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3. SCHMALTZIA Desv. 



1. Schmaltzia crenata (Mill.) Greene. Fragrant sumac. 



Rocky woods; rare; Broadwater. Apr. Eastern N. Amer. (Rhus aromatica Ait.; 

 R. canadensis Marsh.) 



A shrub with red drupes. 



94. AQTJIF01IACEAE. Holly Family. 

 1. ILEX L. Holly. 



Leaves thick, persistent, spiny-toothed; medium-sized tree. Fruit globose, red, 



■ j- i . . .1. I. opaca. 



7 mm. or more an diameter 



Leaves neither persistent nor spiny-toothed; shrubs. 

 Staminate flowers solitary or in pairs. Peduncles 1-2 cm. long; fertile flowers 

 solitary, short-stalked; fruit orange-red, sometimes yellow; nutlets smooUi; 

 leaves oval or oblong, about 5 cm. long, sparsely serrate, villous beneath on the 



2. I. laevigata. 



veins • 



Staminate flowers clustered or in cymes. 



Fertile flowers nearly sessile; fruit red (rarely yellow); nutlets smooth; leaves 

 oval or obovate, acute or acuminate, sharply serrulate, downy beneath on 

 ,.- . ...3. I. verticillata. 



the veins ; , 



Fertile flowers stalked, the stalk about 5 mm. long; fruit red; nutlets ribbed, 

 leaves obovate or spatulate-oblong, crenate-serrate, commonly obtuse. 



4. I. decidua. 



. _ ■ ., American holly. 



1. Ilex opaca Ait. 



Low woods. May-June; fr. Aug.-Sept. Eastern U. S. 

 ~ — , . A /t) u\ n r^,r Smooth winterberry. 



2. Ilex laevigata (Pursh) A. Gray. ojiv^n 



Low woods. May-June; fr. Aug.-Sept. Northeastern U. S., south to Ga. 



3. Ilex verticillata (L.) A. Gray. Black alder. Winterberrv. 

 Swamps and low woods. June; fr. Aug. Eastern U. S. 



s „ * ■* ™? if Deciduous holly. 



4. Ilex decidua Walt. 



Low woods. May-June; fr. Aug.-Sept. Southeastern U. S., north to Md. 



95. CELASTRACEAE. Bittersweet Family. 



Leaves opposite; erect shrubs; flowers in axillary cymes 1 • EUONYMUS . 



Leaves alternate; climbing shrub; flowers in terminal compound race ^ ASTRTJS 



1. EUONYMUS L. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 8 cm. long or less; flowers greenish pink or yellow; capsule 



1. E. americanus. 



LeavTovate-oblong'/lOcm'.longor more; flowers purple; ^^y™ ^^^ 



T Strawberry bush. 



1. Euonymus americanus L. _ xrr^A* a 

 Low woods; frequent. May. Eastern U. S. (23. americanus obovatus of Ward s 



Flora -) T Wahoo. 



2. Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. 



Low woods and river basins; along the Potomac above Georgetown. May-June. 



Eastern U. S. ___ , __._„_, T 



2. CELASTRUS L. 



1. Celastrus scandens L. 

 Low woods and river basins; infrequent. May. Eastern N. Amer. 



