ts te he 1 ae Oe ee 
PINE FAMILY. 343, 
Shrubby, or a small tree, 20-50 feet high ; bark of Sam trunk separating in loose scales or 
ribbons, that of the small branches pur rpli sh and s ooth. Berries small, purplish, witha 
glauc cous bloom. 
‘ommon on pois hills. 
s tree, which is common in all parts of the country, is one 
of the soak eres eee in geographical range, it bei found also 
in Europe a = Asia ; in high northern latitudes it becomes a prostrate 
wood is exocslingly re very light and Raper! ence 
the heart Wood ia red, and is used in making lead pencils; 
used for the manufacture of pails nit abe and is pa area in ‘hip ee 
boat building. = 
8. TAX'US, Tournef. Yew 
[Probably f: the G , Taxon, a bow ; the wood being used for bows.] 
Flowers m — peat vrs axillary, fom scaly buds. Srtamin 
globular, composed of naked stamens ; beset tn ls 3 3- 6. pe aarti 
— as rld-chaped and Scams exceed nective. FERTILE FLOW- 
ERs Solitary, Ait Bae ted at base, consisting pn i of a solitary naked 
seated in a cup-shaped disk which fi al — pulpy a a 
Kiie-eninintimnes nearly mega the seed. ns 2. Leaves 
green, linear, gr mostly 2-ranked ; pulp of the disk orange ery 
1 L. A low tree, finally with a large trunk ; leaves 
rial early flat, deep oriie Eta noes or sometimes crowded round 
e branches 
Berriep Pinas Common Yew. — 
Stem (in this country) but a few feet high ; branches numerous and spreading. Leaves 
34 ~134 inch long, mostly poke rank 
Cultiv: ated : Native of Europe. FI. "April. Fr. Oct. 
Obs. Frequently gst ay ah in rural cemeteries and church-yards. A 
variety called the Irish Yew has compact aes and densely crowded 
leaves. We have an indigenes ew which was formerly consider 
a8 a distinct species, but is now regarded as a variety of this, viz. : = 
anaden’sis, 
Gray. A low diffusely branching shrub; leaves 
American Yew. Ground Hemlock. 
Stem 2~ 4 feet high, with straggling branches. Leaves 3{-% of an inch oer, 
dark green on both sides, narrowed at base a a very short petiole. 
‘Common on no orthward and southward on the mountains. 
9. SALISBU’RIA, Smith. Grxexo. 
[Dedicated to Anthony Salisbury ; an English Botanist.] 
SraMinare AMENTS axillary, filiform, aston Wins qithevialls pate 
ous from the lacerated scale-like : Ferre FLOWERS termi- 
ong solitaey_on eintnie or fasci y hing ped: 0 3 ovule naked, 
