454 Contfera@— Taxus. 
and elegantissima, an erect fast-growing variety beautifully 
variegated with yellow, are the best. There is also a variety 
which produces yellow berries. 
2. T. adpréssa, syn. T. baccata adpréssa, T. tardiva, ete.— 
Whether this be specifically distinct or not from the Common 
Yew, it is sufficiently different in appearance and foliage to be 
equally if not more desirable for the shrubbery. It has short 
oblong-oval acute crowded glossy dark green leaves and pale 
pink berries. In habit this is very near the ordinary form of 
the Common Yew, but it is of very slow growth and seldom 
exceeds 5 or 6 feet in height. It is a native of the mountains 
of Japan, and very hardy in Britain. 
T. cuspiddta is a rare Japanese species remarkable for its 
sharply-pointed rigid leaves; 7. brevifolia, syn. T. Lindleyana, 
is from North-western America, near the Common Yew, but 
with shorter less coriaceous distinctly petiolate mucronate 
leaves; and T. Wallichiana, syn. T. nucifera, found in the 
mountains of India, is probably a variety of the Common Yew. 
22. TORREYA. 
Yew-like shrubg or trees with regular whorled branches and 
distichous or scattered leaves. It differs from Técus chiefly in 
the fruit, which is much larger and destitute of the succulent 
cup that characterises the fruit of the latter genus. The 
outer coat is fleshy, and the inner a hard woody shell enclosing 
the usually ruminated albumen of the seed, whence the name 
of Nutmeg applied to the Californian species. The few species 
described are natives of China and Japan and North America. 
Named in honour of J. Torrey, of New York, a botanist of dis- 
tinction. With the exception of 7. grdmudis they emit a very 
powerful and unpleasant odour when bruised or burned ; hence 
the American name, Stinking Yew. 
1. ZL. gréndis.—A large tree with linear-lanceolate acute 
distichous leaves from 8 to 12 lines long, dark glossy green 
above, silvery beneath. Fruit. oval; albumen not ruminated. 
A native of the mountains of North China, where it forms a 
beautiful spreading tree. It appears to be very rare in British 
gardens. 
2. T. Californica, syn. T. Myristica. Californian Nutmeg 
Tree.—A small round-headed tree with linear-acute distichous 
shortly petiolate pale-green leaves about 2 inches long, and 
vblong green fruits about the size of an ordinary nutmeg, and 
