1924] Blake,—A Yellow-fruited Form of Ilex myrtifolia 231 
is Vitis idea (Vitis idaea in his Index). This has been taken up as 
Vitis-idaea. It seems to me that the use of this name should be given 
up. 
A similar double-headed generic name is Uva Ursi. This was used 
by Miller (Gard. Dict. Abr. Ed. 4) in 1754, and as Uva-Ursi has been 
taken up in place of Arctostaphylos Adans. (1763). It seems to me 
that the use of this name should also be abandoned. The alternative 
would be to retain Vitis-idaea and Uva-Ursi and also take up 
Speculum-Veneris, Bursa-pastoris, Raphanus-rusticanus, | Gramen- 
caninum, Gramen-nemorosum, Filix-mas, and Filiz-foemina. 
MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY. 
A YELLOW-FRUITED FORM OF [LEX MYRTIFOLIA.— The fruit of all 
our native species of Ilex, except I. glabra, I. lucida, and I. Krugiana, 
is normally some shade of red or orange. Yellow-fruited forms have 
been described in I. opaca (f. xanthocarpa Rehder), I. laevigata (f. 
Herveyi Robinson), and I. verticillata (f. chrysocarpa Robinson). 
A form of Ilex cassine with yellow fruit is mentioned in the manuals, 
but seems never to have received a name. Yellow-fruited specimens of 
Ilex myrtifolia Walt., a species closely related to I. cassine but ap- 
parently distinct, were received at the Bureau of Plant Industry in 
December, 1922, from Mr. George D. Lowe, who had collected them 
at Baxley, Georgia. More ample specimens have recently been sent 
by Mr. Lowe, who comments on the attractive appearance of the yel- 
low-fruited shrub, and states that it is known to him only from a small 
area in the vicinity of Baxley, usually occurring singly at widely 
separated points, but at one locality about a cypress pond forming 
about half of the stand, and amounting probably to a thousand plants 
in a quarter-mile radius. The yellow form has been observed at this 
last spot for thirty years or more. In view of the possibility of the 
introduction of this plant into the nursery trade, it may well be dis- 
tinguished by a formal name. 
ILEX MYRTIFOLIA forma Lowei, forma nova.—Fruit golden yellow; 
leaves linear-elliptic or elliptic, 8-21 mm. long, 2-4 mm. wide.— 
Grorcia: Vicinity of Baxley, November, 1923, George D. Lowe 
(type no. 1, 189, 988, U. S. Nat. Herb.; dupls. in herb. Arnold Arb., 
Gray Herb., N. Y. Bot. Gard.).—3. F. BraAKE, Bureau of Plant 
Industry, Washington, D. C. 
Vol. 26, no. 311, including pages 201 to 220 was issued 5 January, 1925. 
