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sp. Pers. Syn. ii. 633. Caryotaxus, Zucc. Msc. ; Henk, and Hochst. 

 Nadelh. 365. Foetataxus, Nelson, Pinac. 167 ; Engelm. Bot. of Calif, 

 ii. 120 ; Lamb. Pinet. t. 32, ed. min. t. 45-47 (Pinus) ; Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Fl. Jap. t. 106 (Abies) ; Wall. PI. As. Par. t. 247 (Pinus) ; Nutt. 

 N. Amer. Sylv. t. 116 ; Newberry, Bot. Williams Exp. t. 7 ; C. Koch, 

 Dendr. ii. 248 (subgenus) ; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 148 (Sekt. i. 

 von Abies) ; Coulter's Bot. Gaz. vi. 223 ; Chapman, Fl. S. States, 

 supi^l. 650 ; Maxim. Mel. Biol. vi. 373 ; Franch. and Savat. Enum. 

 Pi. Jap. ; Eichler in Engl, and Prantl. Nattirl. Pflf. iii. 80 ; 

 Wilkomm, Forstl. Flora, 102 ; Pari, in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 504 ; 

 Nutt. K Americ. Sylv. t. 109; Newb. PI. Williams Exped. 62, 

 ciLin ic. ; Koch, Dendr. ii. 97 ; Eichl. in Engl, and Prantl. Natiirl. 

 Pflf. ii. Ill, 



As the name " Torreya " already exists in Nydaginse (Spreng.), 

 and in Cyperacex (Raf.), it might be better to give the name " Caryo- 

 taxus " to this genus. 



Floivers dioecious. Males solitary ; females in twos or threes, erect, 

 and all axillary. 



Fruit one-seeded, drupaceous, resembling a nutmeg both ex- 

 ternally and internally ; fleshy on the outside, like the common plum. 



Seeds solitary in each fruit, with the albumen ruminated like the 

 inside of the common nutmeg, and covered with a hard bony shell. 



Leaves linear or lanceolate, decurrent at the base, and either 

 opposite or alternate, large, of a disagreeable odour. 



Cotyledons two. 



Named in compliment to Dr. Torrey, the celebrated American 

 botanist, and one of the authors of the "North American Flora." 



All small evergreen trees, found either in North America, China, 

 or Japan, and emitting a strong disagreeble smell from all parts when 

 bruised. 



T. californiea, Torr. in New York Journ. Pharm. iii. 49, and 

 Whipple's Rep. 14. T. Myrlstica, Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 4780 

 (1854). Caryotaxus Myristica, Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 368. 



Habitat. — On the Sierra Nevada, in California, up to an elevation 

 of 5,000 feet. Generally also in the vicinity of rivers or moist ground. 



Introduced into Europe in 1851 by W. Lobb. 



Only one plant has been observed, and nothing .can be said yet 

 as to its hardiness. 



T. grandis, Fort, in Gord. Pinet. 326. Caryotaxus grandis, Henk. 

 and Hochst. Nadelh. 367. 



It was introduced from Northern China (Che-Kiang) by Mr. 

 Fortune in 1847. It is scarcely distinguishable from the Japanese 

 Torreya nucifera. 



Only one plant has been observed, and nothing can yet be said 

 about its hardiness ; it has kept well a couple of winters covered with 

 green branches. 



