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1 . M. phyllanthoides, Benth. Leaves fleshy, alternate, obluug-obovate, 

 obscurely creuate aud reticulate, glabrous ; flowers miuute, clustered, appar- 

 parentjy perfect; capsule obovate, 3-angled, 1-ceUed, 1-3-seeded. — South 

 Florida. — Leaves T - 1^' long. 



7. PACHYSTIMA, Eaf. 



Calyx 4-lobed. Petals and stamens 4, inserted on the edge of the disk 

 that fills the throat of the calyx. Style very short ; stigma obscurely 2-lobed. 

 Capsule 2-celled, loculicidaUy 2-valved, 2-4-seeded, the seed arillate. — Low 

 shrubs, with opposite persistent leaves, and minute axillary flowers. 



1. P. Canbyi, Gray. Leaves oblong-linear, denticulate near the tip; 

 flowers single, or clustered on the common peduncle ; petals oblong-ovate. — 

 Rocky cliffs on the mountains of North Carolina and Virginia. — Shrub 1° or 

 more high. 



8. HIPPOCRATEA, L. 



Calyx small, 5-parted. Petals spreading, valvate or imbricate. Filaments 

 recurved ; anthers 1 - 2-celled. Disk expanded. Ovary free. Style short, 

 subulate, 3-cleft. Ovules 2 - 6 in each cell. Carpels 3, united at the base, 

 2-valved, or indehiscent, few-seeded. Seeds mostly winged. — Climbing 

 shrubs. Cymes or panicles dichotomous. 



1. H. OVata, Lam. Leaves elliptical-oblong, serrulate; panicles rusty- 

 pubescent, mostly longer than the leaves ; petals oblong ; carpels oval or 

 roundish. — Borders of the Everglades (Curt^'ss). 



Order 40. ILICINE^gE. (Holly Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, and small white or 

 greenish flowers. — Calyx 4 - 9-toothed. Corolla hypogynous, rotate, 

 4 -9-parted, imbricated in the bud. Stamens 4-9, alternate with the 

 lobes of the corolla, and inserted on its base : anthers opening length- 

 wise. Ovary free from the calyx, 4 - 9-celled. Stigma lobed, nearly 

 sessile. Drupe berry -like, composed of 4-9 one-seeded nutlets. 

 Seeds anatropous, suspended. Embryo minute, in fleshy albumen. 



1. ILEX, L. HOLLT. 



Flowers perfect or dioeciously polygamous, of 4 - 9 parts. Drupe containing 

 4-9 nutlets. — Leaves evergreen or deciduous. Fertile flowers commonly 

 solitary on the young branches, the sterile ones mostly in sessile or peduncled 

 clusters or cymes. 



§ 1. Aquifolicm. — Parts of the flower ^•. drupe red : nutlets ribbed or veiny 

 on the back: leaves evergreen. 



1- I. opaca, Ait. (Holly.) Smooth; leaves oval, concave, wavy and 

 spiny on the margins ; sterile flowers cymose, on slender peduncles ; calyx 

 lobes acute. — Sandy soil. April - May. — A small tree. 



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