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large tree reaching a height of 90-100 and trunk diameter of 

 4-5 , but usually much smaller, sometimes shrub-like, with 

 ragged and sheddy bark. Leaves mostly scale-like, appressed, 

 opposite and four-ranked, 1 /4 / long, glandular. The leaves on 

 young twigs are frequently linear-lanceolate, % inch long, 

 sharp pointed, somewhat spreading. 



Fruit globular or nearly so, 1/5 '-1/3' in diameter, blue, cov- 

 ered with a bloom, ripening the first autumn. The seeds are 

 flattened y' long, smooth. 



Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, western Ontario, South Da- 

 kota and extending southward to Florida, Alabama, and east- 

 ern Texas. 



The wood is close grained, soft and weak. It. has a beau- 

 tiful red heart wood, which is used for furniture making, 

 chests and pencils. It is also used extensively for posts, as 

 it is quite durable. Oil of juniper is distilled from the leaves 

 and wood. The tree is extensively cultivated for ornamental 

 purposes. 



7. Sabinia scopulorum Sargent. Rocky Mountain Red 

 Cedar. A tree 30-40 in height with a trunk sometimes 

 reaching a diameter of 3 but more often divided near the 

 ground into -a number of secondary stems. Leaves opposite, 

 borne in pairs, closely appressed to the stem, glandular, dark 

 green or frequently pale and glaucous, entire on the margin. 

 The fruit is nearly globose y' to Vs' in diameter, bright blue 

 with a bloom, ripening the second season. Seeds one or 

 mostly 2, prominently grooved and angled. 



From Rocky Mountain foothills, extending to western 

 Texas, and west to Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. 



ARECACEAE Reichenb. The Palm Family. 



Trees with upright stems, which bear a crown of leaves at 

 the end. The leaves in our species are large, fan-shaped, 

 palmately cleft or divided. Fruit a dupe or a berry. 



1. Sabal Adams. The Palmetto. Unarmed trees with 

 stout upright trunks, which are covered with a red-brown 

 rind. The tree is characterized by the fiber-like threads which 

 droop from the margins of the leaf segments. 



