194 TETRANDHIA. TETftAGYNlA. tLEl. 



cd. GeiupL'232. Nutf. Ocw. I. p. 109. Juss, 

 p. 379. Lam. III. t. LXXXIX. f. 1. lioem. ^ 

 Schult. Gen. 598. Nat. Ord. Rhamni Juss. 

 Flowers often dioecious or polygamous. Hollyc 



1. I. opaca Ji i t. : leaves ovate, acute, spinous, smooth, 

 flat ; fascicles of flowers loose, on the base of the }ouiiger 

 branches; peduncles compound. JJ it. Kew. ed. l.l.p. 

 169. fVilld.Spec. I. p. 708. Mich. Ft. II. p. 228. 

 P7<rs A F/. I. p. 117. Big. Bost. ^. A\. Roem.&S 

 Schult. III. p. 487. I. Aquifolium Walt. Car. p. 241^ 



An evergreen tree, 30 or 40 feet high, though often only a 

 large shrub, with smoothish bark ; branches sprearling. Leaves 

 coriaceous, smooth and a Utile shining, about 2 niches long, 

 greenish-yellow beneath ; margin armed with sharp spreading 

 spines. Floivefs in small loose fascicles or peduncles, which 

 are scattered along the lower part of the young branches ; fie- 

 iliccls with minute bracts at the base. Calyx smooth, with 

 ovate, acuminate, ciliate, segments. Corolla yellowish-white ; 

 segments ovate, obtuse. Stamens shorter than the corolla, 

 and alternating whh its segments; Jilaments dilated at the 

 base; anthers oblong. Stigmas 4, minute, obtuse. Berries 

 red, ovate, very smooth, remaining on the tree during part of 

 the winter. 



Hab. In sandy woods. In the pine barrens of New -Jersey, 

 On the north side of Long-Island, in various places. June. 

 Quincy, Cohasset, 8cc. Massachusetts. Bigelow. Near 

 New-Haven, Connecticut. Ives. 



2. L canadensis M i c h. ; leaves deciduous, ovate, very 

 entire, smooth ; peduncles subsolitary, (or fasciculate,) very 

 lonji, 1 -flowered; fruit obtusely suhquadrangular. Mich* 

 F/.il. p. 229. t. 49. PurshFl.l.^.W^. P oir. Enc. 

 Supp. HI. p. 66. Roem. ir Schult, III. p. 493. 



A shrub 3 — 5 feet high, with smooth branches. iecT^f* alter" 

 nate oval, or ovate oblong, an inch and a half or two inches: 

 long, mucronate, on petioles one-third their length. Peduw 

 cles generally fasciculate, very slender, rarely forked. Flonuen 

 dioecious, rarely polygamous, very minute. Calyx inconspicu- 

 ous, almost obsolete. Petals 4, lanceolate, somewhat acute, 

 alternating with the stamens, white. Stamens 3 — 5, as long 

 again as the corolla ; Jilaments slender, smooth ; anthers 

 ovate, 2-celled. Stigmas 3 — 5. Berry dry, red, containing 4 

 I -seeded unconnected nuts. 



Hab. On mountains and rocky hills ; seldom found within 30 or 

 40 miles of the sea-shore. May — June. On the Catskill 

 Mountains, New-York. Knevels. Williamstown, &c., 

 Massachusetts. Dewey. In New-Jersey and Pennsylvania* 

 Muhlenb erg. 



