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 Tumion californicum (Torr.) Greene. California Torreya. 



TORREYA CALIFORNICA Torr. 

 Range. — California (Mendocino* County to Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara 

 County). 



Names in use. — California Nutmeg (Cal.i; Stinking Cedar; Yew 

 (Idaho); California False Nutmeg (Cal. lit.); Coast Nutmeg (Cal. lit.) 



TAXUS Linn. 

 Taxus brevifolia Nutt. Pacific Yew. 



Range. — Pacific coast region from 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 Mountains to Tulare County) ; mountains of eastern Washington and Oregon 

 to Montana (western slopes of Rocky Mountains). 



Names in use. — Yew (Cal., Idaho, Oreg.); Mountain Mahogany 

 (Idaho); Western Yew (Cal.); Pacific Yew (Cal. lit.). 

 Taxus floridana Nutt. Florida Yew. 



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

 Aspalaga to the vicinity of Bristol); very local. 



Names in use. — Yew (Fla.): Savin (Fla.). 



MONOCOTYLEDONE8. 



Family PALMACEJ1. 



THRINAX Linn. f. 

 Thrinax parviflora Swartz. Silktop Palmetto. 



Range. — Southern Florida keys (from Bahia Honda Key to Longs Key) ; Bahamas. 



Names in use — Silktop Palmetto (Fla.): Silver Thatch (Fla.). 

 Thrinax niicrocarpa Sargent. Silvertop Palmetto, 



Range. — Southern Florida (No-Name Key, Boca Chica Key, and Bahia Honda Key) : 

 also on Sugar Loaf Sound. 



Names in use.— Silvertop Palmetto (Fla.); Prickley Thatch (Fla.); 

 Brittle Thatch (Fla.). 



SABAL Adans. 



Sabal palmetto (Walt.) Eoem. & Sch. Cabbage Palmetto. 



Range. — Coast region from North Carolina (Smiths Island, Cape Fear River) to 

 Florida (Key Largo), and on the Gulf coast to the Apalachicola River. 



Names in use.— Cabbage Palmetto (N. C, S. C); Bank's Palmetto 

 (N. C); Palmetto (N. C, S. C); Cabbage-tree (Miss., Fla.); Tree Pal- 

 metto (La.). 



Sabal mexicana Mart. Mexican Palmetto. 



Range. — Southwestern Texas (Rio Grande River from near Edinburg nearly to 

 the Gulf of Mexico) and southward into Mexico (in coast region to southern part). 



PSEUDOPHCEJNIX Wendl. 

 Pseudophoenix Sargentii Wend. Sargent Palm. 



Range.— Southern Florida keys (Elliotts Key and Key Largo); Bahamas. 



Names in use.— Florida Palm (Fla.); Sargent's Palm. 



