LXXVI. 



943 



Engravings. 

 1754. 



Pin. Wob., pi. 68. ; Card. 



vol. xv. figs. 57. and 58. ; and our figs, l/i/3. and 



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Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves distichous, flat, from 1 in. to 1 1 in. in length, dark 

 green and shining on the upper surface ; of a white glaucous hue be- 

 neath, with the exception of the midrib and revolute margins, which are of 



a bright green ; the apex 

 mucronate; footstalks short. 

 Branches round and fur- 

 rowed. (Forbes.) An ever- 

 green tree. Japan. ? Height. 

 Introduced in 1837. 



Readily distinguished from 

 all the well-authenticated spe- 

 cies of Taxus, by its larger 

 revolute leaves, 

 which are of a 

 silvery glaucous 

 colour on the 

 under side. It is 

 not yet ascer- 

 tained whether 

 the plant is suffi- 

 ciently hardy to 

 pass the winter in 

 the open air as a 

 standard, but it 

 promises to be 

 so. Propagated 

 by cuttings, or by 

 grafting on the 



1753. T. Harringtbnia. Common J'CW. l *- 



Other Species of Taxus. T. Mackaya Pin. Wob. p. 218. is a native of 

 Japan, with very narrow leaves. Introduced in 1838. T. Inukdja is a name, 

 in Mr. Knight's Catalogue, of a Japan species which has leaves like the 

 leaflets of the sago palm ; but very little is known respecting it. T. globosa 

 Schlecht. (G. M. xv. p. 242.) is a Mexican species, not yet introduced. 



GENUS II. 



TORRE'Y^ Arnott. THE TORREYA. Lin. Syst. Dice'cia Monadelphia. 



Identification. Ann. Nat. Hist, vol.i. p. 130. ; Gard. Mag., vol. xvi, p. 658. 



Derivation, Named by Dr. Arnott in honour of Dr. Torrey, one of the authors of the North- 

 American Flora. 

 Synonyme. Taxus sp. Nutt. 



Gen. Char. Dioecious. Male ament at first subglobose, but at length elon- 

 gated ; the rachis ultimately naked, except at the base, where it is bracteate 

 by quadrifariously imbricated many-flowered scales. Staminiferous scales 

 pedicellate, subpeltate, dimidiate, each bearing a 4-celled anther. Female 

 ament ovate, one-flowered, bracteate at the base as in the male ; disk none. 

 Ovulum erect. Seed ovate, bracteate at the base by dry scarcely increasing 

 scales, but naked at the top. Testa thick, fleshy, and coriaceous outside, 

 but fibry inside. Albumen ruminated. Embryo subcylindrical, short. Cc- 

 tyledom connate. 



Leaves simple, linear, two-rowed, exstipulate, evergreen ; rigid, mucro- 

 nate. A tree, evergreen, with spreading branches, and the branchlets dis- 



