ILICINEiE. III. Ilex. 



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minated, regularly spiny-serrated ; spines of tlie young leaves 



12 I. macrophy'lla (Blum- bijdr. 1150,) leaves ovate or 



recurved ; peduncles short, many-flowered. Fj . H. Native of? oval-oblong, obtuse, acute at the base, serrated, coriaceous, 



riex Aquifolium, var. y serratum, Desf. cat. 230. Flowers glabrous, shining above ; racemes axillary, about equal in length 

 whitish. Berries red. to the petioles; branches smooth, striated. ^. G. Native of 



Japan. 



Ilecurved'S^ined Holly. FL May, June. Clt. ? Tree. 



3 I. Balea'ricA (Desf. arb. 2. p. 262.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 shining, flat, entire or spiny-toothed ; umbels axillary, few- 

 flowered, short. Tj . G. Native of Minorca and Madeira. acute at both ends, serrulated, veinless, puberulous on the middle 



Large-leaved Holly. Tree. 



13 I. TUiFLOiiA (Blum, bijdr. 1150.) leaves oval-lanceolato, 



I. Aquifolium, var. ^, Lam. diet. 3. p. 145. I. Maderensis, 

 Willd. enum. suppl. 8, ex Link. Flowers white. 



Minorca Holly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1815. Tree 10 feet. 



4 L OPACA (x\it. hort. kew. 1. p. 177.) leaves ovate, flat, 



nerve, and on the branches; fascicles of flowers axillary and 

 lateral, usually 3-flowered. 12* S. Native of Java, 



Thrcc-Jlowered f Jolly. Tree. 



14 L Cassine (Ait. hort. kew. p. 170.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 



coriaceous, acute, sinuately-toothed, spiny, smooth, but not late, sharply serrated, flat, smooth, as well as midrib petioles and 

 shining ; flowers at the base of the annual shoots ; calycinc teeth branches ; peduncles lateral, corymbosely-branchcd, ^2 • H, 

 acute, y^ . H. Native of North America, from Canada to Native of North America, from Lower Carolina to Florida, in 

 Carolina, in sandy woods, particularly plentiful in the State of 

 New^ Jersey. Tree sometimes 80 feet high, and 4 in diameter. 

 Flowers white. Berries scarlet. 



. Opaque Holly. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1744. Tree 80 feet, 

 5 L LAxiFLORA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 147.) leaves ovate, sinuately 



swamps. Aquifolium Carolinense, Catesb. car. 1. t. 31. L 

 Caroliniana, Mill. diet, no, 3. L cassinoldes, Link, enum. 1. p. 

 148. Flowers white. Berries red. The leaves of this species 

 are used in the same way as those of/, vomitorm. 



Cassine'like or Broad-leaved Dahoon Holly. Fl. Aug. Clt. 



toothed, spiny, coriaceous, smooth; stipulas awl-shaped ; pedun- 1700. Shrub 10 feet. 



cles many-flowered, loosely branched, scattered above the axillae 

 of the leaves on the young brandies ; calycine teeth acute, '^ . 

 H, Native of Carolina, in shady sandy woods. Flowers white. 

 Berries yellowish-red. 



Loose-Jloivered \l6Wy. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1811. Shrub 

 5 feet. 



6? L Madagascarie'nsis (Lam. diet. 3. p. 148.) leaves 

 ovate, acute, spiny, smooth ; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered ; 

 berries ovate, 2-seeded. Tj , S. Native of 3Ladagascar. 



Madagascar Holly. Tree 30 feet. 



7 I. dipyre'na (Wall, in fl. ind. 1. p. 473.) leaves elliptical- 

 oblong, mucronate, on short stalks, even, hardly wavy, remotely 

 spiny-serrated; flowers sessile, in axillary fascicles ; berries 2- 

 seeded. J^ • G^* Native of Nipaul, where it is called Canlah ; 

 also on the confines of Chinese Tartary, where it is called Kurt- 

 dar, Branchlets angular. Flowers small, white. Berries dark- 

 brown. The tree is called Gumshing in the Bhotea language. 



Trvo-aeeded Holly. Fl. April, May, Shrub 12 feet. 



15 L ANGUSTiroLiA (Willd. enum. 1. p. 172.) leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, serrated at the apex, with the edges rather revolute, 

 smooth, as well as the midrib petioles and branches ; cymes 

 lateral, stalked. Tj . H. Native of North America, from Vir- 

 ginia to Georgia, in deep swamps. L myrtifolia, Walt, carol. 

