SYNOPSIS OF PINKS. 349 



Obdek ly. T/VXINE^. 



Geu. 1. SALISBURIA. 

 1. S. adiantifolia, 10-30 ft 

 Where Salisbiiria, or the Maiden-hair tree, attains a considerable size, 

 it assumes a broad form ; but it is seldom found in that state, except in 

 the southern climates of Great Britain, in rich, deep soils and warm sub- 

 soOs. Its light-green leaves, which are generally much divided and 

 furnished with conspicuous nerves, are its chief peculiarity, and render 

 it very unlike any other tree in cultivation. 



Gen. 2. CEPHALOTAXUS. 



1. C. pedunculata, tree. 4. C. umbraculifera. 



2. C. drupacea, tree. 5. C. Fortuni. 



3. C. tardiva. 



These are fine evergreen trees : 1 is a large tree, with slender weep- 

 ing branches, and 3 has an upright habit. The foliage is of a dark 

 green, with a whitish glaucous tint underneath, in 3 and 4. The leaves, 

 which in all the species resemble those of the yew, are in 5 three or four 

 inches long. 



Gen. 3. TORREYA. 



1. T. taxifolia, 20 ft. 3. T. nucifera, 30-40 ft. 



2. T. Humboldt!, tree. 



The Torreyas ara yew-like trees. T. taxifolia has vivid green leaves, 

 which are glaucous underneath. 



Gen. 4. TAXUS. 



1. T. baccata, 30-40 ft. 9. T. baccata lutca. 



2. T. sparsifoha. 10. T. fastigiata, Irish, 5-15 ft. 



3. T. argentea. H. T. variegata. 



4. T. aurea. 12. T. Canadensis, 4-6 ft 



5. T. Dovastoni. ■*13. T.cuspidata. 



6. T. pyramidalis. *14. T. Wallichiana. 



7. T. erecta. *15. T. globosa. 



8. T. elegantissima. IC. T. adpressa. 



The comrmon yew (1) is, in open situations, a broad, spreading, 

 branching tree ; in a close wood it grows more erect. In 5 the branches 

 are pendulous, and in 7 erect. In 6 tlie form is pyramidal ; the Irisli 

 yew (10) is of a well-known upright form. 2'. Cariailensis is of less 

 vigorous growth than th^ common yew, with slender spreading branches. 



