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2), iM. equifolium (Pursh) Nutt, ———-> Erect, evergreen bushy shrub, 
50-60 cm, tall; leaves pinnately 7- or I=-foliolate, the blades 15-20 CM, 
long, clasping — 
at the base; leaflets sessile, 4-6 om. long, elliptic-oblong, subacute at the ” 
apex, obliquely rounded at the base, sometimes subcordate, the margins simate 
spinose, the spines Slender, leaning forward, upper surface Ossy, dark sreen 
the lower paler and dull, the reticulations evident on both; flowers yellow, | 
crowded in racemes 3-8 om. long, these fascicled in the axils; bracts broadly — 
ovate, 1-2 mm. long, persistent; pedicels Slender, 4°6 mmne long or morés inners 
most sepals about 5 mme long, obovate; petals 6-7 mme long, ovate-oblong, sta-' 
meng5e5=4 mne long, filaments with a pair of recurved teeth near the &pex; 
frui subglobose, about 8 mme in diameter, deep blue with & white bloom; 
seeds oval, 3.5 mm. long, smooth and glossy, rich mahogany color. (Odostemon | 
IETS Evade, Borberis aquifolium 2 ( Berleetis aguis Laliviv, mB 19 ooo 
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Occasional in rocky open places at lower elevations; never the typical 
plant of the Pacific Coast and frequently difficult to distinguish from 
Me repens. 
7Lake Coeur d'Alene, Hpling and Houck 10003; Moyie Springs, Epling 10430; 
Upper Priest Lake, Epling 7028; Upper Priest R., 3000 ft., Epling 7547, 
