LXXVI. TAXA‘CEZ: TORRE'YA. Yad 
Sagrootays- Pin. Wob., pl. 68.; Gard. Mag., vol. xv. figs. 57. and 58.; and our figs. 1/46. and 
Spec. Char., §c, Leaves distichous, flat, from lin. to 1din.in length, darl 
green and shining on the upper surface; of a white glaucous hue be 
neath, with the exception of the midrib and revolute margins, which are of 
a bright green; the apex 
mucronate; footstalks short. 
Branches round and fur- 
rowed. (Forbes.) An ever- 
green tree. Japan. ? Height. 
Introduced in 1837, 
Readily distinguished from 
all the well-authenticated spe- 
cies of Taxus, by its larger 
revolute leaves, x 
which are of a 
silvery glaucous 
HS colour on the 
Wr under side. It is 
Y not yet ascer- 
(y t y tained whether 
i! eZ the plant is suffi- 
eal Re ciently hardy to 
Gea ‘——— _ pass the winter in 
1 = the open air as a 
FA 
; “standard, but it 
N promises to be 
so. Propagated 
by cuttings, or by 
grafting on the 
1753. T. Harringtonia. common yew. 1754. 
Other Species of Téxus. — T. Mackaya Pin. Wob. p. 218. is a native of 
Japan, with very narrow leaves. Introduced in 1838. T. Inukdja is a narie, 
in Mr. Knight’s Catalogue, of a Japan species which has leaves like che 
leaflets of the sago palm ; but very little is known respecting it. TJ. globdsa 
Schlecht. (G. M. xv. p. 242.) is a Mexican species, not yet introduced. 
Genus ITI. 
| a 
Torreya Arnott. Tue Torreya. Lin. Syst. Dic'cia Monadélphia. 
Identification. Ann. Nat. Hist., vol.i. p. 130.; Gard. Mag., vol. xvi., p. 658. 
Soe. Named by Dr. Arnott in honour of Dr. Torrey, one of the authorsof the North 
American Flora. 
Synonyme. Taxus sp. Nutt. 
Gen. Char. Dicecious.— Male anient at first subglobose, but at length elon- 
gated ; the rachis ultimately naked, except at the base, where itis bracteate 
by quadrifariously imbricated many-flowered scales. Staminiferous scales 
pedicellate, subpeltate, dimidiate, each bearing a 4-celled anther.— Female 
ament ovate, one-flowered, bracteate at the base as in the male ; disk none. 
Ovulun erect. Seed ovate, bracteate at the base by dry scarcely increasing 
scales, but naked at the top. Testa thick, fleshy, and coriaceous outside, 
but fibry inside. Albumen ruminated. Embryo subcylindrical, short. Co- 
tyledons connate. , - 
Leaves simple, linear, two-rowed, exstipulate, evergreen ; rigid, mucro- 
nate.—A tree, evergreen, with spreading branches, and the branchlets dis- 
