44 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR 92, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Family TAXACE^E 



TUMION Rafinesque 



Tumion taxifolium (Arnott) Greene. 



Stinking Cedar. 



Range. — Western Florida (east bank of Apalachicola River from River Junc- 

 tion to the vicinity of Bristol, Liberty County); southwestern Georgia (Decatur 

 County) ; rare and local. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly, and still, designated as Torreya taxifolia 

 Arnott. 



NAMES IN USE 



Stinking Cedar (Fla.). 

 Savin (Fla.). 

 Torrey-tree (Fla.). 



Stinking Savin (Fla.). 

 Fetid Yew (Eng. lit.). 

 Florida Torreya (lit.). 



Tumion californicum (Torrey) Greene. 



California Nutmeg. 



Range. — California (in the coast region from Mendocino County to Santa 

 Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara County) and along the west slope of the Sierra 

 Nevada from Eldorado to Tulare County. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly, and still, designated as Torreya cali- 

 fornica Torrey. 



NAMES IN USE 



California Nutmeg (Calif.). 



Stinking Cedar. 



Yew (Idaho). 



California False Nutmeg (Calif. 



lit.). 



lit.). 



Coast Nutmeg (Calif. 

 Nutmeg Tree (Calif.). 

 California Torreya (Calif.). 



TAXUS Linnaeus 



*Taxus brevifolia Nuttall. 



Pacific Yew. 



Range. — Pacific coast region from Alaska (Annette, Gravina, Revillagigedo, 

 and Mary Islands, southeastern Tongass National Forest) and British Columbia 

 (Queen Charlotte Island and Skeena River), and east to Selkirk Mountains; 

 through western Washington and Oregon to California (coast ranges to Monterey 

 Bay and western slopes of Sierra Nevada to Tulare County) ; mountains of eastern 

 Washington and Oregon to northern Montana (western slopes of Rocky 

 Mountains) . 



NAMES IN USE 



Western Yew (Calif.). 

 Pacific Yew (Calif, lit.). 



Yew (Calif., Idaho, Oreg.). 

 Mountain Mahogany (Idaho). 



Taxus floridana Chapman. Florida Yew. 



Range. — Western Florida (east bank of Apalachicola River, Gadsden County, 

 from Aspalaga to the vicinity of Bristol); very local. 



Yew (Fla.). 

 Savin (Fla.). 



NAMES IN USE 



Florida Yew. 



