62 Illustrations of Conifers. 



TORREYA NUCIFERA (Siebold and Zuccarini). 



Abh.Akad. Miienchen, III., pt. IV. p. 284 (1846). 



Fl. Jap. II. p. 64 t. 129 (1870). 



Veitch'sMan. Conif. ed. 2, p. 119 (1900). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. VI. p. 1468 (1912). 



A tree attaining in Japan 20 to 80 feet in height and 12 to 15 feet 

 in girth ; bark red. Branchlets opposite, green when young, chang- 

 ing to reddish-brown in the second year. Terminal buds prismatic, 

 with light-brown membranous scales. Leaves spirally placed on 

 the branchlets, but thrown by the twisting of their bases into a 

 pectinate arrangement, linear, acute, f to \\ inch long, terminating 

 in a sharp spine, rigid, more or less curved, shining above ; lower 

 surface with a deeply depressed stomatic band on each side of the 

 midrib. 



Staminate flowers about J inch long. Fruit variable in size and 

 shape, similar to that of T. californica. 



Torreya nucifera occurs wild in the southern islands of Japan 

 and in the forests of southern and central Hondo, where it sometimes 

 attains a height of 80 feet. It was described by Kaempfer in 

 1712, and according to Aiton was introduced into cultivation in 

 England in 1764, but is rarely seen except in botanic gardens. 



The specimen illustrated was sent by M. Allard, from Angers, 

 France. 



