186 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



344. Taxus Ploridana, Nuttall, 



Sylvo, iii,92; 2 ed. ii, 155. Groom in Am. Jour. Sci. 1 ser. xivi, 334. Chapman, FI. S. States, 436. C8^T^^^o, Trait. Coiiif. 2 ed. 741. 

 Hoopes, Evergreens, 3tj4. Vasey. Cat. Forest Trees, 36. 



T. montana, Nuttall, Sylva,iii, 92; 2 ed.il, 155. 



YEW. 



Western Florida, banks of the Apalachicola river from Bristol to Aspalaga, Gadsdeu couuty, aud Watson's 

 Landing? (Curtm). 



A small tree, 3 to 6 meters in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.25 meter in diameter ; rare and very local. 



Wood heavy, hard, very close-grained, compact; bauds of small summer cells very thin, dark colored, not 

 conspicuous ; medullary rays iiumerous, obscure ; color, dark brown tinged with red, the thin sap-wood nearly 

 white; specific gravity, 0.C340 ; ash, 0.21. 



345. Torreya taxifolia, Arnott, 



Ann. Nat. Hist, i, 134; Hooker, Icon, iii, t. 232, 233. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 454. Nuttall, Sylva, iii. 91, t. 109; 2 ed. ii, 153, t. 

 109. Spach, Hist. Veg. xi, 298. Eudlicher, Syn. Conif. 241. Lindley & Gordon in Jour. Hort. Soc. London, v, 226. Darby, Bot. 

 S. States, 516. Carrifere, Trait. Conif. 514 ; 2 ed. 726. Gordon, Pinetum, 329; 2 ed. 412. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 259. 

 Chapman, Fl. S. States, 436. Wood, CI. Book, 664; Bot. & Fl. 316. Hoopes, Evergreens, 387, f. 62. Parlatore in De Candolla, 

 Prodr. xvi', 505. Koch, Dendrologie, ii'^, 100. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 35. Veitch, Manual Conif. 311. 



Caryotaxus taxifolia, Henkel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 367. 

 Fcetataxus montana, Nelson, PinaceiB, 167. 



STINKING CEDAR. SAA^N. 



Western Florida, eastern bank of the Apalachicola river from Chattahoochee to the neighborhood of Bristol, 

 Oadsden county; doubtfully reported from the shores of a small lake west of Ocheesee and at Wakulla Springs, 

 Wakulla county {Curliss). 



A tree 12 to 18 meters in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 0.90 meter in diameter, sending up when cut many 

 vigorous shoots from the stem aud roots; borders of swamps on calcareous soil; very rare and local. 



Wood light, rather hard, strong, brittle, very close-grained, compact, susceptible of a beautiful polish, very 

 durable in contact with the soil ; bands of small summer cells very thin, not conspicuous ; medullary rays 

 numerous, obscure; color, clear bright yellow, the thin saj)- wood much lighter; specific gravity, 0.5145; ash, 0.73; 

 largely used locally for fence posts, etc. 



346. Torreya Californica, Toney, 



N. York Jour. Pharm. iii, 49; Pacific R. R. Rep. iv, 140. Bigelowin Pacific R. R. Rep. iv, 24. Kellogg iu Proc. California Acad. 1, 

 35. Newberry iu Pacific R. R. Rej). vi, 61, 90, f. 27. Cooper iu Smithsonian Rep. 185S, 263. Bolauder in Proc. California 

 Acad, iii, 229. Hoopes, Evergreens, 335. Parlatore in De CandoUe, Prodr. xvi'^, 06. Koch, Dendrologie, ii'', 101. Gordon, 

 Pinetum, 2 ed. 410. "Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 35. Watson, Bot. California, ii, 110. 



T. Myristica, Hooker f. iu Bot. Mag. t. 4780. Van Hontto iu Fl. des Serres, ix, 175 & t. Carritre, Conif. 315; 2 ed. 727. 

 Gordon, Pinetum, 1 ed. 327. Murray in Edinburgh New Phil. Jour, new ser. x, 7, t. 3. Veitch, Manual Conif. 311. 



Caryotaxus Myristica, Heukel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 368. 



Fcetataxits Myristica, Nelson, Pinacese, 168. 



CALIFORNIA NUTMEG. STINKING CEDAR. 



California, Mendocino county, and along the western slope of the Sierra Nevadas to Tulare county, between 

 3,000 and 5,000 feet elevation. 



A tree 15 to 22 meters in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 0.90 meter in diameter, sending up from the stump when 

 cut many vigorous shoots; borders of streams, in moist soil; rare. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, very close-grained, compact, susceptible of a flue polish, very durable in contact 

 with the soil; bands of small summer cells broad, uot conspicuous; medullary rays numerous, ol>>cnrc; color, 

 clear light yellow, the thin sap-wood nearly white; specific gravity, 0.47C0; ash, 1.34. 



