LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 



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TAXUS, Linnaeus ; Bentli. and Hook. t. iii. 431 ; Eicliler, 108, fig. 

 (TAXACE.E, Tribe Taxe^.) 



Evergreen trees, with 2-ranked leaves, flowers dioecious ; stamens 

 in stalked heads ; anther-scales peltate ; pollen globose ; seed solitary, 

 erect, and borne in a scarlet, fleshy cup or aril. Cotyledons 2, leafy, 

 flat, green on both sides, without resin-canals. Primary leaves 

 similar in form, but smaller. 



T. adpressa, Revue Horticole, 1855, p. 93, f. 8. Referred by 

 Parlatore to T. tardiva ; by others to T. baccata, or to T. cuspi- 

 data. 



1. T. baccata, Linnaeus ; Parlatore, xvi. 2, 500 ; Loudon, Encyd. 

 Trees, fig. 1752 ; Veitch, 296 ; Beissner, 167, fig. ; Boissier, Mot. 

 Orient, v. 711. The Yew. 



Europe and Northern Asia. 



Of this there are very numerous varieties, for an account of which 

 see Veitch, 1. c, and Beissner. They include the forms known as 

 appressa, aurea, Dovastoni, elegantissima, erecta, ericoides, 

 FASTiGiATA (the Irish Yew), the T. hibernica of Mackay {Flor. 

 Hihern. p. 260), nana, nigra, and various forms with variegated or 

 coloured foliage, or yellow fruit. 



The following names applied to forms or varieties also belong, or 

 are supposed to belong, to this species : columnaris, disticha, 

 empetrifolia, expansa, Foxii, horizontalis, imperialis, Jacksonii, 

 lugubris, marginata, michelii, microphylla, mitchellii, mon- 

 strosa, nana, nepalensis, orientalis, pectin ata, pendula, 

 pyramidalis, recurvata, sparsifolia, stricta, umbraculifera, 

 variegata, virgata. 



2. T. brevifolia, Nuttall, Silva, iii. tab. 208 ; Parlatore, 501 ; Veitch, 

 305 ; Lemmon, Third Report, No. 30 ; Macoun, 463. 



Svjvom^Jis : — T. Boursierii, Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1854, 228, figure. 

 T. Lindleyana, Murray. T. baccata var. canadensis, Bentham. 

 North-west America, British Columbia to California. 



3. T. canadensis, Willdenow ; Parlatore, 501 ; Loudon, Encycl. fig. 

 2105 ; Veitch, 305. 



Synonym : — T. baccata var. canadensis. Gray ; Macoun, 463. 

 Canada and North-Eastern States of America. 

 T. columnaris. See T. baccata. 



4. T. cuspidata, Siebold and Zuccarini ; Parlatore, 502. 

 Synonyms: — T. appressa of gardens is supposed to belong here, 



and to be the T. tardiim of Lawson. 

 Mountains of Japan. 



T. floridana of Nuttall and Carriere is not in cultivation. (?) 

 T. Harringtonia, Knight ; Loudon, Encycl. 943, fig. = Cephalp- 

 taxus psdunculata. 



