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YEW-LEAVED TORREYA. 
fleshy cup, as in the Yew, but the external coat of the seed 
itself is carnose or rather leathery, and covers the whole, 
leaving a minute perforation at the summit. The seed, 
when deprived of its succulent external covering, bears a 
strong resemblance to the gland of a large oak. The 
round male aments resemble those of the Yew but are 
much larger, and furnished with imbricated scales or 
bractes at the base. 
According to Mr. Croom, it is found on the calcareous 
hills along the east bank of the Apalache river, near the 
confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee, and on Flat 
creek of the same stream, as well as copiously on the 
borders of the Aspalaga. Besides these localities of this 
fine tree, Professor Torrey writes to me, that it has lately 
been found south of the Suanna. He also adds, “ I have 
another Taxoid yet undescribed, given me by Croom. It 
is an erect tree, often 30 feet high, with foliage and male 
flowers resembling the European Yew.” To this plant I 
doubtfully attached the name of Taxus montana, and a 
recent specimen from Mr. Croom, accompanied by a paper 
of the fruit, now in the Herbarium of the Acad. Nat. Sc. 
of Philadelphia, is marked Taxus *jloridana. This species, 
from what I have seen, is scarcely distinct from our T. 
brevifolia, but yet it occupies a very different geographical 
range. 
Plate CIX. 
Torreya tcixifolia, A branch of the male plant, natural size, a . Male 
amentum, b. Back view of one of the stamens magnified, c. Female 
ament and ovule, magnified, d . Section of the ripe seed. e. Germi- 
nating seed. 
Taxus nucifera of Thunberg and Kaempfer is, accord- 
ing to Mr. Grey, also a species of Torreya , as is likewise 
according to Zuccarini, the T. nucifera of Wallich from 
