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TETRANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA. Hex. 



* Var. 2. Narrow-leaved. On Box-hill, R. Syn. Woods 

 and hedges. Box-hill, near Darking, Surrey, plentifully. Ray. 

 Woods of them at Boxwel in Coteswould, Gloucestershire, and 



Boxley, Kent. R. Syn. 



[In plenty on the Chalk Hills, near 



P. April.* 



Dunstable. Mr. Woodward.] 



TETRAGYNIA . 



ILEX. Slam, and pist. variously disposed : calyx 



"4-toothed: Moss, wheel- shaped : style none: 

 berry 4-seedecL 



Aquifoliunu I. Leaves egg-shaped, acute, thorny, on leaf- stalks : flow- 

 ers in a kind of umbel, axillary. 



E. hot. \§§~Kn\ph. 1 \-ft. dan. 50S-MUI. 46~Hunt. Eve!. 383. 



up. 362. ed.U.-Blackw. 205-Nat. disj>l. ii. 9- A. at p. 

 7l-Dod.65S~Mattb. \6l-Jonst. 53. 6-Ger. 1155-Lob. 

 obs. 582. A-Gcr. em. USS-Walc.-Munt. 16*4. 3S-Trag. 

 I06j -Park. 1487. 1. 



Leaves surrounded by a strong woody border ; tough, shining* 

 evergreen ; frequently indented, and each tooth ending in a 

 strong, sharp thorn. The leaves upon the same tree are some of 

 them entire, and some of them thorny. Flowers small, whitish, 

 lateral, on short fruit-stalks, generally 3 together, springinj 

 from a sort of scale upon the branch. Berries scarlet, crownei 

 with the cup, which turns black. Seeds 3 or 4. I have found 

 it in flower so Ute as the 2d week in June, and then all the 

 flowers had 4 stamens and 4 pistils. 



Common Holly. P. May. 



Var. 2. Berries yellow. 



Agr'ifoL bacc'ts lut. fjfr. Ray Syn. 466". Wiston, Suffolk. 

 Ray. Woods, hedges, heaths. [On the north side of the Wre- 

 kin, in Shropshire, the trees grow to a large size. In the beige 

 on the road leading from Edinburgh to Queensferry, about a 

 mile and half from the Ferry.] 



T. April— June. + 



The wood is very hard and smooth, and not apt to warp, and there- 

 fore well adapted for the use of the Turner. Combs, Mathematical In- 

 struments, Knife-handles, and Button-moulds are made of it. An em- 

 pyreumatic oil, distilled from the shavings, is often used as a topical ap- 

 plication for the piles, and seldom fails to procure ease. It frill ft** 

 quentlj relieve the tooth. ach, and has been given internally in epilepsies- 

 The leaves powdered destroy worms. In the South of Europe it is cul- 

 tivated in gardens, and kept in flower pots with as much attention as we 

 bestow upon Myrtle. 



t All the varieties which gardeners reckon to the amount of 40 or .5£' 



are derived from this one ipecies, and depend upon the variegations ot the 









