TAXACEAE. — TORRE YA 



TORREYA Arn. 



Torreya grandis Fortune in Gard. Chron. 1857, 788; 1860, 170. — 

 Gordon, Pinetum, 326 (1858).— Parlatore in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. 

 pt. II. 505 (1868). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, 

 VII. 102 (PL David. I. 292) (1884). — Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. 

 XXVI. 546 (1902). — Henry in Elwes & Henry, Trees of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, VI. 1464 (1912). 



Caryotaxus grandis Henkel & Hochstetter, Syn. Nadelh. 367 (1865). 



Tumion grande Greene in Pittonia II. 194 (1891). 



Torreya Fargesii Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 264 (1899). — Pritzel in 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 214 (1900). — Pilger in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-5, 108 

 (Taxaceae) (1903). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 

 231 (1910). — Patschke in Bot. Jahrb. XLVIII. 630 (1913). 



Torreya nucifera Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 214 (non Siebold & Zuccarini) 

 (1900). — Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 546 (1902); XXXVII. 414 

 (1906); in Jour. Bot. XLI. 269 (1903). 



Torreya nucifera, var. grandis Pilger in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-5. 107 {Taxa- 

 ceae) (1903). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1000-1600 

 m., rare, June and July 1907 (No. 2108, '^ and 9 , in part; tree 5-12 m. 

 tall, girth 0.6-1.5 m.); Fang Hsien, woodlands,^ alt. 1300 m., August 

 1907 (No. 2108, 9 , in part); same locality, ravine, alt. 1300 m. June 

 1910 (No. 4650, 9 ; bush 4 m. tall, fruit globose); without locality, A. 

 Henry (Nos. 6346, 6478, 9 ). Eastern Szech'uan : Wushan Hsien, 

 A. Henry (No. 7096) ; Cheng-kou Ting, P. Farges (No. 128, 9 , c? , type 

 of T. Fargesii Franchet). 



This is a rather rare tree in western Hupeh and still more rare in western Sze- 

 ch'uan but is not uncommon in either region in bush form. The globose or sub- 

 globose seeds, the scarcely foetid leaves and the gray, yellowish green bark on 

 shoots two years old and upwards distinguish this plant from the Japanese T. 

 nucifera Siebold & Zuccarini, which has an ellipsoid seed, more foetid leaves and 

 reddish brown bark on shoots two years old and upwards. The difference in color 

 of the bark is constant and affords an easy means of distinguishing these two 

 species. In this connection it is worthy of note that the eastern American T. 

 taxifolia Arnott agrees with T. grandis Fortune, in having gray, yellowish green 

 bark, and that the western American T. calif ornica Torrey agrees with T. nucifera 

 Siebold & Zuccarini, in having reddish brown bark on shoots two years old and 

 upwards. 



Torreya grandis Fortune, is occasionally met with in gardens under the erroneous 

 name of T. taxifolia. It is extremely doubtful if the true T. taxifolia Arnott, 

 which is a rare and local plant known only in a few stations in western Florida, 

 is now in cultivation. A picture of T. grandis Fortune, will be found under No. 

 280 of the collection of Wilson's photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western 

 China, No. 488, 



