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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 seale-like, appressed, 
opposite and four-ranked, 14’ long, glandular. The leaves on 
young twigs are frequently linear-lanceolate, 4% inch long, 
sharp pointed, somewhat spreading. 
Fruit globular or nearly so, 1/5’-1/8’ in diaineter, blue, cov- 
ered with a bloom, ripening the first autumn. The seeds are 
flattened 14’ 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 Jeaves 
and wood. The tree is extensively cultivated for ornamental 
purposes. i 
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 14’ to 14’ 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-hke threads which 
droop from the margins of the leaf segments. 
