AQUIFOLIACE^E HOLLY FAMILY 



Ilex fastigiata, Bicknell 



Ilex: ancient Latin name of the Holly Oak rather than of 



the Holly. 

 Fastigiata: A Latin derivation, alluding to the erect and 



close habit of the branches. 



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' A derivative of Ilex verticellata, the Nantucket winter- 

 berry, having smaller and narrower leaves and crowded, 

 erect branches. It is abundant on Nantucket and is 

 almost insular in its habitat, occurring elsewhere, as far as 

 known, only locally in New Jersey." 



AQUIFOLIACE.E HOLLY FAMILY 



Ilex glabra, (L.) Gray 



Green and Inkberry, Dye-leaves, 



cream-white Evergreen Winterberry, Gall-berry. 



Appalachian Tea, 

 June-July 



Ilex: for derivation see fastigiata. 

 Glabra: Latin for smooth. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: sandy soil of thickets and bor- 

 ders of thickets. 



THE SHRUB: two feet to six feet high, branched; young 

 twigs and petioles with fine, soft hairs. 



THE LEAVES: evergreen; alternate; oblanceolate or ellip- 

 tic; thick and leathery; one inch or more long; one-half 

 inch or more wide; above dark green and shining; without 

 hairs on either surface; obtusish at the apex; generally 

 wedge-shaped at the base; sparingly toothed or entire. 



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