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about I in. long. Seed narrowly obovoid, f-1 in. long, green tinged 

 with purple. 



This species may be recognized by its branchlets being reddish 

 brown or reddish purple in the second year and by its strongly 

 curved deep green leaves. 



A native of Japan, where it occurs as a rare tree in the 

 southern islands and in the forests of S. and Central Hondo. It 

 was described byKaempfer in 1712 and was introduced, according 

 to Alton, in 17G4. In this country it is only seen as a shrub. 



Wood lustrous yellow to pale brown, durable under water, 

 used for chests, boxes, cabinets, furniture, water-pails, and for 

 Japanese chessmen. The seeds are rich in oil and are largely 

 eaten in Japan. 



Torreya taxifolia, Arnott. 

 Stinking Cedar. 



A tree up to 40 ft. high with a girth of 3-6 ft. in Florida. 

 Branches spreading, slightly pendulous, forming an open pyra- 

 midal head. Bark irregularly fissured and scaly. Branchlets 

 bright green with occasional minute hairs, becoming dark yellow- 

 ish-red when older. Buds as in T. calif ornica. Leaves f-l| in. 

 long, -|- in. wide, tapering to a spine-tipped apex, shining green 

 above, lower surface pale green with the two stomatic bands 

 scarcely depressed and narrower than the midrib ; rounded at the 

 base, with a stalk about .j\ in. long, i'^nu*^ obovoid, l-l|in. long, 

 the flesh with a foetid smell. 



This species resembles T. californica, but has much shorter 

 leaves. 



Native of N.W. Florida, where it grows on limestone soil and 

 in river swamps in the region bordering the Appalachicola river. 

 It was introduced into England in 1840, but no trees are known 

 to exist in this country and it is probably too tender for our 

 climate. Young plants, however, have been recently received in 

 England from the Arnold Arboretum. 



Sargent, Silva of N. America, x. 57, t. 512 (1896). 



