324 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURB 



in girth. It shoald be kept out of the reach of grazing- 

 animals, as leaves and fruit are deadly poisonous. 



Taxus brevifolia, I-Tuttal. {T. lAndleyana, Lawson.) 



North-West America. Western Yew. A stately tree, 75 

 feet high, with a stem of 5 feet in circumference. Wood 

 beautifully white or slightly yellow, as fine and close-grained 

 as the European Yew. The Indians use it for their bows. 



Tectoua grandis, Linne fil. 



The Teak of South Asia. This superb timber tree has its 

 northern limit in Bandalkhand, at elevations of 3,000 feet, 

 ascending to 4,000 feet ; but then not of tall size. In Western 

 India, according to Stewart and Brandis, frost is not uncom- 

 mon in the teak districts. Teak wood is held in the highest 

 esteem by ship-builders ; also used by cabinet-makers, for the 

 panels of coaches, etc. It scarcely shrinks. 



Teinostachyum attennatum, Munro. 



The hardy Bamboo of Ceylon, thei-e growing on the mountains 

 at elevations between 4,000 to 6,000 feet. It attains a height 

 of 25 feet. 



Telfairia pedata, Hooker. 



Mozambique. A cucurbitaceous climber with perennial stems, 

 attaining a length of 100 feet, with fringed lilac flowers of 

 extraordinary beauty, and with fniits attaining a weight of 

 60 lbs. and containing at times ^s many as 500 large seeds. 

 The latter in a boiled state are eatable, or a large quantity of 

 oil can be pressed from them. The root is fleshy. A second 

 huge species of similar use, T. occidentalis (J. Hook.), occurs 

 in Guinea. 



Terfezia leonis, Tulasne. 



South Europe, North America. This edible Truffle, together 

 with other species of this and other genera, is deserving of 

 naturalisation. 



Terminalia Buceras, J. Hooker. {Budda Bttceras, Linne.) 



From the Antilles to Brazils One of the Mangrove trees, thus 

 living in salt water. Possibly hardy and calculated to conso- 

 lidate mud shores. The Tussa silkworm inhabits, among 

 other trees, several Terminalias. 



