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Tribe IL. TAXODIEA. 
Taxodiee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 422. | 
Five genera and about a dozen species, inhabiting North America, China and Japan, 
and Tasmania. 
3. TAXODIUM. 
Taxodium, L. C. Rich. in Ann. Mus, Par. xvi. p. 298, et Conif. p. 1438, t. 10; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
Plant. in. p. 429. . 
Three arboreous species, one of which inhabits the south-eastern States of N. America, 
and is very closely allied to the Mexican. The third, a native of China, is imperfectly 
known. 
1. Taxodium mucronatum, Ten. Osserv. su di una Pianta Conif. del genre 
Taxod. tt. 1 et 2; DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 441. 
Taxodium distichum, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 4, non Rich.; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ 
p. 335. 
Taxodium montezume, Dene. in Bull. Soc. Bot. de France, i. p. 71. 
Taxodium mexicanum, Carr. Conif. p. 147. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 850), 
Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2002), Coahuila and Nuevo Leon (Berlandier); Sourn Mexico, 
Chapultepec &c. (Humboldt & Bonpland), Misteca Alta at 7000 feet, and plain of Oaxaca 
(Galeotti, 5), Santa Maria, valley of Oaxaca (Liebmann), Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. 
(Jurgensen, 237), diffused over the whole tableland near streams and rivers (Seemann). 
Hb. Kew. 
Tribe III. TAXES. 
Taxew, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 422. 
Six genera and about twenty species, inhabiting the north and south temperate 
regions and the Malayan archipelago. 
4, TAXUS. | 
Taxus, Linn, Gen. Plant. n. 1185; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iti. p. 431. 
About six or eight species, or varieties of one species, widely dispersed in the 
temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. 
1. Taxus globosa, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 476; DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 501. 
SoutH Mexico, Real del Monte (Ehrenberg), without locality (Sal/é), Vera Cruz 
(Linden). Hb. Kew. 
[Tribe IV. Popocarpra and V. ARAUCARIEa are not known to be represented within 
our limits, though the genus Podocarpus, which is generally dispersed in the tropics, 
including the West Indies and South America, from Brazil and Peru to Venezuela and 
Colombia, may be expected to occur in the southern provinces. | 
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