SYNOPSIS OF PIXES. 273 



Oedek IV. TAXINKE. 



Gen. 1. SALISBUEIA. 



1. S. adiantifolia, 10-30. 

 Where Salishiiria, 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 Grreat Britain, iu rich deep soils and warm 

 subsoUs. 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. pedimculata, 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 weeping 



branches, and 3 has an upright habit. The fohage 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. taxifoUa, 20 ft. 3. T. nucifera, 30-40 ft. 



2. T. Humboldti, tree. 



The Torreyas are yew-hke trees. T. taxifoUa has vivid green leaves, 

 wliich are glaucous underneath. 



Gen. 4. TAXUS. 



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



2. T. sparsifoHa. 10. T. fastigiata, IrisTi, 5-15 ft. 



3. T. argentea. 11. T. variegata. 



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



5. T. Dovastoni. *13. T. cuspidata. 



6. T. pp-amidalis. *14. T. "Wallichiana. 



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



8. T. elegantissima. 16. T. adpressa. 



The common yew (1) is, in open situations, a broad spreading branch- 

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

 pendulous, and in 7 erect. In 6 the form is pyramidal; the Irish 

 yew (10) is of a well-known upright form. T. Canadensis is of less 

 vigorous growth than the common yew, with slender spreading branche;-, 

 and leaves of a reddish tinge. The fohage of yews is generally of a dark 

 green. ^Ir. Barron, of Elvaston Castle, greatly commends 4 as the most 



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