Torreya taxifolia Arn.

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Plve genera of plants have been given thei
name Torreya, commemorating John Torrey. pour
of these genera, named by Rafineaque in 1818,
by Rafinesque in 181«, by Sprengel in 1831, by
Crooo in 1843, had previously been given other
generic names*
Torreya of Arnott, 1838, has been adopted
as the proper name for a genus of the Yew Sfcm-
ily. The original speoies, Torreya taxifolia,
is confined to a small area near Apalachicola,
Florida? The tree was first made known to bot-
anists by Groom in 1835, and the specimen is a
part of his original cellaction. The label in
the lefthand oorner reads, in Torrey*s script,
Podoearpus taxifolia? KLorida near Talahassee.
Mr* Broom* 1888. We can imagine the pride with
which he later wrote in a bolder hand the leg-
end in the right hand corner*