ILICINEyE. III. Ilex. 



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is therefore reasonable to suppose that his plant is identical with 

 that from Paraguay. Since the export of tea from Paraguay 

 has been prohibited by the present Dictator, Dr. Francia, the 

 inhabitants of the other States, who were formerly supplied 

 from Paraguay, are now obliged to use that from Brazil, which 

 is found to be much inferior. Persons ignorant of the specific 

 distinctions between the two trees have attributed the inferiority 

 of the Brazil kind merely to the different mode of preparing the 

 leaves. 



m * ^ 



Leaves quite entire or nearly so. 



GoDgonlia or Brazilian Mate or Tea. 



Tree. 



35 I. Canarie'nsis (Poir. suppl. 3. p. C7.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, flat, somewhat acute, quite entire, shining ; umbels 

 axillary, few-flowered ; peduncles longer than the petioles. Tj . 

 H. Native of the Canary Islands. Flowers white, truly dioe- 

 cious. Fruit black. 



Cr/wary-Island Holly. Fl. Jane, July. Clt. 1820. Tr. 20 ft. 



S6 I. Daiioon (Walt. fl. car. 211.) leaves lanceolate-ellip- 



tical, coriaceous, almost quite entire, with the edges a little 



26 I. Martinia'na (Lamb. pin. append, t. 8.) leaves oval- revolute, and with the midrib, petioles, and branchlets villous ; 



oblong, crenated, coriaceous, shining, short-acuminated ; 



\l. S. 



peduncles lateral and terminal, in panicled corymbs. Tj . H. 

 Native of North America, from Carolina to Florida, in open 



I. Cassine, Willd. hort. berl. 1. t. 31. Flowers white. 



swamps 



Berries red. An elegant shrub. 



*- Var, /3, laurifoUa (Nutt. in Sillim, amer, journ. 5. 1822. p. 

 289.) leaves larger, elliptical, acutish, permanent ; pedicels 



aggregate, compound, smoothish ; flowers tetrandrous. 

 Native of Guiana. Berry red, containing 4 nuts. Mr. Lambert 

 thinks that the properties of this plant are the same as those of 

 ricx Paragiiensisy from the habit being similar. 

 Martins Holly or Guiana Mate. Tree 30 feet. 



27 I. emargina^ta (Thunb. jap. 78.) leaves obovate, emar- 

 ginate, crenated, with revolute edges ; flowers axillary, twin, 

 stalked. ^ . G. Native of Japan, riear Nagasaki. Flowers 

 white. 



Emargtnate-lenxQd. Holly. Shrub 10 feet. 



28 L? cuNEiFOLiA (Lin. spec. 181.) leaves wedge-shaped, 

 smooth, equally tricuspidate. \i . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Var. /3, Bonariensis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 16.) leaves ovately 

 wedge-shaped, smooth, tricuspidate, with the middle lobe twice 

 as long as the lateral ones. ^. G. Native of Buenos Ayres. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, almost sessile, surrounded by scales. 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 148. 



Wedge-leaved Holly. Shrub 10 feet. 



^9 L CRENA ta (Thunb. jap. p. 78.) leaves ovate, crenate, 

 blunt, with revolute edges ; peduncles drooping, scattered on tical, quite entire, acute at both ends ; umbels globose, stalked, 



elongated, usually 3-flowered. \ . H. Native of Eastern 

 Florida. Very like /. Dahobn. 



Dahoon Holly. Fl. May, June. Clt. 172G. Shrub 8 feet. 



37 I. LiGUsTRiF^LiA ; Icavcs obovate-lanceolate, quite entire, 

 with the edges revolute, midrib, petioles, and branches smooth ; 

 cymes lateral. ^ . H. Native of North America, from Vir- 

 ginia to Georgia, in deep swamps. L angustifolia, Nutt. gen. 

 amer. 1. p. 109. Flowers white. Berries red. 



Privet-leaved Holly. Fl. June, July. Shrub G feet. 



38 I. MYRTiFOLiA (Lam. ill. no. 1732.) Icavcs ovate, acute at 

 both ends, quite entire ; flowers lateral, in fascicles, dioecious. 

 Tj . S. Native of the Caribbee islands. Flowers white. This 

 species has the habit of a Sideioxylon, 



Myrtle-leaved HoWy. Clt. 180G. Shrub 10 feet. 



