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Tas. 5597. 
ILEX LartivOtta: 
Broad-leaved Japanese Holly. 
Nat. Ord. Inicrine2.—Terranpria Monocynta. 
Gen. Char. Flores sepius hermaphroditi. Calyx parvyus, persistens, 
4—5-fidus. Corolla rotata, 4- rarius 5-6-partita, laciniis obtusis, Stamina 
lobis corolle isomera, tubo brevi ejus leviter adherentia; anthere oblong. 
Ovarium sessile, 4-6- rarius 7-8-loculare; stylus brevis v. 0, stigmatibus 
_ tot quot ovarii loculis; ovula in loculis 1 v. 2, collateralia. Drupa glo- 
bosa, 4-8-pyrena, vy. putamine 4—8-loculari—Arbores v. frutices. Folia 
alterna, sepe nitida, integerrima v. rarius dentata v. spinosa. Pedunculi 
axillares. Flores albi. 
Inex latifolia; fruticosa, glaberrima, ramulis robustis angulatis, foliis crasse 
petiolatis coriaceis oblongo-lanceolatis oblongisve obtusis acutis v. 
acuminatis planis serratis basi cuneatis rotundatis v. angulatis, superne 
lete viridibus nitidis, floribus in capitula axillaria dense congestis 
pallide viridibus, calycis lobis rotundatis, corollx lobis late oblongis 
obtusis, filamentis filiformi-subulatis, baccis globosis 4-pyrenis. 
Inex latifolia. Thunb. Fl. Jap. p.79. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 16. 
This noble Holly, though often supposed to be one of the 
later importations from Japan, has long been cultivated in 
‘the Royal Gardens, where it has stood without protection, - 
_ trained against a wall, for many years, and quite uninjured. 
__ In the open air I have not observed it flowering, but it 
~ flowers abundantly in the Temperate House during June 
and July. In other places near London and elsewhere, it is 
cultivated as a standard; and though I have never seen it 
luxuriant under such circumstances in the east of England, 
it no doubt succeeds perfectly in the west. It is a beautiful 
shrub, of a paler green than the common Holly, with similar 
berries, and the flowers are produced in round heads of a 
pale yellow-green colour. As a species it is extremely closely 
allied to an arborescent Himalayan species that I have found 
in the Sikkim province, which has however large berries 
containing a bony three to four-celled nut, which does not, as 
in this, break up into four nucules. I have native specimens 
SEPTEMBER 1st, 1866. 
