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green. Male cones orange red; female characterized by the 
elongated red bracts. The mature cones are 2’-414’ long, 
borne on stout stems. 
British Columbia, south to Colorado, Arizona, Texas and 
Mexico. In Texas it is found only in the northwestern part 
of the state. 
The heart wood is light red or vellow with almost white 
sapwood and is used extensively for lumber. 
4. THUYA (Tournefort) L. Arbor Vitae. 
Aromatic shghtly resinous, evergreen trees or shrubs with 
opposite, scale-like, imbricated, four ranked leaves. ‘Stam1i- 
nate and pistillate flowers borne on the same tree but upon 
different branchlets. Mature cones, elongated, consisting of 
8-12 scales. A wide range of ornamental varieties occurs in 
our area. 
5. CHAMAECYPARIS Spach. Chinese Arbor Vitae. 
Resembling Thuya and distinguished from it by the globose 
shaped cones. Extensively cultivated for ornament. 
6. JUNIPERUS. . 
Juniperus communis L. Juniper. A small erect conie 
shap tree with slender branches and thin reddish bark which 
splits into persistent scales. The leaves are awl-shaped 
14’-1,," long, spreading, borne in whorls of three and persist- 
ing for many years. Fruit a subglobose berry-lke cone 1’ in 
diameter, blue or almost black with a bloom, borne in the 
axils of leaves. Seeds usually solitary. 
It ranges from Greenland and Labrador to Alaska, south 
to Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas. It oc- 
curs only rarely in the dry sterile hills of northwestern Texas. 
The wood is hard, close grained, dark brown in color. It 
is durable and takes a fine polish. It is used for finishing, 
chests and furniture. The tree is planted extensively in its 
natural range for ornamental purposes. 
