LXXVI. TAXA CEJE : TORRE Y^. 



y*3 



.ngravings. 

 1754. 



Pin. Wob., pi. 68. ; Gard. Mag., vol. xv. figs. 57. and 58. ; and our f.gs. \loh. and 



ipec. Char., Sfc. Leaves distichous, flat, from 1 in. to 1 ,i in. in length, darJ 

 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 

 niucronate; 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 

 promi-ses to be 

 so. Propagated 

 by cuttings, or by 

 grafting on the 

 common yew. 



1753. T. Harringtonia. 



1734. 



Other Species of ^dxus. T. Mackaya Pin. Wob. p. 218. is a native o! 

 Japan, with very narrow leaves. Introduced in 1838. T. Inukaja is a nai le, 

 m Mr. Knight's Calalogue, of a Japan species which has leaves Uke 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.j Arnott. The Torreya. Lin. Syst. Dice cia Monadelphia. 



Identification. Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. i. p. 130. ; Gard. Mag., vol. xvi., p. 058. 



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



American Flora. 

 Si/nonyme. 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. Pewa/e 

 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. Co- 

 tyledons connate. 



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

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



