114 CONIFERiE. Torreya. 



345. Torreya taxifolia, Am. 

 Slinking Cedar. Savin. 



Western Florida, — eastern bunk of the Apalachicola River from 

 Chattahoochee to the neighborhood of Bristol. 



A tree 12 to 18 metres in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 0.90 metre in 

 diameter ; 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 sap-wood much 

 lighter ; largely used locally for fence-posts, etc. 



346. Torreya Californica, Torr. 

 California Nutmeg. Stinking Cedar. 



California, — Mendocino County, and along the western slope of the 

 Sierra Nevada to Tulare County, between 3,000 and 5,000 feet elevation. 



A tree 15 to 22 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 0.90 metre in 

 diameter ; borders of streams, in moist soil ; rare. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, very close-grained, compact, susceptible of 

 a fine polish, very durable in contact with the soil ; bands of small sum- 

 mer cells broad, not conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous, obscure ; 

 color clear light yellow, the thin sap-wood nearly white. 



347. Pirms Strobus, L. 



Wltitc Pine. Weymouth Pine. 



Newfoundland, northern shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to Lake 

 Nipigon and thr -valley of the Winnipeg River, south through the North- 

 ern States to Pennsylvania, the southern shores of Lake Michigan ; 

 " Starving rock," near La Salle, Illinois, near Davenport, Iowa (very 

 rare and local) ; and along the Alleghany Mountains to northern Georgia. 



A large tree. 2 1 to 52 metres in height, with a trunk 1.20 to 3.50 

 metres in diameter ; sandy loam, forming extensive forests, or in the 

 region of the gnat lak< is often in small bodies scattered through the hard- 

 wood forest-, here reaching its greatest development'; north of latitude 

 47° and south of Pennsylvania, central Michigan, and Minnesota much 

 smaller, less common and valuable. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, very close, straight-grained, compact, 

 easily worked, susceptible of a beautiful polish ; bands of small summer 

 cells thin, not conspicuous; resin passages small, not numerous nor con- 

 spicuous : medullary rays numerous, thin : color light brown, often slightly 

 tinged with red, the sap-wood nearly white; more largely manufactured 

 into lumber, shingles, laths, etc., than that of any other North American 

 tree ; the common and most valuable building material of the Northern 

 States : largely used in cabinet-making, for interior finish, and in the 

 manufacture of matches, wooden-ware, and for many domestic purposes. 



