Ilex 



AQUIFOLIACEAE 



jlex 



aa. 



nearly so: fr. 4. 5-6 mm. in diam. 

 Brts. and petioles puberulent: individual 



brs. of the fig. fascicle 1-fld 8. 



Brts. and petioles glabrous: individual brs. 



of the staminate fig. fascicle 3-fld 9. 



Shrub, to 3 m. high: lvs. chartaceous or 

 membranous, obtuse, acute or caudate 

 at tip; blades pubescent: fr. 4 mm. in 

 diam 10- 



cc. Lvs. with margins entire or nearly so. 



g. Lvs. notched or emarginate at the tip; blades otherwise 

 entire, obovate to lanceolate, 1-3.5 cm. long, cori- 

 aceous: brts. and midnerve of If. pubescent: calyx 

 lobes short-fimbriate-hairy in fr.: frs. in pairs, 

 globose, on very short pedicels, about 3 mm. in 



diam 11. 



gg. Lvs. with margins entire or very nearly so: frs. solitary 

 or in simple cymes. 

 h. Fls. and frs. in pedunculate clusters: lvs. ovate, 

 lanceolate or elliptic; tips caudate or acute. 

 Fig. and frtg. peduncles 12-20 mm. long, bearing 

 1-3 subglobose frs. 7-8mm. in diam. pedicels 

 glabrous: lvs. 4-7 cm. long; irregularly ser- 

 rate, occasionally crispy-wavy 12. 



Fig. and frtg. peduncles 2-10 mm. long, bearing 

 2-5 ellipsoid frs. 4-7 mm. in diam.; pedicels 

 pubescent: lvs. 4-8 cm. long; margins entire 13. 

 hh. Fls. (at least the pistillate) and frs. not pedunculate: 

 lvs. ovate, elliptic or lanceolate; tips caudate or 

 acute: plants glabrous: stigmas persistent in fr. 

 Stigma thickly discoid in fr.; lvs. ovate to lanceo- 

 late, abruptly caudate; blades 2.5-6x1-3.3 



cm 



Stigma columnar in fr., 1.2 mm. long; lvs. ovate, 

 elliptic or lanceolate, abruptly acute; blades 



2-8x3. 5cm 15. 



Lvs. deciduous, chartaceous or membranous; margins serrate or 



crenate-serrate: short shoots or spurs characteristic of some 



species: staminate fls. in peduncled clusters (Subgenus Prinos). 



i. Pistillate fls. (and frs.) solitary, on slender pedicels 12-25 mm. 



long; mature fr. black or dark purple. 



Fr. small, 5-7 mm. in diam., longitudinally ridged; pyrenes 



4-6: lvs. membranous, ovate or lanceolate blades 2-5 cm. 



long, caudate or acuminate at tip 16. 



Fr. large, 12-20 mm. in diam.: pyrenes 7-9: lvs. chartaceous, 

 elliptic or ovate; blades 6-14 cm. long, acute or acuminate 



at tip 



ii. Pistillate fls. and frs. clustered, on short pedicels up to 8 mm. 

 long: mature fr. red. 

 j. Infl. a trichotomous cyme: fr. globular, 2-3 mm. in diam., 

 densely clustered near tip of the current season's growth: 

 lvs. chartaceous, ovate or elliptic, 5-10 cm. long, acumi- 

 nate at tip 



I. buergeri 

 I . formosana 



I. pubescens 



I. lohfauensis 



I. peduncvlosa 



I. rotunda 



14 . I. wilsonii 



I. elmerrilliana 



I. asprella 



17. /. macrocarpa 



18. I. micrococca 



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