474 2 TETRANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA. lies. 
four, inserted on the mouth of the corolla, most spreading, alternat- 
‘ing with the segments and somewhat exceeding them in length, 
Anthers roundish, two-celled.—Ovarium very small. Stigma ob- 
scurely two-lobed.— Berry round, smooth, about four lines in dia- 
meter, when dry wrinkled and of a dark brown colour, crowned with 
a vestige of the two-lobed stigma, two-seeded ; pulp scanty.— Seeds 
semi-ovate, obtuse, rounded at the base; the inner side flat with a 
‘gibbous protuberance above the centre, the outer one convex with 
about six unequal, very prominent ribs, separated by as many deep 
furrows.—The rest as in Aquifolium, Gert. Carp. ii. 72, tab. 92. 
Obs. This species varies considerably in the shape and serrature: 
of the leaves. Generally they are oblong and remotely serrate ; some- 
times, however, they are of a more ovate form, rounded at the base, 
the margins sinuated and marked with pretty strong unequal spi- 
nous serratures. But in all the varieties the berries are two-seéded ; 
a character which sufficiently distinguish them from the varieties of 
the common Holly. T am indebted to my esteemed friend Capt. 
Webb for a specimen without flowers which, if not the last menti- 
oned varitey of my I. dipyrena, most probably is the I. Aguifolium; 
"it was communicated to me with the following remark : ^ This 
Holly is found near stre ams in the Purgunna Choudans; it is 
' called Gumshing m the Bhotea language, and forms a bush of ten 
| to twelve feet in height ; its berries ripen in October.”—N. W. 
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