-4 cm. 
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tall; cotyledons two, flat, 15-20 m. long, 2 mm. wide, dark green but 
dull, tapering toward the apex; first leaves similar to mature leaves but 
smaller and thinner, decurrent, cotyledons persistent the second year, aera 
Mostly in mature shaded cedar-hamlock associations below 
“. Fi skttt 
x oy 
4000 feet, solitary or forming thickets: sometimes Surviving in... 
es t, soli thick pome times surviving ini. eee. 
4 open burns when not fire-killed; observed &¥ high as 5000 feet in ~~ 4 
qi) the Clearwater forest. 
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