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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



tichous and forked, ending in a pungent mucro. Native of Middle Florida, 

 on calcareous hills. 



* 1. T. TAXIFO'LIA Am, The Yew-leaved Torreya. 



Identification. Arn. in Annals of Nat. Hist., vol. i. p. 130. ; Card. Mag., vol. xvi. p. 659. 



Si/mmymes. Taxus montana Nutt., not of Willd. ; Stinking Cedar, Florida. 



Engravings. Hooker's Icones Plantarum, t. 232. and t. 233. ; Card. Mag., vol. xvi., figs. 74. and 75. \ 



and our figs. 1755. and 1756., in which m shows the male, and / the female, flowers and branches 



from male and female plants. 



Spec. Char. See Gen. Char. An evergreen tree, with the habit and appear- 

 ance of J'bies canadensis. Florida, on chalky hills, all along the eastern 



bank of the river Appelach. Height 

 20 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced in 1840. 

 Propagated by grafting on the com- 

 mon yew. 



The wood is dense, and closely 

 grained, and in old trees of a reddish 

 colour, like that of Junfperus vir- 

 giniana. It is of a strong and peculiar 

 odour, especially when bruised or 



burnt, and hence, in the country where it grows, it is frequently called 

 Stinking Cedar. It makes excellent rails, and is not liable to the attacks 

 of insects. (Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. i. p. 129.) Canterbury Nursery. 



GENUS III. 



Smith. THE SALISBURIA. Lin. Syst. Monce v cia Polyandria. 



Identification. Lin. Trans., 3. p. 330. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 472. ; Horn. Hort. Reg. Haff. 2. p. 903. 

 Synonyme. Ginkgo of Kasmpfer, Linnaeus, and others 



Derivation. Named in honour of JR. A. Salisbury, F R.S. L.S., &c., a distinguished botanist. 

 Ginkgo is the aboriginal name in Japan. 



Gen. Char. Male flowers in tapering, decurved, bractless catkins, which are 

 borne several from one bud. Flowers many in a catkin, each appearing as a 

 stamen only, and consisting of a short filament-like stalk. Female flowers 

 borne from a bud, from which leaves are also produced ; and on peduncles, 

 either single or several on the pedicels of a branched peduncle. Flowers 

 seated in a shallow cup, formed of the dilated tip of the peduncle or pedicel, 



