CELASTRACEAE 733 
deep green above, paler beneath, glabrous except on the nerves, more or less abruptly nar- 
esci a into short petioles: staminate flowers several in axillary clusters ; pistillate flowers 
solitary or several together: calyx glabrous, 5-6 mm. broad; sepals broadly triangular, 
acutish, eroded: corolla 4-5 mm. broad, white ; lobes broadly Do RE obtuse : stamens 
shorter than the corolla-lobes : drupes globose, about 1 cm. in diameter, bright scarlet: nut- 
lets strongly ribbed. ` 
In mountain woods, New York to Georgia and Alabama. Spring.—The form with pubescent leaf- 
blades, is I. monticola móllis (A. Gray) Britton. MOUNTAIN HOLLY. 
10. Ilex Beàdlei Ashe. A shrub or small tree, with pubescent foliage. Leaves often 
numerous ; blades elliptic, oval or suborbicular, varying to slightly broader above or 
below the middle, 3-8 cm. long, acute or short acuminate, serrate, densely pubescent 
beneath and finely pubescent above, short-petioled : pedicels pubescent : calyx nearly 2 
mm. broad; sepals obtuse, pubescent : corolla 5-6 mm. ed : drupes oblong-globose, 
6-8 mm. long. 
In rocky woods, North Carolina to Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 
ll. Ilex myrtifdlia Walt. A low, straggling shrub or small tree, with very rigid 
branches. Leaf-blades leathery, narrowly oblong or linear, or on shoots nearly oval, 1-4 
cm. long, apiculate, more or less revolute, dark green and glabrous above, pale and usually 
glabrous beneath, short-petioled : flowers solitary in the axils, or a few in a cluster: calyx 
1-1.5 mm. broad ; sepals triangular, acute : corolla 4-5 mm. broad, white ; lobes 4, obovate 
or oval, obtuse : stamens 4, shorter than the corolla-lobes : drupes globose, about 6 mm. in 
diameter, red, on pedicels about 5 mm. long. 
In swamps and wet pine lands, North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. Spring. 
12. Ilex Cassine L. An evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 12 m. 
and a trunk diameter of 5 dm., with usually pubescent twigs. Leaf-blades leathery, 
oblanceolate or oblong or rarely obovate, 4-10 cm. long, obtuse, acute or rarely retuse at 
the apex, more or less revolute, dark green and glabrous above, pale and more or less 
ubescent beneath or sometimes glabrous ; petioles 5-10 mm. long, usually pubescent : 
owers in simple or panicled belke clusters, the common peduncles 3-20 mm. long: 
calyx 1.5-2 mm. broad ; sepals triangular-ovate, acutish, erose-ciliate : corolla 4-4.5 mm. 
broad, white; lobes obovate, obtuse: stamens mostly "shorter than the corolla-lobes : 
drupes globose, 6-8 mm. in diameter, red or sometimes nearly yellow, solitary or 3 in 
a cluster, on stout pubescent pedicels: nutlets prominently ribbed. [J Dahoon Walt. ] 
vine and along streams near the coast, Virginia to Floridaand Louisiana. Spring. DAHOON. 
13. Ilex vomitória Ait. An evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 8 
m. with a trunk diameter of 2 dm., often forming dense thickets. Leaf-blades leathery, 
oblong, oval or elliptic, sometimes oblong-lanceolate on shoots, 1-2.5 em. long, obtuse, 
crenate-serrate, deep green and lustrous above, pale green beneath, abruptly narrowed into 
short petioles : flowers several in axillary clusters: pedicels 2-3mm. long: calyx 2 mm. 
broad ; sepals 4, triangular-ovate, obtuse: corolla5-5.5 mm. broad, white: lobes oval or 
obovate, obtuse : stamens 4, shorter than the corolla lobes in the pistillate flowers, longer 
in the staminate : drupes globose, red, 5-6 mm. in diameter, longer than their pedicels : 
nutlets slightly ribbed. |I. Cassine Walt. ] 
Along swamps and streams, Virginia to Florida, Arkansasand Texas. Spring. CASSINE. YAUPON. 
. 14. Ilex opàca Ait. A glabrous tree, reaching a height of 15 m., rarely with a trunk 
diameter of about 1 m., the bark close, white or pale gray, warty. Leaf-blades parch- 
ment-like, oval, elliptic or obovate, 4-10 cm. long, spine-tipped at the apex and aid 
toothed or sometimes entire, lustrous and dark green above, pale and dull beneath, short- 
petioled: staminate flowers several on a common oda istillate flowers solitary ; 
sepals triangular, about 1 mm. long, acute, ciliate : corolla 5.5-6.5 mm. broad ; lobes oblong, 
obtuse : stamens surpassing the corolla in the staminate flowers, shorter than the corolla- 
lobes in the pistillate : drupes globose or globose-ovoid, about 1 em. in diameter, glabrous, 
or rarely yellow, longer than the pedicels : nutlets ribbed. 
In moist woods and on dry mountain slo Maine to Missouri and the Gulf States. Spring. 
HOLLY. AMERICAN HOLLY. Wain HOLLY. gd 
FAMILY 7. CELASTRACEAE Lindl! STarr-TREE FAMILY. 
Shrubs or trees, with erect or twining stems, sometimes armed with spines. 
Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, with or without stipules: blades simple. 
nflorescence normally cymose, sometimes clustered. Flowers perfect, polyg- 
‘Revised by Mr. J. R. Gardner. 
