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No. 1 Pacific Yew - - T. brevifolia, NuttalL 

 Small trees growing along streams of British 

 Columbia, Western Washington, and Oregon, .and 

 extending along the California coast to the Santa 

 Cruz Mountains. Leaves small, in two ranks. 

 Wood tough and elastic. 



Fourteenth Genus, TUMION- 



Eaf. 

 Torreya of Arnott. 



False Nutmeg- 

 Singular trees of four species, found in Japan, 

 China, Florida, and California, respectively. Foliage 

 of a heavy, disagreeable odor; fruit resembling the 

 nutmeg of commerce in both exterior and interior 

 appearance, but having none of its qualities. Seed 

 large, solitary. 



No. 1 California Nutmeg- T.CaUfornkum, Greene. 



(Torreya Calif or nica, Torrey.) 



Rarely a large tree in the Coast Mountains along 

 streams, and smaller in the Sierra as far interior as 

 Yosemite Valley. Fruit pear-shaped, 1 to \\ inches 

 long, shining, pendent from near the ends of the 

 branchlets. Leaves large, two to three inches long, 

 1 to 2 lines wide, flat, acute, shining above, and in 

 two ranks; the longest leaves midway of the season's 

 growth, rendering the many flat bmnchlets narrowly 



