its mode of ramification it resembles our common European 
Holly ; but the foliage is extremely different, and very peculiar. 
The /eaves are alternate, two to four inches long, very firm, cori- 
aceous, and glossy, dark blackish-green above; the general out- 
line is broad-oblong, almost a parallelogram, on short petioles, 
truncated at the base and at the apex, bearing a strong spine on 
each side near the base; the apex is dilated and furnished with 
three larger and broader and very pungent spines, of which the 
intermediate one takes a downward curvature, while the lateral 
ones stand out horizontally, like two horns, and these have sug- 
gested the specific name; the margin of the leaf between these 
several spines is recurved. Vowers white, quite destitute of, 
beauty, collected into sessile wmbels in the axils of the younger’ 
leaves. Peduncles short, glabrous. Calyz cup-shaped, half supe- 
rior, the free portion cut into four, erecto-patent, rounded /odes. 
Petals four, oblong, obtuse, horizontally patent. Stamens four, 
erecto-patent. Filaments very long, stout, subulate. Anthers 
ovate, obtuse. The ovary has four nearly sessile stigmas. The 
berries are described as being large, globose, with four pyrene. 
Fig. 1. Entire flower. 2. Calyx and pistil :—magnified. 
