ILICINEA. 187 
9. Ilex condensata, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1859, i. p. 277. 
SourH Mexico, Orizaba (Bottert, 994). Hb. Kew. 
8. Ilex discolor, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 5. | 
Fruticosa, novellis puberulis, foliis discoloribus breviter petiolatis coriaceis oblongo-ellipticis 
utrinque rotundatis calloso-serrulatis circiter sesquipollicaribus, floribus parvis axillaribus 
congestis. . 
Frutex novellis puberulis. Folia breviter petiolata, coriacea, oblongo-elliptica, utrinque rotundata, 
ad sesquipollicaria, calloso-serrulata, subtus cinerea, petiolo ad 2 lin.longo. Flores lutei, parvi, 
in axillis foliorum congesti, breviter pedicellati, pedicellis basi bibracteolatis, bracteolis 
minutis; calyx 4-lobatus, lobis rotundatis; petala 4 vel sepius 3, oblonga, apice rotundata, 
basi breviter coherentia; stamina 4 vel 3, filamentis petalis basi adherentibus. Ovarium 
4-loculare (?), stylo nullo.. | 
Sourn Mexico, Chiapas, barren dry hills of Comitan (Linden, 1652). Hb. Kew. 
4, Tlex mexicana, Black in Hb. Kew. 
Pileostegia mexicana, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1859, i. p. 276. 
SoutH Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 998). Hb. Kew. 
5. Tlex occidentalis, Macf. in Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 147. 
- Pawama, Mount Lancon, Hear the city of Panama (Seemann, 594).—JaMaica ; 
Dominica. Hb. Kew. 
6. Dex tolucana, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 5. 
Fruticosa glaberrima, foliis breviter petiolatis coriaceis lanceolatis obtusis 2-4-pollicaribus calloso- 
serrulatis, Horibus numerosissimis in axillis foliorum congestis. 
Frutex totus glaberrimus, ramis teretibus. Folia breviter petiolata, coriacea, lanceolata, 2-4-polli- 
caria, obtusa, calloso-serrulata, supra nitida, petiolo sesquilineam longo. Flores numerosissimi,. 
subumbellati, pedicellati, pedunculis pedicellisque brevibus; calyx 4-lobatus, lobis rotundatis ; - 
petala 4, orbiculari-cucullata, basi coherentia; stamina 4, filamentis quam anthers brevioribus. 
Ovarium 4-loculare, stigmate sessili. 
Soura Mexico, Toluca (Andrieux, 260). Hb. Kew. 
7. Tex, sp. . 
Sour Mexico (Jurgensen, 739). . Hb. Kew. 
Order XXXVIII. CELASTRINE. 
Celastrinee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 357. 
Shrubs or trees, about 400 species, belonging to forty genera, generally dispersed, 
with the exception of frigid regions, ; 
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