T. ta-viloli'i survive-^ \.\\v winters in vrry slirltert-il pMsi- 

 ijons iu til..' vii'iiiiry uf BLi-^tun. liiiC 7'. ( 'a //M/'n /rw is 

 not liar.ly ihMth. TIil- .1 upaiU'S..' T. inirlr\ r<i i.-- j^-dl^alilv 

 the hanln.'-v and iiM'^^t ..U'sirable spreic-;. luit vcni- ma 

 yet to lia\r Ihtu t^^smi iutUi. Tovrryas aviH prnliulil) 

 ^i-i.\v lK'>t in ■-luul.;-(l ami --iK'ItoiXMl iNiviti.m^ aihl in a 

 soiiK-what m^'ist Inainy soil. I'm.)!, l.y sroiN : also hy 

 ourtillu'-^ :iii'l '')■ i;'t'at'l in^;- on (.'rplialtiraxils. TlaiiTs 

 raised from ourtiiiLis ^-r^w- vrry sl..\\ly and usually n- 

 maia lutsliy. Fvv cioiis, tcnninal shuots should 1)l' 

 sek-eted. 



There are 4 ^iH-cio^in X. Anioriea andE. Asia. Trees. 

 rartdy ^hnil's : |vs. L!-ranki;d. lin.ar .'■■ liiirar-Iaiicr.date. 

 with 2 narrow ^-huieous lijirs brutatl!. Iieecniinu- fulvous 

 with aire: wlien bruis.'d the foliai,-e oinirs a di^ai^roe- 

 able odor: tls. dia-'dous, rarely iiionu'rinns ; staniinato 

 fis. OTOid or ol.donLr. i't'iui>o--rd of d->s whorls of stauions. 

 surrounded at The I-a--!' l>y bud-scalrs; ]ii-.tillaTo fU. 

 cousistiiiii: of a svditary ovulo -surrouiuh d at the base by 

 a tiesby aril and .s(.'Vrral srah-s : fv. rlniiic-liko. 

 cousistiniT of a rarber larirr s,.rd. wirh tlii(d\ ,^ 



woody shell entin-ly covrrcd hy a tlnn th --liy 

 aril. The hard, srronc and ido^r-ii-vaiiud \vvi^.mI 

 is muob valufd in dajiau U'V eabiuf t-uiakiiiLC 

 and building:. Ir is v,'ry durable in soil. In 

 this country it has bi,a'n usrd for fonee posrs. 

 Ratiuesiiue's Tuniion has rm urly been taken 

 up as the proper name f'u- this u-^nus, since 

 the name Totrreya was ii-.<-d I'i>r other Lrenera 

 before beiue applied to this; hut thi-re are 

 good reasons wdiy i.on-' r.f ihuse L'ldia- Tor- 

 reyas can --rand, and no usrful purpose can 1 

 b||freplacing ihe pres-cur name. 



/ A. Lfs. :;„.'!>■. iiJ':V(f \, in. hroad vr Itss. 

 B. L: iiiith of Irs. ■■4-i.^j hi. 

 taxifolia, ArnoTt 1 Thinir>}i farif-'Viiiii. Greene). Y\^. 

 2.".;il. Trte. artainini: 40 ft., with ^lu-eadinir, slJL;ditiy 

 peadulous brauohcs. foruiin_r a rather opon i^yramidal 

 head: hark brown, tinirrd orangre: Ivs. linear, acumi- 

 nate, dark or dark ytdb.iwish irreen almve. ■wirli narrow 

 white lines lieueatb. '4-] ^2 iu- lon^-: fr. oltovate. dark 

 purple, 1-1\ in. long. Fla. S.S. lU:ol2. 



BB. L:)fjfU of Ivs. I-J'^2 '"• 

 Califomica. T-u-r. 1 T. Muristlro. Hook, f, Tinnir,,, 

 CitlifvrHH-iini. Gr^-en-/ 1. Galifokma X rr_\iE<4. Tn-f . 

 attaining 70. or i.>erasionalIy Idij ft. . wirli s pre ad in c^ 

 slightly pL-ndulous branobe^. forming- a iiyramidLd ijr in 

 old age round-topped head: bai'k Lrrayi^lj liro\\"n. lingi.-il 

 with oranire: Ivs. linear. -lii:-litly faloatr. acuminate, 

 lustrous and ilark gr'-en abovt-. l-."b-,, in. lonir: fr. ol,- 

 lonLT-oval or oval. liLdit i:i-r>en. ■^tn^akod witli pur]>li^ 

 I-T.^ in. lon^r. Calif. S.S. bi:.']:;. \\.^\. 47mi. F.S. 

 9::"i2:.. <4.(-. "11. 24:.V':!: 111. " :.''>0. sOl. H.H. 1>75. i^p. 

 <G, 77; l;7;h p[', 171. 172. 



AA. Xr.s-. InnrroJufr, 0)n-si.rfj> in. ]rrn,n] Or snui < iflnl f 

 l.ss. 



nucifera. Si.-b. S: Zuoc. Tree. -usually llO ft., but oc- 

 ea-ion;dly ,sm ir. hi^di. wi^-h >preadin:j; brauidi^^. foruiinir 

 a compact bead, .-onietimes ^lirubhy: bark briu-hi rir'd : 

 Its. lanceolate, acuminate, riirid and -piny ]iointe<l. very 

 dark green above, with 2 white linos boueath. '4-1^4 in. 

 long: fr. oroiil. oljlonij:. less than an iindi lonu^ .fapan. 

 S.Z. 2:120. R.H. bs7;-;, p. dlo.-Thp Ghino-o T. {/r^indis. 

