SPERM ATOPHYTA GYMNOSPERMS 



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Columbia, south to Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, also the West 

 Indies. The Platte Cedar occurs from Nebraska westward and is common in 

 the foothills of the Rockies. 



Poisonous properties. According to Dr. Halsted it poisons goats which 

 orowse on it. 



Fig. 129. Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) . To the left 

 a branch from an old tree; to the right juvenile shoots, spiny. 

 The plant is poisonous and injurious. 



Juniperus occidentalis. Hooker 



A shrub or small tree, with bark in shreds; leaves pale in color, closely 

 appressed, obtuse or acutish ; berries 4-5 lines in diameter. 



Distribution. Northwest along Pacific Coast. 



The variety monosperma, Eng., shows stunted trees, frequently 2 or more 

 feet in diameter, attaining an age of 1200-1300 years; leaves scale-like; berries 



Fig. 130. Savin, Juniper (Juniperus Sabina). 

 Fruiting branch. Known to be poisonous. (After 

 Strasburger, Noll, Schenck and Schimper). 