39 L Nipauli/nsis (Spreng. syst. app. p. 48.) leaves ellip- 



the branches, usually 3-flowered. Tj. G. Native of Japan. 

 Flowers white. 



Crewafe-leaved Holly. Shrub. 



30 L serra'ta (Thunb. jap. 78.) leaves ovate, acute, ciliately 

 serrated ; pedicels axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered, drooping. Tj . 

 G. Native of Japan, in the island of Nipon. Flowers white. 



A^erra/e-leaved Holly. Fl. June. Shrub. 



31 I. LATiFOLiA (Thunb. jap. 79.) leaves ovate, bluntish, ser- 

 rated, shining above, w ith revolute edges ; pedicels aggregate, 

 longer than the petiole, and rising above the axillae of the leaves. 



h* G. Native of Japan. Flowers white. 

 Broad-leaved Holly. Tree 20 feet. 



32 L MYRicoiBES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 71.) 

 leaves oblong, acute, cuneated at the base, somewhat cordate, 

 serrulated, smooth, as well as the branches ; peduncles 8- 



solitary, puberulous, shorter tlian the petioles. ^2 . H. Native 

 of Nipaul. I. elliptica, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 189. but not 

 of Kunth. Flowers white. 



Nipatd Holly. Shrub 8 (ceU • 



40 I. cYMosA (Blum, bijdr. 11 19.) leaves oblong, bluntly acu- 

 minated, quite entire, smooth; cymes dichotomous, axillary; 

 berry 8-seeded. f^ • S. Native of Java. Flowers dioecious, 



Cymose~{\o\\cYcd Holly. Tree 50 feet. 



41 I. sncA^TA (Blum, bijdr, 1149.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 quite entire, coriaceous, quite smooth, with revolute margins; 

 spikes axillary and lateral ; berry 6-8-seeded. Tj . S. Native 



of Java, in woods on the hiiiher mountains. 



Spike-Roviercd Holly. Tree 20 feet. 



42 I. Macoucoua (Pers. ench. 1. p. 152.) leaves oval or 

 somewhat ovate, sometimes tapering to an obtuse emarginate 



flowered, twice or thrice longer than the petioles; flowers 4- point, coriaceous, smooth, quite entire; peduncles numerous, 

 petalled. h . G. Native of New Granada, on the mountains be- cymose, axillary. ^ . S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne, in 

 tween Meneses and Pasto. Flowers whitish. 



Myrica-Uke Holly. Tree G feet. 



33 ? L HippocRATEoiDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. 

 p- 71.) leaves oblong, somewhat acuminated, crenate-serrulated, 

 veiny, coriaceous, rather shining, and are, as well as the branch- 

 lets, smooth ; peduncles dichotomous, 3-7-flowered, 2 or 3 

 times longer than the petioles ; flowers 4-petalled. T2 . S. Na- 

 tive of South America ? Flowers white. 



Hippocratea-like Holly. Shrub. 



woods, as well as of the islands of St. Domingo and Trinidad. 

 Macoucoua Guiancnsis, Aubl. guian. 1. t. 34. Flex acuminata, 

 Willd. spec. l.p. 711. Cassine INIaurocenia, Sieb.pl. exsic. trin. 

 no. 81. Flowers white. Berries red, ovate, 2-celled. The tree 

 is called Macoueou in Guiana. 



Macoucoua Holly. Tree 40 feet. 



43? I. obcorda'ta (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 338.) leaves 

 obcordate, coriaceous, quite entire, shining, nerveless ; stipulas 

 small, prickly ; peduncles 3-flowered, axillary, shorter than the 



34 ? I. lau'rina (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 71.) petioles. ^. S. Native of Jamaica, on the Blue Moiintains. 



leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, remotely 

 serrulated, netted, coriaceous, and are, as well as the branches, 

 smooth; peduncles 1-S-flowered, in crowded fascicles, length 

 of petioles ; flowers 4-petalled. ^ . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica ? 



Laurel-like Holly. Tree. 



Flowers white. Style very short. Stigma blunt. Berries red, 

 1 -celled. 



ObcordateAeavcd Holly. Shrub 6 feet. 



44 I. Asia'tica (Lin. spec. 710.) leaves broad-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, quite entire, l^ • G. Native of the East Indies. 



Asiatic Holly. Shrub ? 

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