732 - AQUIFOLIACEAE 
green and lustrous above, pale beneath ; petioles stout: flowers white, the staminate clus- 
tered, the pistillate often solitary : sepals ovate or triangular-ovate, acute: corolla 5.5-7 
mm. broad ; lobes obovate, obtuse: drupes globose, 6-8 mm. in diameter, black, shining. 
[I. coriacea (Pursh) Chapm. ] 
In swamps, Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. Spring. 
3. Ilex verticillata ( L.) A. Gray. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 7 m. tall, with 
glabrous or slightly pubescent twigs. Leaf-blades thickish, elliptic or oval, varying to 
ovate or obovate, 2-8 cm. long, acute or acuminate at both ends, glabrous or slightly pu- 
bescent above, more or less tomentose beneath, often strongly reticulated, serrate ; petioles 
5-10 mm. long: sepals ovate or triangular-ovate, ciliate, acutish : corolla white, 6-7 mm. 
broad ; lobes obtuse : drupes 6-8 mm. in diameter, red. 
In swamps or low grounds, Nova Scotia to Ontario, Wisconsin, Florida and Missouri. Summer. 
BLACK ALDER, WINTERBERRY. FEVER-BUSH. 
4. Ilex laevigata (Pursh) A. Gray.' A shrub or small tree, rarely 6 m. tall, with 
glabrous twigs. Leaf-blades thinnish, elliptic or oval or sometimes lanceolate or oblan- 
ceolate, 3-9 cm. long, acute or mostly acuminate, appressed-serrate, glabrous on both sur- 
faces or sometimes sparingly pubescent on the nerves beneath, short-petioled : staminate 
flowers clustered, their pedicels 1-2 cm. long; pistillate mostly solitary on short pedicels: 
pa triangular or ovate-triangular, sometimes ciliate, acute: corolla 6-7 mm. broad, 
white ; lobes obtuse : drupes subglobose, 8-10 mm. in diameter, orange-red. 
Inswamps or wet woods, Maine to Pennsylvania, Georgia and Kentucky. Spring. WINTERBERRY. 
5. Ilex Amelánchier M. A. Curtis. A low branching shrub, with more or less per- 
sistently soft-pubescent foliage. Leaf-blades leathery, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 4-8 cm. 
long, acute or short-acuminate, inconspicuously serrate, glabrous, dull and finely reticulated 
above, thinly tomentose beneath, acute or rounded at the base, 6-10 mm. long, pubescent : 
flowers not seen: drupes globose, 7-10 mm. in diameter, dull red: nutlets strongly 3- 
ribbed on the back. 
In sandy swamps, North Carolina to Louisiana. Spring. 
6. Ilex lóngipes Chapm. A shrub 1-2 m. tall, with widely spreading branches and 
glabrous or almost glabrous foliage. Leaf-blades rather leathery, elliptic, varying to 
broadly oblanceolate or ovate, sometimes oval, short-acuminate, obtuse or acute, dark green 
and puberulent or glabrous above, more or less pubescent beneath, crenate-serrate, the teeth 
often tipped with appressed spine-like bristles; petioles stout, 5-10 mm. long: flowers 
several in axillary clusters: pedicels 1.2-2 cm. long, or longer at maturity : calyx glabrous: 
sepals triangular, acute: corolla 6-7 mm. broad, white; lobes obtuse: drupes globose, 
red, 6-8 mm. in diameter. . 
On rocky banks, North Carolina and Tennessee to Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 
7. Ilex decídua Walt. A much branched shrub or small tree 1-10 m. tall, the trunk 
sometimes 2.5 dm. in diameter. Leaf-blades thickish, spatulate, oblanceolate, elliptic or 
elliptic-oblanceolate, 2-6 cm. long, obtuse or retuse at the apex, crenate-serrate, dark green 
and glabrous above, paler and usually pubescent beneath ; petioles pubescent, 0.5-1 cm. 
long : flowers several in axillary clusters: pedicels 5-15 mm. long: calyx glabrous or 
minutely pubescent ; sepals triangular, acute, sometimes ciliate: corolla 4.5-6 mm. broad, 
white ; lobes 4, obovate or nearly oblong, obtuse : stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes : 
ae = 7-9 mm. in diameter, orange or nearly scarlet: nutlets strongly ribbed on 
e back. 
In swamps and alon oi . Spring.—A form 
with leaves 1-2 em. long and drupes 4-5 mm. [n diameter, 1s I. decidua Curtissii Fernald; it occurs in 
Florida. Possum Haw. BEARBERRY. i 
8. Ilex Caroliniàna ( Walt.) Trelease. A shrub or small tree, rarely 6 m. tall, with 
puberulent or almost glabrous twigs. Leaf-blades rather thin, broadly oval, varying to 
oyate or obovate or sometimes elliptic, 4-7 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, serrate above 
the middle with appressed bristle-tipped teeth, glabrous, gradually or abruptly attenuate 
into short petioles: flowers solitary or several in axillary clusters: pedicels 2-5 mm. long: 
calyx glabrous, 5-6 mm. broad : sepals broadly triangular, acutish, or obtuse in pistillate 
flowers : corolla 3-4 mm. broad, white; lobes obtuse: drupes globose-oblong, 6-7 mm. in 
diameter: nutlets strongly ribbed. [J ambigua (Michx.) Chapm.] 
In sandy soil, North Carolina to Arkansas, Florida and Texas. Spring. 
..9. Ilex montícola A. Gray. A shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 12 m. nir d 
with a trunk diameter of 3 dm., with almost glabrous foliage. -blades rather t ae 
elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or sometimes sehestlonia’; 6-20 cm. long, acuminate, serrate, 
Including I. lanceolata (Pursh) Chapm. - 
