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could wish. Nor does it seem inclined to show that 
natural attachment which we should like ‘to see a 
distinguished New Zealander display towards the 
mother country. So far.as the lately arrived batch 
has progressed among us, we might,. ill-naturedly 
possibly, but not without some show of reason, 
describe it in its present condition as. without a look. 
to bless itself with. 
TORREYAS 
(OF THE TRIBE SALISBURINEZ, OF THE FAMILY. 
TAXACEA, oF THE ORDER CONIFER) 
All green was vanished save of Pine and Yew, 
That still displayed their melancholy hue. 
CRABBE, 
The Torreyas are another set of the long-leaved 
relations of the Yew. Their nearest tribal relations 
are the Cephalotaxi. 
As the Equide family comprise among their ranks 
many members—to wit, the horse, the zebra, and 
the ass—combining glaring differences and certain 
resemblances, so there are to be found in the family 
circle of the Taxacee all sorts and conditions of 
singularities. As the ass, in spite of his longer ears 
and other discrepancies, still retains a close relation- 
ship to the horse, so do the Torreyas and Cepha- 
lotaxi, in spite of their longer leaves and other 
differences, still remain members of the family of 
Yews. 
As the ass has become a term of derision among 
men, so have the Torreyas generally, incurred un- 
complimentary distinction among botanists.. They 
have been dubbed with such actionable prefixes as 
Fetid and Stinking, both adjectives spelt in large 
