cxcin. 



TAXUS BACCATA. 



Common Yew. 



Class XXII. Dicecia.— Order VIII. Monadelphia. 



Nat. Ord. Conifers. 



Gen. CiiAR. Male flowers : Perianth single at the base. 

 Stamens numerous ; anthers peltate, six to eight-celled; 

 cells opening beneath . Female flowers : Perianth 

 single, urceolate, scaly. Style none. Drupe fleshy, 

 open at the extremity. 



Spec. Char. Leaves two-ranked, crowded, linear, acute. 

 Flowers axillary, sessile. 



SYNONYMES. 



Description. — The Yew is rather a low tree, seldom exceed- 

 ing thirty feet in height, but, when old, with a very thick trunk, 



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