474 TETRANDRU TITRAGYNIA. Hex. 



four, inserted on the mouth of the corolla, most spreading, alternat- 

 ing wih the segments and somewhat exceeding them in length. 

 Anthers roundish, two-celled. — Ovarium very small. Stigma ob- 

 scurely two-lobed. — Berry round, smooth, about four lines in dia- 

 meter, when dry wrinkled and of a dark brown colour, crowned with 

 a vestige of the two-lobed stigma, two- seeded ; pulp scanty. — Seeds 

 semi-ovate, obtuse, rounded at the base ; the inner side Hat with a 

 gibbous protuberance above the centre, the outer one convex with 

 about six unequal, very prominent ribs, separated by as many deep 

 furrows. — The rest as in Aquifoiium, Gcert. Caip. ii. 7-, tab. 92. 



Obs. This species varies considerably in the shape and serraiures 

 of the leaves. Generally they are oblong and remotely serrate ; some- 

 times, however, they are of a more ovate form, rounded at the base, 

 the margins sinuated and marked with pretty strong unequal spi- 

 nous serratures. But in all the varieties the berries are two-seeded; 

 a character which sufficiently distinguish them from the varieties of 

 the common Holly. I am indebted to my esteemed friend Capt. 

 "Webb for a specimen without tioweis which, if not the last menti- 

 oned varitey of my I. dipyrena, most probably is the I. Aquifoiium; 

 it was communicated to me with the following remark : " This 

 Holly is found near stre ams in the Purgunna Choudans ; it is 

 called Gumshiug'mihe Bhotea language, and forms a bush often 

 to twelve feet in height ; its berries ripen in October." — N. VV. 



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