 Fort., is very similar in foliaLre, but said to lack the 

 disagrneable odor of the otlier specie.-. n.II. 1.^7!-', p. 

 173. G.C. lL22:(i.sl. Alfred Kehdek. 



TOKTOISE PLANT. T^ stn'h:,nn-i'' Eh pluiufip,.^. 



TOUCH-ME-NOT. Jj^^jntfi, >,s min^'uru-i hifln,-,!. 



TOURNEFORTIA (Jos. Pittou de Touruefort. Hbv^,- 

 1708; one of the earliest systematic i)otani~rsi. }>'>,■,-.<- 

 giiiaceip. A large genus comprisinir iios-^ildy 100 ^]"- 

 cies widely scattereil about the w^armer p'jrtions of Tito 

 world. Mostly trees and shrubs, rarely subsbrubs. with 

 alternate simple leaves and small lh"Avers in terminal 

 oyines. 



heliotropioides. TTook. Properly Heliotropiiim anchu- 

 Sasfblium, Poir. A hairy, shrubby perennial, with aspt^n 



11.5 



d- -ar.bn 



TOWH.lN 



>]u- but 1 



1823 



i-ilrH. 



>lir 



linil. ;VI,,l,r.l, iilar. )'.iirlp 

 ^oWs and rnllll's II]) ill lilr 



luipulai- Xoiili, Imii a :; I 



wcct-MTiili/.l: h ,s. ellipti- 



lirillllh'l.'s crniiiiial, 2-3 

 ■idr.l. L'-ralik.-il r:ir,.,iK- iif 



. ; i-nn,lla-IiilH' •..■l],.\\. the 

 \yi-,-s. l;..M. :;ii',ii;,-Sp|f- 



r.lni ^|ifililaltr.iii. ly. Xnt 

 niM'\" ]i!riiil ill I !ir South. 

 F. vr. BAl;rL_\v. 



TOWNSENDIA i Daviil Towii-irii,l. hMtanh-al assori- 



ati- (.f \\'ni. i'atlill^l.>li, .>r l'rllli>_\ Ivaliia I. t '.'/,(/..:..; I'/.r , 

 -Vbotit 17 Species u±' low, miiLiy-steiiiuied hi:tlis, tiiairiy 



2535. Torreya ta.\i[olia [ 



all uf whieh are Datives uf The Reeky Mt-.. wiih liuear 

 vv s]ianiiate, entire l\"s. ainl rather lar^ie lieails reselll- 



hluii:' the^e ef A>tir: tlie lltllliereUv f;tys fnilll Vi<.i|et tLi 



res'.' - piir[he or white: tloweriiyu' from early v]jri}i;j: to 

 .siniiiiier. 'J'he' ariiiiial or hieiirnal speeies ion'e larger 

 heads tloLll na.>^t i.>f the iMTeniiiaN. JtnlLriii^ Irem The 

 liTerarilre, the lar^e^t Ihl. ef the l>erettliiais are T. COH- 

 ,1. 11.-^, If, I. ir./e-'.w,,,,,, and 7i'"(7( /■.../, ;.". three sju-eies 

 whirh seetll iKit Id he ill elllth a tieii as yet. The speeies 

 llM-ntioiied hehev are ] ire^tllil ahjy ainuiii:- the lOiisl de- 

 ^irahle lit The aeiiii-. They are ofTered hy eoUeetors uf 

 I 'idofade wild ihovers. 



As a LTeutt^ Tewti-eiidia is disTii]Lrtii>ln-'d iiiaiiily hy its 

 akeiie, ^vhieh i^ coirmioiily heseT wirh hrisTly duplex 

 hair-, having' a forked ..r gpMdiidiai e-eapitelltiTe tipex. 

 Te\\-n-eiidi.i is ]iraetic,'illy tttikni")\vri to tlerieultttre. F<ir 

 fuller aeeeuiit -ee Gray'^ Syuoptiral ITol-a "f North 

 Aiuel'ica. 



grandiJIora. XutT. Fdenuial or auuual. 9-lS iu. hieh: 

 -ti-ni- -iire.-idiiiL: fnun the l>a-e: uiii'ir Iv-. elTeii linear: 

 hrai-I- ef iti\-idnere eeu-].heuriusly atrei]u:tti;'-ttetiiuiuate : 

 head- iaru'e: r.iv- P_, in. Ion;;-, hriulit hlue or vielet. 

 Suniuier. Fooiliills western Neh. to h'ido. and New 



MeX. 



sericea, Flook. Nearly sTeniless perenni:d wiTh ses- 

 sile head- -urrounded :ind surpassed hy ihe linear Ivs.: 

 head- S in. aeres-; rays whiTe or inirpili-h Tinired. 

 April. IM.av. Dry hills, idains or mouut:iiii-. Sa-k.atelie- 

 wan to Reekies. -outh tn New 31ex. :ind Ariz. — Kiaiwn 

 as "Easter Pai-y " iu Colorado. Y\'. JI. 



TOSICOPIILiEA. See Jeo/o;yi//if™ 



TOXTLON iBnir-n-n.^'l. from the Greek 1. r,-tlei)ee,T. 

 hisAot: ( >KAxr;E. Cue s|ieeies. a thorny North Auierii-an 

 -iii:ill tree, nmch u-ed fcH- hedixes. Fernierly tnowu hy 

 NulTalFs n:iine J/.(e/»ro inaiued fer Wtii. 3laelure, 

 Aiiieriean ireolci^'i-t 1 , hut Rahnesque's Toxylon has a 

 rear'- prieiritv. The orangedike, ineilihle fniit is l:amil- 

 jar to ehildfen. See Fie, 25'Mi. Tlie tree thrives in 

 itiei^t and riidi or in ordinary or dr}" soils. Its roots 



