12 TAXACEAE 
mostly few-flowered, with scaly involueres. Ovulate ament most 1-flow- 
s the earpellary scale wanting. Cone baccate or drupaceous, wholly 
r partially enclosed by a pulpy : eup- -like aril.—About 12 genera, widely 
distributed, Many kinds are used in ornamental horticulture 
Ovulate flowers usually 2 together: ovule borne in a cup: seed nu in the 
accrescent cup: endosperm channeled : pollen-sacs 4. 1. TUMION. 
Ovulate flowers usually solitary : ovule borne in a cup: seed surrounded 
b e accrescent cup: endos sperm even: pollen- uis more than 4. 2. TAXUS. 
TUMION Raf. Trees. Leaves rigid. Staminate ament with 4 pollen- 
sacs under each scale. Ovulate ament usually with 2 ovules. Seed baccate, the 
pericarp fleshy. [Torreya Arn.]—Besides the following, there are three other 
species, one in California and two in eastern Asia. 
: ae race (Arn.) Greene. Tree be- 
ing 18 m. tall, with obrui i dp pos 
icu bruised: peus blades linear, 1.5-3 ec 
long, firm-tipped: staminate amen nt 5 8 
. long: seed dp i g or som 
1 —4 long, g 
AR ORREYA.)—Bluffs and woods along 
the: ir ad River, and  tributary 
Streams, Fla. dj. Ga.—Spr.—Limited : 
in distribution, bul often plentiful Bd it & ey 
gro The wood is durable, and m of m, 
the pem specimens have been destroyed 
for making fence-posts. The seeds are 
favorite food of wild rodents. The fear soot is bo yellow. 
2. TAXUS [Tourn.] L. Diffuse shrubs, or trees. Leaves leathery. Stami- 
nate ament with mostly 6-8 pollen-sacs under each scale. Ovulate ament with 
1 ovule each. Seed nut-like, surrounded by the LA aril, except the apex.— 
About 6 species, of wide Mim distribution. shrubby one occurs in 
NE N. and may extend into NW N. C., and an is ind ranges west 
of the ee divide. Te European 
species was formerly much used in ecclesias- 
tical ceremonies, and much superstition was 
associated with the tree.—YEWS 
ad floridana Nutt. Tree becoming 6 
all, m -scented when bruised: 
leaf- blades narrowly linear, 1-2 cm. long, 
sharply apiculate: ao light- -red, 6-10 mm. 
long, t the o oid, m. long— (YEW. 
FLORIDA-YEW.)— BI zs ind woods long the 
pe A River, ad tributary ou des 
e ess common than TORREYA. 
On unt of its smaller size, limited dis- 
tribution and comparative scarcity, it has 
not been used economically. The oe wood is light- brown. 
