314 



I j I/rx veriiciUata (L.) A. Gray, var. temiifolia, Torr. 



Fl. North. States, 338 (1824). This variety with thin, ob- 

 ovate leaves, glabrous, except a slight pubescence along the 

 niidvein on the under surface, and with mucronate-tipped, ap- 

 pressed teeth, originally collected by Dr. Torrey in the cedar 



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\ j Var. padifolia (Willd.), T. and G. in S. Wats. Bibliog. 



Index, i. 220, is distinguished from the type by its smaller, 

 thicker (almost coriaceous), broadly oval or nearly orbicular 



leaves. The original specimen In Herb. Torrey came from Lake 



f Erie. The plant is common on the Pocono Plateau of Pennsyl- 



fj vania. 



Professor Trelcase, in his review of North American species 

 of Ilex in Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci. Vol. V., does not recog- 

 mze either of these varieties, but they appear to me certainly 

 well-marked enough to warrant consideration. 



SriR/liA ViRCTNlANA, n. sp. A glabrous shrub, the branches 

 forming long wands, erect or reclining, 1O-4O long. Leaves ob- 

 long or slightly oblanceolate, thin, obtuse or short-pointed at the 

 apex, rounded or cuneate at the base, i>^'-2' long, 5"-8" wide, 

 green above, pale beneath, entire or with a icw low serrations In 

 the upper half; petioles 2" long ; pedicels and peduncles pale 

 'and Glaucous; fluwers about 2" broad, in terminal compound 

 corymbs i'-3' across; calyx teeth 5, triangular, blunt, about the 

 length of the short-campanulate tube, distinctl}^ glaucous; petals 

 5, wliite, ovate-orbicular, obtuse, stamens 15-20, persistent; 

 styles S-6; follicles in the specimens examined 5-6, apparently 

 sterile, included in the persistent calyx. 



On damp rocks along the Monongahela River, Morgantown, 

 West Virginia, collected by Dr. C. F. Millspaugh in flower, June 

 20th, 1890, and In apparently Imperfect fruit late in September. 

 Collected also by Mr. G. R. Vasey in the mountains of North 

 Carolina, 1878. 



Spircca bctuhefolia, Pall, and S. corymbosa, Raf , have much 

 longer follicles exserted beyond the calyx, broader, thicker and 

 dentate leaves, and are different In habit. Rafinesque published a 

 number of species In his New Flora, but none of them can apply 



to this one. 



