394 TAXUS, OR 



revolute on the edges, decurrent at the base, on very short foot- 

 stdlks, abruptly tapering to the apex, terminating in a spiny 

 acute point, and from three-quarters to one inch long, and 

 one line broad, of a pale yellowish glossy green above, and a 

 little rusty below ; buds covered with blunt, ovate, persistent 

 scales, which remain on for a long time at the base of each suc- 

 cessive growth, in a withered state. Branches slender, rather 

 numerous, and spreading out horizontally, seldom ascending, but 

 sometimes more or less bent down at the extremities ; branch- 

 lets arranged in two rows, and somewhat pendent. Male cat- 

 kins globular, always solitary, and at the base of the leaf on 

 the under side of the branchlets. Fruit like those of the 

 coramon'Yew, but very much smaller. Seed-leaves in twos. 



A low, spreading bush, growing three or four feet high, and 

 readily distinguished from the Taxus baccata by the brownish 

 appearance both of its leaves and bark, found in North 

 America, particularly in Canada, and along the banks of the 

 Antictem River, in Maryland, and in shady rocky places a,long 

 the Columbia River. 



It is quite hardy. 



Taxus Canadensis Washingtoni, Eort, Washington's 

 Canadian Yew. 



Syn. Taxus Washingtoni, Hort. 

 „ „ Canadensis aurea, Sort. 



This is a strong-growing variety, with large curved leaves 

 more or less tinted with a rich golden hue. A very fine variety, 

 of American origin. 



No. 5. Taxus cuspidata, Siebold, the Abrupt-pointed Yew. 



Leaves linear, all more or less curved upwards, alternate, 

 stiff, leathery, and scattered along the principal leading shoots, 

 but somewhat two-rowed, and denser on the branchlets, from 

 three-quarters to one inch long, and one line broad, on rather 

 long foot-stalks, broadly decurrent at the base, abruptly pointed, 



