46 SYLVA TKLLUR. 



used as emetic by the Indians; it cannot bethe 

 Vjassine peragua L. described with oppo- 

 site elliptic obtuse leaves, and as yet a doubtful 

 pL\nt, although now referred to Ilex cassena, 



my Ageria 235. 



226 Ageria Raf. (this name was used by 

 Adanson for the Gr. Prinos and Myrsine unit- 

 ed, but I now apply it to a G. medial between 

 Ilex and Prinos of authors) Macoucoua Aubl. 

 Ilex sp. auct — difT. Aquifolium, cal. 4fid persis- 

 tens, cor. 4loba, stam. 4, stigma unicum sessile 

 simplex. )?, sepe dioicis. — It will include nearly 

 all the American sp. of Authors, which have a 

 single stigma ; but it varies in shape, and may 



serve to form subg. 



227. Subg. Macucua, stig. glob, obtusura. fl. 



4lobis sepe dioicis, 



228. Subg. Dauunia R. stig. bilobo, fl. dioicis, 

 4partitis. 



229. Subg. Paltoria R. P. stig. magno 4gono 

 integro. fl. herm. 



It is not always easy to discriminate between 

 the 2 first, as the sp. are referred to Ilex at ran- 

 dom, without attending to the flowers. We 

 have no good monograph of the North Ameri- 

 can sp. whose synonymy is quite perplexing : I 

 shall however give some types. 



230. Ageria (mac) acuminata Raf. Ilex do 

 W. macucua Pers &/C, mac. guianensis Aubl. 

 Lam. — Arborea fol. ovatis integris, apex acum. 

 emarg. pedunc. cymosis fl. herm. — Guyana, 

 large tree, white fl. as in all akin. 



231. Ageria (mac) retusa Raf. frutescens, 

 ramis cinereis, fol. petiol. obovat. crenatis obtu- 

 sis retusis, fl. dioicis, fasc. petiolis eq. — West 

 Kentucky, in swamps, shrub 3 to 5 feet high, 



