Gyhnoqens.] 



TAX \< i 





sun 



TIh w plants rat in the milder climati 



i found in elevated utuations within the tropics. The .■■inn. i 

 known in Europe ; and it i-> common in tin- North ol 

 Asia "i- it^ dependencies. I (acrydiuni and 

 Phyllocladua are abundant in New 

 land, in Podocarpj tin- richest of any 



in -| iee, three are found at the Caj 



Good Hope, 



Yews and their allies are resinous like 

 Conifers, and often valuable for their 

 timber, as evinced by tin- common Yew, 

 which is unBurpaBBed for durability and 

 elasticity. Podocarpus cupressina (Cho- 

 moro) is one of the best timber trees of 

 Java, The Dacrydium taxifoUum, or 

 Kakaterro of New Zealand, acquires a 

 heightof'200 feet Ed, I' J .13. 

 its branches may I"- manufactured into 

 u beverage resembling in antiscorbutic 

 qualities tin' well-known Bpruce bet r. 

 Podocarpus Totarra furnishes the 

 most valuable timber in New Zealand ; 

 and it is saM that tin' possession of the 

 i: has been 1 1 1« ■ cause of wars among 

 tin- Bavage natives. The leaves of the common Yew are f< tid, verj j 

 to horses and cows. (Rex Cativolus Taxo, cujus magna in Gallia Germaniaqui i 

 Beexanimavit I The berries are not dangerous. Thi unwhole- 



Bomo. On the authority of an Italian physician it is Btated that , i i w-l( av< -. »! ■ n 

 mstered in small <lo-cs to man, have a power similar to that ol' Digitalis 

 <.t the heal t and arteries, reducing the circulation, and i: persisted in I 

 in too large doses, as certainly fatal Yew is, however, reported to bav< 

 advantage over Digitalis, by its effects not accumulating in the system ; bo that it 

 much more manageable ami more efficient remedy. Th< I 



dua trichomanoides yields a red dye. The fruits ol Salisburia, a trei 

 common in Europe, are about as large as Damsons, and both n 

 their kernels are thought by the Japanese to promote digestion. The nuts . 

 are very astringi at, and are employed by the Japanese inter] n U re, •• ad i 

 urinam," when they are likely to be detained for a long time in the Imj 

 Chamber. 



i 



1 . < i.M. 



GENERA. 



Taxut, /.. 

 Podocarpus, L'Her. 

 Dacrydium, 5 

 Torreya, .intuit. 



.L'C 



N ' rtn 



Phyllocladua, /.. I I 



- 

 i. I.. C. Rich. 

 BrotcneU i :. I- C. H ■ 



i 



- ii/A. 



Numbers. Gen. 9. Sp. 50. 



P 

 Position. Gnetaceoj. Taxai i k. Pit 



i . i \i Phyllocladua rhomboidalh ; 1. a 



j . with a pail t'f Mowers. 