 241. L rosmarinifolia, Lam. ill. 1. p. 356. Flowers white. 



Berries red ? 



Narrow-leaved Holly. Fl. Jvme. Clt. 180G. Shrub 8 feet. 



16 L voMiTORiA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 278.) leaves oblong or 

 elliptical, blunt at tlie apex, crenate-serrated, and are, as well 

 as the branchlets smooth ; umbels lateral, nearly sessile. ^ . FL 

 Native of North America along the sea coast, from Carolina to 

 Florida. I. Cassine vera, Walt. fl. carol. 241. I. ligustrina, 



Jacq. coll. 4. p. 105. icon. rar. t. 310. Wendh hort. t. 31. Cas- 

 sine Peragua, Mill, fig. t. 83. f. 2. — I. Cassena, Michx. fl. l.p. 229. 

 I. religiosa, Bart. fl. virg. 69. I. Floridana, Lam. ill. no. 1731. 

 Flowers wliite. Berries red. The leaves of this handsome 



shrub are used by the Indians to make their black drink, so much 



8 ? L LONGiFOLiA (Neuw.' bras. 2. ex flora. 1821. p. 301.) in use among them, not only as a medicine, but also as a drink 



leaves oblong, spiny, with 6 recesses on both sides, wavy, tri- of etiquette on their councils, when matters of consequence are 



dentate at the apex, cuneated at the base. T? , S. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Long-leaved Holly. Tree. 



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Leaves toothed^ serrated, or crenate, hut not sjAny. 



to be transacted. At a certain time of the year the Indians 

 come down in droves, from a distance of some hundred miles, to 

 the coast, for the leaves of this tree, which is not known to grow 

 at any considerable distance from the sea shore. Tliey make a 

 fire on the ground, and putting a great kettle of water on it, they 

 throw in a large quantity of these leaves, and setting themselves 



9 L Pera'do (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 169.) leaves ovate, with round the fire, from a bowl that holds about a pint they 

 an entire acumen, or having a very few teeth, shining ; umbels begin drinking large draughts, which in a very short time occa- 



short, axillary, few-flowered. 



T2.G. 



Madeira 



L 



sion them to vomit easily and freely ; thus they continue drink- 



Maderensis, Lam. diet. 3. p. 146. Flowers white or reddish. ing and vomiting for the space of two or three days, until they 



Berries large, red. 



Far. /3, obiusa (D. C. pr 

 nate. Duh. ed. nov. 1. t. 2. 



have suflSciently cleansed themselves, and then every one taking 



Perado Holly. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1760. Tree. 



10 1. Chixe'nsis (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2043.) leaves oblong, Shrub 12 feet. 



a bundle of the branches to carry away with him, they all retire 

 to their habitations. 



Emetic Holly or South-sea Tea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1700. 



tapering to both ends, with cartilaginous toothletted edges ; teeth 

 hardly pungent; petioles and midrib villous ; corymbs lateral; 

 peduncles dichotomous. ^2 . G. Native of China. Leaves 

 somewhat spotted above. Flowers white. 



China Holly. Fl. July. Clt. 1814. Tree 20 feet. 



11 I. iieteropiiy'lla ; leaves opposite, stalked, oval, acute 

 ^i both ends, quite entire, or spiny-toothed ; peduncles crowded, 

 axillary, 1-flowered. ^2. G. Native of Japan. I. Aquifolium 

 var. heterophylla, Blum, bijdr. 1150. 



Variahle-leaved Holly. Tree 30 feet. . 



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17 L ovALiFOLiA (Meyer, esseq. 91.) leaves oval, serrate- 

 crenate, coriaceous, w ith revolute edges, smooth ; flowers race- 

 mose, axillary, and terminal ; pedicels corymbose. ^2 . S. Na- 

 tive of South America, about Essequebo. The leaves are 3 



times larger than those of/, vomttoria. Flowers white. 

 Oval-leaved Holly. Shrub 6 feet. 



18 L ELLIPTIC A (H. B. et Kimth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 70. 

 but not of D. Don,) leaves elliptical, rounded at both ends, 



)oth, 



sharply serrulated towards the apex, coriaceous, quite 

 shining above ; peduncles 1 -flow ered, and are, as well as the 

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