SYNOPSIS OF PINES. 



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OederIV. TAXINEtE. 



Gen. 1. SALI8BUEIA. 



1. S. adiantifolia, 10-30. 

 Where Salisburia, 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 Britaia, in rich deep soils and warm 

 subsoUs. Its Kght green leaves, which are generally much divided and 

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

 it very imHke any other tree in cultivation. 



Gen. 2. CEPHAL0TAXIJ8. 



1. C. pedunculata, tree. 4. C. umbracuhfera. 



2. C. drupacea, tree. 5. 0. Fortiuii. 



3. C. tardiva. 



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

 branches, and 3 has an upright habit. The fohage is of a dark green, 

 with a whitish glaucous tmt underneath in 3 and 4. The leaves, which 

 in all the species resemble those of the yew, are in 5 tlii-ee or four inches 

 long. 



Gen. 3. TOEEEYA. 



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



2. T. Humboldti, tree. 



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

 which are glaucous underneath. 



Gen. 4. TAXTJS. 



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



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



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



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



5- Dovastoni. *13. T. cuspidata. 



6. T. pyi-amidaUs. *14. T. Walhchiana. 



7. T. erecta. *15. T. globosa. 



8. T. elegantissima. 16. T. adpressa. 



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

 ing tree ; iu 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 weU-known upright form. T. Canadensis is of less 

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

 and leaves of a reddish tmge. The fohage of yews is generally of a dark 

 green. Mr. Barron, of Elvaston Castle, greatly commends 4 as the most 



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