SYNOPSIS OF PINES. 



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Order IV. TA.XINEJE. 



Gen. 1. SALISBURIA. 

 1, S. adiantifolia, 10-30 ft. 

 Where Salisbuvia, or the Maiden-hair tree, attains a considerable size, 

 it assumes a broad form ; but it is seldom found in that state, except in 

 the southern climates of Great Britain, in rich, deep soils and warm sub- 

 soils. Its light-green leaves, which are generally much divided and 

 furnished with conspicuous nerves, are its chief peculiarity, and render 

 it very unlike any other tree in cultivation. 



Gen. 2. CEPHALOTAXUS. 



1. C. pedunculata, tree. 4. 0. umbraculifera. 



2. C. drupacea, tree. 5. C. Fortuni. 



3. C. tardiva. * 

 These are fine evergreen trees : 1 is a large tree, with slender weep- 

 ing branches, and 3 has an upright habit. The foliage is of a dark 

 green, with a whitish glaucous tint underneath, in 3 and 4. The leaves, 

 which in all the species resemble those of the yew, are in 5 three or four 

 inches long. 



Gen. 3. TORREYA. 



1. T. taxifolia, 20 ft. 3. T. nucifera, 30-40 ft. 



2. T. Humboldti, tree. 



The Torreyas are yew-like trees. T. taxifolia has vivid green leaves, 

 which are glaucous underneath. 



Gen. 4. TAXTTS. 



1. T. baccata, 30-40 ft. 9. T. baccata lutea. 



2. T. sparsifolia. 10. T. fastigiata, Irish, 5-15 ft. 



3. T. argentea. 11. T. variegata. 



4. T. aurea. 12. T. Canadensis, 4-6 ft 



5. T. Dovastoni. ^13. T. cuspidata. 



6. T. pyramidalis. *14. T. Wallichiana. 



7. T. — erecta. *15. T. globosa. 



8. T. elegantissima. 1G. T. adpressa. 



The common yew (1) is, in open situations, a broad, spreading, 

 branching tree ; in a close wood it grows more erect. In 5 the branches 

 are pendulous, and in 7 erect. In 6 the form is pyramidal ; the Irish 

 yew (10) is of a well-known upright form. T. Canadensis is. of less 

 vigorous growth than the common yew, with slender spreading branches, 



