816 AQUIFOLIACEAE 
13. I. Beadlei Ashe. Shrub or small pde with pubescent twigs: leaf-blades 
elliptie, oval, or suborbieular, sometimes varying to slightly broader below the 
middle, 3-8 em. long, acute or short nubis, serrate, densely pubescent be- 
neath and d pubeseent soo: staminate calyx 2-2.5 mm. wide: staminat 
corolla 5-6 m wide: drupe Wer Paria 8-10 mm. long. mcd woods, 
pr 
I. Amel anchier M. A. Curt Shrubs with more or less persistently soft- 
eacus foliage: leaf-blades pd elliptie, or elliptic-lanceolate, 4-8 cm. 
long, acute or short-acuminate, inconspicuously serrate, Er) ous, dull and 
finely reticulate above, thinly tomentose beneath, acute or rounded at the base, 
6—10 mm. long, pubescent: flowers not seen: drupe globose, 7-10 mm, in diam- 
eter, dull-red.—Sandy swamps, Coastal Plain, S. C.—Spr. 
15. I. myrtifolia Walt. Shrub or small crooked tree, with smooth gray bark, 
and rigid branches: leaf d d nad narrowly elliptic 2 linear, 
or broader on shoots, 1—4 cm. long, apiculate, more or less revolute, k-green 
and E d pale i Ed posue "beneath, short petioled: aes 
l- mm. broad: corolla 4-5 mm. broad: dru upe obose, mm. 
doe red.—(YAUPON.)—Swamps and cypress p Coastal. * Plain, "la. 
to La. and N. C.—Spr.—A yellow fruited form is known 
16. I. Cassine L. Shrub, or small tree 12 m. tall, with smooth gray bark, usu- 
ally pubescent e leaf-blades leathery, oblanceolate or elliptic, or r rarely 
obov 4-10 cm. long, obtuse, aaa or rarely retuse at the apex, more or 
less eae dark- -green and glabro s above, pale and more or less pubescent 
beneath, or sometimes glabrous, ce Ta slender- petiole: calyx 1.5-2 mm. broa 
corolla 4-4.5 mm. road: drupe E - in diameter, red or some- 
times nearly yellow. [Z. Dahoon Walt. J— (DAR OON.  YAUPON. CASSENA. 
og c pA d stream- Saar Mu nd hammocks, often in acid 
soils, Coastal Plain, Fla. to and — Spr. or all year S.—The pale-brown 
heart-wood is close-grained on light Me soft. 
17. I. vomitoria Ait. Shrub, or small tree 8 m. tall: ere Mna 
oval or pui sometimes elliptic- -lanceolate on shoots, 1-2.5 c ong, obtu 
ive idE iin pes lustrous above, pale-green Deuce pir ar 
oad: corolla 5—5.5 road: drupe globose, re —6 mm. in diameter, 
Ten than the eae. TT Cassine Walt. ]—(CASSENA YAUPON.)—Sandy 
hammocks, sand-dunes, and ar aig often in neutral soil, Coastal Plain and 
rarely adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ark., and Va.—Spr e leaves contain 
caffeine. A decoction n. from them was the C drink of the 
aborigines. The white heart-wood, turning yellow on exposure, is close- 
grained, heavy, and har 
18. I. cumulicola Small. Shrub or na tree T fastigiate branches and 
pale-gray or Wee Ls leaf-blades 2.5-4.5 cm. long, more or less revolute, 
shallowly sinuate: als of the pistillate ee acute or rather _ obtuse, 
eciliate, sometimes ene ciliolate pe globose, er, 
de n nut 6 . lo I. arenicola Ashe]—Scrub, lake region, pen 
—Spr.— Used locally for holiday decorations.—Additional species and varie- 
ties, apparently conspecific with this plant, have been described. 
19. I. opaca Ait. Tree up to 15 m. tall, with spreading branches and pale- 
gray bark: leaf-blades 4-10 cm. long, flat or nearly so, rather deeply sinuate: 
a of the ae flowers acuminate, ciliate: drupe globose to ovoid-glo- 
bos 10 m s diameter, bright-red, or yellow, nutlets 6-7 mm. long.— 
(Hon rer ICAN-HOLLY. HITE-HOLLY.)—Woo S, id a 
buts PT river- banks. often in sub-acid soil, various province , Fla o Tex 
. W. Va., and Mass., (Me.?).—Spr —Collected in large uniques in a 
