C 4079 ) 



Ilex platyphylla. Broad-leaved 

 Canarian Holly. 



Class and Order. 

 Tetrandria Monogvnia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Ilicine^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 4 — 5-dentatus persistens. Petala 4 — 5 hypogyna 

 (ex Kunth), sepalis alterna, hunc libera, nunc basi in co- 

 rollam rotatam subcoalita. Stamina 4c— 5, petalis alterna, 

 hypo^yna. Ovarium sessile, 4-locuIare, stigmatibus sub- 

 sessilibus 4 — 5 nunc distinctis nunc in 1 coalitis coronatum. 

 Bacca 4 — 5 pyrena, nucleis oblongis apice umbilicatis 1- 

 spermis. Semen inversum ; albumen carnosum. Embryo 

 m apice nidulans. — Frutices sempervirentes, foliis scepius 

 coriaceis, pedunculis multifloris,Jloribus hermaphroditis, ra- 

 nssime abortu dioicis aut polygamis. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Ilex* platyphylla; foliis latis ovatis nervosis spinosis vel 

 mermibus cuspidatis, petiolis crassis brevissimis, flori- 

 bus axillaribus numerosissimis fasciculatis vel brevis- 

 sime cymosis,, calyce turbinato laciniis ovatis acutis, 

 petalis ovatis tenuibus basi attenuatis apice cucullatis, 

 staminibus petalis subbrevioribus, filamentis angustis, 

 antheris oblongis, ovario pyramidato^ stiginatibus ses- 

 silibus, drupis ad apicem columellarum brevium glo- 

 merato-radiantibus. Webb. 



!lex platyphylla. Webb et Berthel. Fl. Canar. p. 135. 

 t. 68. 



Uex Perado. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 1. p. 169, ed. 2. v. 1. 

 p. 278. 



Aquifolium amplissimis foliis ex insulis Fortunatis. Pluk. 

 Aim. p. 38. t. 262. 



Drawn 



* So called, according to de Theis, from ec or ac, in Celtic, signifying a 

 sharp point (acute); but this seems a very forced derivation. 



