ILEX, 5 
3 linee longis, glabris. Bractez opposite, minute, ovate, acute, glabre. Caryx quadripartitus, viridis, 
glaber; laciniis subrotundis, subtilissime ciliatis, membranaceis, subaequalibus. PrrAzA quatuor, hypogyna, 
suborbiculata, concava, glabra, sibi imbricatim. incumbentia, zequalia. SraA quatuor, ibidem inserta, cum. 
petalis alternantia. FrzauzxTA brevissima, petalis adhzrentia (5). Axraznz biloculares, magne, ovate, obtuse, 
basi emarginate, glabra, flava, equales, interne (certo) secundum longitudinem dehiscentes, Ovauux 
superum; depresso-globosum, glabrum, sterile (2), uniloculare?; ovula haud vidi. Sryrvs nullus, SrrGwATA 
quatuor, terminalia, acuta, patula. 
8. ILEX? raunma. jJ: 
I. foliis lanceolato- oblongis , acuminatis, basi acutis, remote. serrulatis , reticulatis, coria- 
ceis ramulisque glabris; pedunculis 1i-3-floris, fasciculato- congestis, longitudine petioli; 
corollis tetrapetalis. 
CUORE Le es b 
Rau subtrigoni, rugulosi, albidi, glabri, nitiduli. Fora alterna, petiolata, lanceolato- oblonga vel 
oblonga, acuminata, acumine obtuso, basi acuta, remote serrulata, reticulato- venosa, nervo medio utrinque 
prominente, coriacea, glaberrima, subtus pallidiora et punctulis verrucosis minutissimis nigris obsita, 
6-7-pollicaria, 2- 2* pollices lata. Prrrorz angulati, transverse rugulosi, interne canaliculati, glabri, 6-8 lineas 
longi, basi articulati. Stipule nulle. Pzpuxcurr crebri (11-16 et plures), in axillis foliorum fasciculato-con- 
gesti, basi bracteis crebris involucrati, apice 1- 5- flori, longitudine petioli, angulati, glabri. Fronzs breviter 
pedicellati, parvi, suppetentes nondum aperti ; pedicellis ad basim bracteola instructis. Carvx urceolatus, 
quadrilobus, glaber, persistens ; lobis acutiusculis, cequalibus. PrrAra quatuor, hypogyna, elliptico- oblonga, 
sessilia, obtusa, concava, glabra, crassiuscula, qualia, ante apertionem [loris sibi mutuo incumbentia. 
SraursA A, sub ovario inserta, cum petalis alternantia iisque paulo breviora, qualia. Frr4wENTA crassiuscula, 
glabra, per imam basim petalis adharentia. AwTHENE ovatz, obtuse, cordatz, biloculares, glabrae, dorso 
versus basim affixz, erecti, interne secundum longitudinem dehiscentes. Ovantuw superum, sessile, abbre- 
viato- ovatum, angulatum, glabrum, biloculare; dissepimentum medio interruptum; loculi per dissepimen- 
tum incompletum ex ejus dorso. ortum subsemibiloculares. Ovula haud vidi. Discus nullus. Srxvs nullus. 
SriGuarA quatuor, ligulata, obtusa, papillosa, inzqualia, conniventia. 
An flores suppetentes masculi ? 
Genera, Celastrinis a f finia ? 
PERROT'TETIA. 4 
CHARACTER DIFFERENTIALIS. 
Caryx quinquelobus, regularis, persistens. Pzrara quinque, sub disco 
inserta, calycem multo superantia, sessilia, ovata, acuta, plana, 
patentia, cequalia, persistentia. Prefloratio valvata. SrawrNA quinque, 
Nov. Grx. zr Srrc. Tours VII, i Io 
