Tas. 8832. 
ILEX VERTICILLATA. 
Eastern North Ameriea, 
ILICINEAE. 
Inex, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook, f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 356, 
Tlex (§ Prinos) verticillata, A. Gray, Man. Bot. N. United States, ed. ii. 
p- 264 (1856); Small, Flora S.E. United States, p. 782; Rob. et Fern. in 
Gray, Man. Bot. N. United States, ed. vii. p. 555; C. K. Schneider in 
Handb. Laubholzk. vol. ii. p. 167, figs. 105, 109; Dallimore, Holly, Yew and 
Box, p. 148; Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles, vol. i. p. 651; species 
I. laevigatae, A. Gray, proxima sed ab ea foliis subtus secus nervos 
semper pubescentibus floribusque omnibus brevissime pedicellatis facillime 
segreganda. 
Frutex 2-6-metralis plerumque dioicus; novelli in planta typica glabri, atro- 
brunnei, lenticellis pallidis parce notati. Folia decidua, ovata, anguste 
obovata vel oblanceolata, apice acuta vel acuminata, basi cuneata, 
margine minute saepius inaequaliter serrata vel 2-serrata, 3°8-8°5 em. 
longa; 1°2-3°3 cm. lata, supra glabra vel parce puberula, subtus et 
praesertim prope costam mediam persistenter pubescentia, insigniter 
reticulata; petiolus 6-12 mm. longus. lores in umbellas axillares 
subsessiles aggregati; pro glomerulo maris 6 vel plures, foeminei 1-3. 
Calyx 5-6-lobatus; lobi ciliati, acuti. Corolla rotata, 5 mm. lata, 
sordide alba; lobi saepius 6, nonnunquam 7-8, rotundati, obtusi. Stamina 
saepius 6, nonnunquam 7-8, corollae lobis alterna, filamenta perbrevia ; 
antherae longitudinaliter apertae. Ovarium ovoideum, 6-loculare, 
nonnunquam 7-8-loculare; stigma sessile stellatim 6-lobata, nonnunquam 
7-8-lobata. Fructus drupacei, globosi vel ovoidei, saepissime singuli 
nonnunquam pro axilla bini vel terni, 6 mm. longi; pyrenae 4-6, compressae, 
3 mm. longae, pallide brunneae, laeves, amarae.—Prinos verticillatus, 
Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 830 (1753); DC. Prod. vol. ii. p. 17; Iggud. Arb. 
et Frut. vol. ii. p. 521, fig. 191; Gray, Man. Bot. N. United St@jes, ed. i. 
p. 276; Emerson, Trees Mass. ed. i. p. 344.—W. J. Bran. 
The North American Winterberry, sometimes also 
known in north-eastern America as the Black Alder, has 
long been a favourite in English gardens, to which, 
according to Aiton, it was introduced for the first time 
in 1736. It is found wild over a wide area on the eastern 
side of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia and 
_ January-Marcu, 1920. 
