384 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



with exceedingly sharp points at the apex ; hence the spe- 

 cific name. This pretty species is very popular with the 

 Japanese, and will undoubtedly prove so here, should it 

 succeed in our climate. 



5, T. globosa, SMechlendahl. MEXICAN YEW. This 

 species, described by Ilartweg as T. baccata Mexicana, 

 has its leaves densely distichous, somewhat falcate, very 

 dark, shining green, and ending in a stiff, sharp point. The 

 branches are produced in much the same manner as those 

 of the English Yew, but with the branchlets more or less 



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drooping. It will scarcely be of interest to American cul- 

 tivators, as the climate of England is not sufficiently mild 

 for its successful culture. 



6, T, Wallichiana, Zaccarini. WALLICH'S YEW. 

 This is also described as T. nueifera, by Royle and 

 others, as well as T. virgatci, by Dr. Wallich, and T. bac- 

 cata Indica, by Madden. It forms a splendid tree on the 

 mountains of Sikkim, Nepal, etc., at high elevations, where 

 it is produced in great abundance. The leaves are long, 

 linear, acute, petioled, of a dark, shining green color, and 

 in much demand by the inhabitants as a substitute for tea. 

 This species is very distinct from the Torreya nueifera of 

 Zuccarini, although frequently and erroneously confounded 

 with it by writers on the plants of India. If may possibly 

 succeed with us, having proven quite hardy in England. 



7t T, Floridana, Nuttall. Is a pretty species from 

 Florida, growing near the Apalachicola River, where it 

 assumes the height of from 10 to 20 or 30 feet. The leaves 

 are quite narrow, mucronate, with revolute margins, and 

 about the same color as the common Yew. Nuttall con- 

 sidered it nearly allied to the T. brevifolia, but occupying 

 a very different geographical range. The same author 

 first named it T. montana. It is described in Chapman's 



