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young plants, and on the principal branches, they are longer and more 

 scattered, while on the branchlets they are regularly arranged in two 

 rows ; glossy green above and more or less glaucous or silvery below. 

 It is a very distinct and beautiful Pine, and deserves a place in every 

 large collection of ornamental trees. There are various forms of it, 

 such as foemina, (female form,) mascula, (male form,) and pendula, 

 (pendent-branched. ) 



CepHALOTAXUS PedUNGULATA: The Long-Stalked. 



This, too, is a native of China. A small, numerous, spreading- 

 branched tree, from fifteen to twenty-five feet in height ; having linear- 

 falcate leaves, one-and-a-half to three inches long ; which are glossy 

 bright green above, and whitish or glaucous on each side the linear 

 nerve below. It is somewhat more hardy, and less capricious as to 

 soil and situation in our chmate, than either of the preceding kinds ; 

 and is generally found in catalogues and collections named Taxus 

 Harringtonii^ (The Earl of Harrington's Yew.) It is a useful small 

 tree or large ornamental shrub. The same plant, somewhat altered, 

 has been re-introduced under the name Ceplialotaxus Umhraculifera ; 

 and, again, as a new species and named Torre y a Grandis, 



§ 2. FCETATAXUS: The Strong- Odour ed Yew. 



From foetidm, stinking," and Taxus, " Yew," resemblance of all 

 their parts when pressed or heated ; emitting a strong unpleasant 

 odour, hence in their native habitats they are called "stinking nut- 

 megs," and " stinking cedars." 



Flowers, male and female on different plants ; males solitary, 

 females in twos or threes. 



Leaves, alternate, opposite, two-rowed or scattered ; linear or lanceo- 

 late, flat, falcate, straight or curved ; from half-an-inch to three inches 

 long, with short footstalks, and of a light or dark green colour ; with 

 two yellowish or brownish bands on their under surface. 



Berries, plum-like, oval, and green, or yellowish purple in colour ; 

 having nut-like seeds with a hard bony shell. 



FCETATAXUS MONTANA: The Mountain Yew. 



This is the American " Stinking Cedar." It attains heights of from 

 twenty-five to fifty feet, forming a handsome, pyramidal, spreading- 

 branched tree ; with yew-like leaves, which are from one to two inches 

 long ; light shining green above, and glaucous grey below ; having a 

 reddish band on each side of the mid-rib. 



It is tolerably hardy, but of very slow growth in this country ; and 



