228 TAXIXE^. [part i. 



of stones or nuts that it contains. The fruit of 

 all the Junipers is very slow in ripening, and in 

 some of the species it remains two years on the 

 tree. 



§ 3. TAXINE^.— THE YEW TRIBE. 



The only needle-leaved tree in this section is the 

 Yew, and this is the only one I shall describe ; 

 as though the Salisburia and some of the New- 

 Zealand resinous trees are included in it by 

 modern botanists, the latter are at present very 

 rare in this country; and the Salisburia, though it 

 has been introduced more than a hundred years, 

 and is frequently found in shrubberies, has not 

 yet produced fruit in Britain. 



THE GENUS TAXUS. THE YEW^. 



The common Yew {Taxus haccata) has the 



Fig- 101.— The Common Yew (Taxus haccata). 



male and female flowers on different plants. 



