( 2043 ) 

 Ilex chinensis. Chinese Holly. 



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Class and Order. 

 Tetrandria Tetragynia. 



Generic Character. 

 Cal. 4-dentatus. Cor. rotata. Stylus 0. Bacca 4-sperma. 



Specific Character. 



Ilex chinensis ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis marginatis denticula- 

 tis : dentibus cartilagineis vix pungentibus, corymbis 

 pedunculatis dichotomis. 



Descr. An evergreen shrub, three feet high, but proba- 

 bly of much loftier growth. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, with 

 a cartilaginous margin, upper ones quite entire, lower ones 

 denticulate, especially toward the point : teeth, except a few 

 at the point, not pungent ; leaves reticulately veined, spotted 

 with small dark dots which disappear in drying, midrib villous. 

 Peduncles alternate, both axillary and extrafoliaceous, bearing 

 small white flowers in compact dichotomous corymbs. 



Our drawing was made at Messrs. Malcolm and Sweet's 

 nursery, in July 1814, from a plant which we are informed 

 by Mr. Sweet was imported from China. 



