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TA'XUS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order . DrcE'ciAf, Monade'lphia*. 
Natural Order. Coni'fer.e, Linn. — Juss. Gen. PI. p. 41]. — 
Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 190. — Lindl. Syn. p. 240 ; Introd. to Nat. 
Syst. of Bot. p. 247. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 546. — Loud. Hort. 
Brit. p. 535 . — Pineai.es ; sect. Taxing ; type, Taxace^e ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 492 & 505. 
Gen. Char. Flowers dioecious or monoecious, surrounded by 
scales (see figs. 1 & 6). Barren Flowers (A. and fig. 1). Calyx 
none (except the scales of the bud, which somewhat resemble a 
calyx). Corolla none. Filaments (see figs. 1 & 2.) numerous, 
8 or 10, united in their lower part into a column, longer than the 
bud. Anthers depressed, with from 5 to 8 rounded segments, 
opening all round at the base, afterwards becoming flat and target- 
shaped (see figs. 3 & 4). 
Fertile Flowers (B. and figs. 5 & 6) . Calyx minute, inferior, cup- 
shaped, entire ; afterwards enlarged, tumid and succulent, perma- 
nent. Corolla none. Germen (fig. 5.) superior, egg-shaped, point- 
ed. Style none. Stigma blunt. Berry ( drupe ) (fig. 8.) spurious, 
formed of the enlarged, pulpy, coloured calyx. Seed or Nut (f. 9.) 
solitary, egg-oblong, projecting beyond the enlarged calyx. 
The target-shaped, lobed anthers of the barren flowers, with 
from 5 to 8 cells, opening beneath ; the entire, cup-shaped calyx, 
the single pistil, and solitary seed, enclosed in the enlarged, pulpy 
calyx of the fertile flowers ; will distinguish this from other genera 
in the same class and order. 
Two species British. 
TA'XUS BACCATA. Berried Yew. Common Yew. 
Spec. Char. Leaves strap-shaped, 2-ranked. Fruit roundish. 
Engl. Bot. t. 746. — Curt. Brit. Ent. v. i. 1. 18.— Hunt. Evelyn’s Silva, p. 378, 
with a plate. — Loud. Arbor, et Fruslic. Brit. t. 293 & 293, a — Linn. Sp PI. p. 
1472. — Willd. v. iv. p.856. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p.437. — Sm. FI. Brit, 
v. iii. p. 1086. Engl. FI. v. iv. p. 253. — With. (7th ed.) v. lii. p. 811. — Gray’s Nat. 
Arr. v. ii. p.226. — Lindl. Syn. p 241. — Hook. Brit FI. p. 439.— Lightf. FI. Scot, 
v. ii. p.626. — Srbth. FI. Oxon. p. 216. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 95.— Purt. Mid. 
FI. v. ii. p. 484. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 412. — Hook FI. Scot. p. 290. — 
Johnston’s FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 221. — Winch’s FI. of Northitmb. and Durh. 
p. 65. — Sylvan Sketches, p. 396. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 300.— Bab. FI. Bath. p. 
46. — Burnett’s Outl. of Bot. v. i. p. 505.— Mack. Catal.of PI. oflrel. p. 87.; FI. 
Hibern.pt. i. p.259. — Taxus, llay’sSyn.p. 445. — Johns. Gerarde, p. 1370. 
Localities. — I n mountainous woods, and on the ledges of limestone cliffs. — 
Oxfordsh. Cornbury Quarry. — Berks; Near Aldworth. — Cumberland ; Uls- 
water. — Derbysh. Rocks at Matlock and Dovedale. — Dorset ; Common in the 
Eastern part of the Chase ; and in a circuit of some miles about Cranbourne. — 
Durham; Shores of the Wear below Hilton Castle; Woods above Derwent 
A. a specimen from a barren-flowered tree. -B. ditto from a fertile-flowered 
tree. — Fig. 1. A barren Flower.— Fig. 2. The Filaments, united at the base, the 
anthers, all but one, removed. — Fig. 3. A separate Anther. — Fig. 4. The same, 
showing the under side. — Figs. 56c 6. A fertile Flower.— Fig. 7. The green Fruit. 
— Fig. 8. The same, ripe. — Fig. 9. A Seed. — Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6c 6, magnified. 
* From toxon, Gr. a bow ; it being long celebrated as the best material for 
making those formidable implements. Withehing. 
t See folio 143, note f. } See folio 106, note f. 
