PINACKy)'. TAXACK^. 559 



10. Sabina, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 910.) Common Savin. $ S, Europe. 

 Siberia. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. } 



* Pinus Massoniana, Lamb, b China. — P. occidentalis, Svvz. L. b W. 

 Indies. — Callitris cupressiformis. Vent. 5 N. Holland. — Taxodium 

 nuciferum, Brongn. — (Taxus nucifera, Kiimpf. ; Wall. tent. fl. nep. t. 

 44.) 5 Japan. Nepal — Cupressus glauca. Lam. b Goa Cedar. Gar- 

 dens in Bombay, and the Deccan. — Thvja articulata, Vahl. b Barbary. 



ORDER CCXXIII TAXACtE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 316, 



THE YEW TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, by Lindl. referred to 5 genera. Of these, Spreng. syst. 

 assigns 4 to New Holland, and the South Sea Islands ; 3 to China and 

 Japan ; 4 to S. Africa ; 3 to Peru ; 1 to N. America, and 1 to Europe. In 

 the East Indies have been found 7-8 species, viz. 2-3 of Taxus, (Hima- 

 layas) ; 6 of Podocarpus, (Nepal, Khassya Mountains, Penang, Amboyna) ; 

 and 1 of Dacrydium, (Penang.) The seeds of Salisburia adiantifolia, Sm. 

 and Podocarpus neriifolius. Lamb, are eatable. 



Taxus, Tournef. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 13, No. 2475 ; — Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 

 261.) Yew tree, 

 l.baccata, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 148; — E. B. 11, /. 746.) Common 

 Yew tree, b Europe. North and Middle Asia. Nepal. Keraaon. Intro- 

 duced into H. C. G. .? 

 2. latifolia, Thunb. {Spreng. I. c.) b C. G. H. Introduced into H. C. 

 G. Fl. } 

 Podocarpus, L'Herit. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 763, No. 3150; — Endl. gen. pi. 

 I, p. 262.) 

 \. poly st achy s, R. Br. {Horsf. pi. jav. rar. 1, p. 40. — P. macrophylla. 

 Wall. Cat. 6052. A ; not Lamb.) 5 Japan. China. Nepal. Khassya 

 Mountains. Singapore. Malacca. Fl. C. S. 



2. elongatus, UHerit. {Spreng. I. c. — Taxus elongata, Thunb.; — Roxb. 

 H. B. p. 73.) 5 C. G. H. Has been cultivated here for many years. Fl. ? 



3. chinensis, Swt. {Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 388, No. 23648. — Taxus chi- 

 nensis, Roxb. H. B.p. 73.) b China. Fl. C. S. 



A.cupressinus, R. Br. {Horsf.pl. as. rar. 1, t. 10. P. Horsfieldii, Wall.) 

 b Penang. Java. 

 Dacrydium, Soland. {Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 262.) 



1. elatum, Wall. {Cat. — Juniperus elata, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 838.) L. b 

 Penang. A tree of very slow growth, cultivated in the garden here for 

 many years, without flowering. 



