The Trees of Texas 45 
7. SABINA. Haller. The Cedars. 
Moncecious or dioecious, strong scented trees or shrubs. 
Leaves scale-like or sometimes awl-shaped, appressed to the 
stem, not spreading on mature branches, each with a gland 
on the back. Flowers and fruit terminal. Cone berry-like. 
Fruit reddish brown, lrage with 1-12 seeds. 
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Fruit blue or blue-black, small. 
Leaves denticulate. 
Fruit globose or oblong, seeds usually 1, rarely 
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Fruit globose, seeds 1-4, leaves keeled and 
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Leaves entire. 
Fruit subglobose %’ to 1/3’ long, seeds 1-4, 
branchlets stout, not pendulous or only 
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Fruit subglobose 1%’ in diameter, seeds 
usually 2, branches pendulous............ 8 S. barbadensis. 
Fruit subglobose ripening the second season, 
1/9’-1/3’ in diameter; seeds usually 2, 
Deanchiets. rigid, often: erect... 2.02 5... 6. 9 S. scopulorum. 
1. Sabinia pachyphlaea Vorr. Juniper. Thick-barked 
Juniper. Mountain Cedar. 
A tree reaching a maximum height of 50 to 60 feet and 
diameter of 3-5 feet, with long branches and thick. sealy, red- 
brown bark divided into 4 sided plates. Leaves in pairs 
about 1, inch Jong, appressed, keeled and glandular, bluish 
green. Fruit globose about 44 inch long, reddish brown, and 
contains a sweet mealy flesh. 
At altitudes of 4000 to 6000 feet from Colorado to Nevada, 
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. In Texas it is 
found only in the western part of the state. 
The wood is sofe and brittle and is not used extensively. 
The fruit is used for food by the Indians. 
2. Sabinia flaccida Schlecht. Drooping Juniper. <A tree 
reaching a ‘height of 30° or often only a shrub. The branches 
are wide spreading, and the long drooping branchlets give 
the tree a characteristic appearance. Leaves about 1%’ long, 
