CELASTEACEAE 733 



deep green above, paler beneath, glabrous except on the nerves, more or less abruptly nar- 

 rowed into short petioles : staminate flowers several in axillary clusters ; pistillate flowers 

 solitary or several together : calyx glabrous, 5-6 mm. broad ; sepals broadly triangular, 

 acutish, eroded : corolla 4-5 mm. broad, white ; lobes broadly obovate, obtuse : stamens 

 shorter than the corolla-lobes : drupes globose, about 1 cm. in diameter, bright scarlet : nut- 

 lets strongly ribbed. 



In mountain woods, New York to Georgia and Alabama. Spring.— The form with pubescent leaf- 

 blades, is /. mondcola mollis (A. Gray) Britton. Mountain Holly. 



10. Ilex Beadlei Ashe. A shrub or small tree, with pubescent foliage. Leaves often 

 numerous ; blades elliptic, oval or suborbicular, varying to slightly broader above or 

 below the middle, 3-8 cm. long, acute or short acuminate, serrate, densely pubescent 

 beneath and finely pubescent above, short-petioled : pedicels pubescent : calyx nearly 2 

 mm. broad ; sepals obtuse, pubescent : corolla 5-6 mm. broad : drupes oblong-globose, 

 6-8 mm. long. 



In rocky woods, North Carolina to Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 



11. Ilex myrtifolia Walt. A low, straggling shrub or small tree, with very rigid 

 branches. Leaf-blades leathery, narrowly oblong or linear, or on shoots nearly oval, 1-4 

 cm. long, apiculate, more or less revolute, dark green and glabrous above, pale and usually 

 glabrous beneath, short-petioled : flowers solitary in the axils, or a few in a cluster : calyx 

 1-1.5 mm. broad ; sepals triangular, acute : corolla 4-5 mm. broad, white ; lobes 4, obovate 

 or oval, obtuse : stamens 4, shorter than the corolla-lobes : drupes globose, about 6 mm. in 

 diameter, red, on pedicels about 5 mm. long. 



In swamps and wet pine lands, North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. Spring. 



12. Ilex Cassine L. An evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 12 m. 



and a trunk diameter of 5 dm., with usually jiubescent twigs. Leaf-blades leathery, 



oblanceolate or oblong or rarely obovate, 4-10 cm. long, obtuse, acute or rarely refuse at 



the apex, more or less revolute, dark green and glabrous above, pale and more or less 



pubescent beneath or sometimes glabrous ; petioles 5-10 mm. long, usually pubescent : 



flowers in simple or panicled umbel-like clusters, the common peduncles 3-20 mm. long : 



calyx 1.5-2 mm. broad ; sepals triangular-ovate, acutish, erose-ciliate : corolla 4-4.5 mm. 



broad, white ; lobes obovate, obtuse : stamens mostly 'shorter than the corolla-lobes : 



drupes globose, 6-8 mm. in diameter, red or sometimes nearly yellow, solitary or 3 in 



a cluster, on stout pubescent pedicels : nutlets prominently ribbed. [J. Dahoon Walt.] 



In swamps and along streams near the coast, Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. Spring. Dahoon. 

 Yaupon. 



13. Ilex vomitoria Ait. An evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 8 

 m. with a trunk diameter of 2 dm., often forming dense thickets. Leaf-blades leathery, 

 oblong, oval or elliptic, sometimes oblong-lanceolate on shoots, 1-2.5 cm. long, obtuse, 

 crenate-serrate, deep green and lustrous above, pale green beneath, abruptly narrowed into 

 short petioles : flowers several in axillary clusters: pedicels 2-3 mm. long: calyx 2 mm. 

 broad; sepals 4, triangular-ovate, obtuse: corolla 5-5.5 mm. broad, white: lobes oval or 

 obovate, obtuse : stamens 4, shorter than the corolla lobes in the pistillate flowers, longer 

 in the staminate : drupes globose, red, 5-6 mm. in diameter, longer than their pedicels : 

 nutlets slightly ribbed. [/. Cassine Walt. ] 



Along swamps and streams, Virginia to Florida, Arkansas and Texas. Spring. Cassine. Yaupon. 



14. Ilex opaca Ait. A glabrous tree, reaching a height of 15 m., rarely with a trunk 

 diameter of about 1 m., the bark close, white or pale gray, warty. Leaf-blades parch- 

 ment-like, oval, elliptic or obovate, 4-10 cm. long, spine-tipped at the apex and spiny- 

 toothed or sometimes entire, lustrous and dark green above, pale and dull beneath, short- 

 petioled : staminate flowers several on a common peduncle : pistillate flowers solitary ; 

 sepals triangular, about 1 mm. long, acute, ciliate : corolla 5.5-6.5 mm. broad ; lobes oblong, 

 obtuse : stamens surpassing the corolla in the staminate flowers, shorter than the corolla- 

 lobes in the pistillate : drupes globose or globose-ovoid, about 1 cm. in diameter, glabrous, 

 red or rarely yellow, longer than the pedicels : nutlets ribbed. 



In moist woods and on dry mountain slopes, Maine to Missouri and the Gulf States. Spring. 

 Holly. American Holly. White Holly. 



Family 7. CELASTRACEAE Lindl.' Staff-tree Family. 



Shrubs or trees, with erect or twining stems, sometimes armed with spines. 

 Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, with or without stipules : blades simple. 

 Inflorescence normally cymose, sometimes clustered. Flowers perfect, polyg- 



' Revised by Mr. J. R. Gardner. 



