. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . ng,sharp pointed, and sparingly glandular; fruit dark blueglaucous with sweet resinous tlesh; seeds usually solitarybut sometimes 2 or 3. Eastern slopes of the Rockies extending from Colorado toUtah, Nevada, Xew Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The wood is hard, close grained, and is very durable. It isused largely for fence posts, and for fuel. The fruit is usedas food by the Indians. The fibrous inner bark is also utilizedsomewhat as fiber. 5. Sabinia sabinoides (H. B. K.) Small. Mountain shrub or sm
. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . ng,sharp pointed, and sparingly glandular; fruit dark blueglaucous with sweet resinous tlesh; seeds usually solitarybut sometimes 2 or 3. Eastern slopes of the Rockies extending from Colorado toUtah, Nevada, Xew Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The wood is hard, close grained, and is very durable. It isused largely for fence posts, and for fuel. The fruit is usedas food by the Indians. The fibrous inner bark is also utilizedsomewhat as fiber. 5. Sabinia sabinoides (H. B. K.) Small. Mountain shrub or small tree reaching a height of 40° and diameterof 1° with short trunk and shreddy brown bark. Leavesscale-like, appressed and imbricated, opposite, minutelytoothed on the margin, Y^-V^ long, long pointed, sparingly The Trees of ; 4.) glandular. Fruit almost globular V^-V-^ in dianioter, darkblue with thin, sweet resinous flesh. Seed l-i ribbed. In the limestone hills of central and western Texas extend-ing to Mexico. The wood is liaixl, close grained but weak. It is used very. 1). Sabiniu sabinoides. extensively for fence posts, telegraph poles and for fuel. Tlietree is also used sonunvhat for ornamental planting in theregion in which it is native. 6. Sabinia virginiana (L.) Antoine. Red Cedar. A rather 46 Btdletin of the University of Texas large tree reaching a height of 90-100° and trunk diameter of4-5°, but usually much smaller, sometimes shrub-like, withragged and sheddy bark. Leaves mostly scale-like, appressed,opposite and four-ranked, 14 long, glandular. The leaves onyoung twigs are frequently linear-lanceolate, % inch long,sharp pointed, somewhat spreading. Fruit globular or nearly so, l/5-l/3 in diameter, blue, cov-ered with a bloom, ripening tire first autumn. The seeds areflattened i^ 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
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