HOLLY 



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the relatively thin flesh and the bony coverings of the 

 seeds as a prominent feature : see p. 25-6.] 



(a) Fruit superior, not crowned by remains of$? T 

 perigone, &c. 



* Fruit ovoid, scarlet, 10 12 mm. long, with 

 4 stones. 



Fig. 122. Holly. B, a 3 flower; C, a ? flower; D, longitudinal 

 section of ovary, showing the pendent ovules ; E, fruit ; F, the ,same in 

 transverse section ; G, seed ; H, the same in longitudinal section (E 

 and P). 



W. IV. 9 



