82 iLicixK.'t:. (holly family.) 



2. I. Dahoon, Walt. Young brandies, lower surface of the loaves, and 

 clusters more or less pubescent; leaves varying from ohovateto oliiong-liuear, 

 acute or obtuse, niucronate, entire, or sharply serrate above the miiidle, on 

 short petioles; sterile ])eiluncles many-flowered, tiie fertile shorter, and mostly 

 1-flowered ; calyx teeth acute; nutlets .■j-ribl)ed on the back. (I. laurifolia, 

 Nult. I. ligustrina. Ell.) — Var. myutifoha. Leaves small {Y - 1'), linear- 

 oblong, entire, or, on the young branches, sharjily 2-4-toothed toward the 

 apex. (I. myrtifolia, M'ltlt.) — Margins of swamps and pine l)arren ponds, 

 South Florida to North Carolina, and westward. April- May. — A hantl- 

 some shrub or small tree. Leaves 2' - 3' long. 



3. I. Cassine, L. (Yaipon.) — Leaves small (^'-1' long), oval or 

 oblong, obtuse, crenate ; clusters very numerous, nearly sessile : calyx lobes 

 minute, obtuse. — Light sandy soil along the coast, Florida to North Caro- 

 lina. April. — Shrub 8*^-12° high, slender, the short spreading branches 

 often spine-like. Fruit clustered, abundant. 



§ 2. Prixoides. — Ports of the flower 4 - G : drupe red or purple : nutlets 

 4-6, rihhcd on the hack : shrubs : leaves deciduous. 



4. I. decidua, Walt. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, obtusely serrate, 

 pubescent on the veins beneath, tapering into a short petiole ; flowers on 

 short pedicels, in sessile clusters ; calyx teeth smooth, acute. — Varies with 

 the leaves smooth on both sides, and the flowers on longer pedicels. — River 

 swapips. April - May. — A large shrub. Leaves 1' - 2' long. Drupe red. 



5. I. ambigua, Chapm. Branches slender ; leaves oval or oblong, acute 

 or somewhat acuminate, finely and sharply serrate, smooth on both sides, or 

 rarely, like the branchlets, softly pubescent ; pedicels of the sterile flowers 

 clustered, longer than the petioles ; those of the fertile ones very short, soli- 

 tary ; calyx teeth obtuse, ciliate. — Sandy margins of swamps. April. — A 

 shrub or small tree. Leaves l'-4' long. 



6. I. longipes, Chapm. Smooth ; leaves 1 ' - 2' long, thin, ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, mostly acute, slender-petioled, appressed-serrate ; peduncles 

 1'-]^' long, the sterile clustered, the fertile single; calyx lobes acute; 

 style very short. — Rocky woods in the upper districts. May. — Shrub 

 3° -6° high. 



7. I. mollis, Gray. Leaves thin, oval or oblong, acuminate, sharply 

 serrulate, downy ; sterile flowers very numerous, in umbel-like clusters, the 

 pedicels shorter than the petiole, soft-downy, like the calyx ; fertile peduncles 

 very short. — Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. 



8. I. monticola, Gray. Leaves thin, ovate or lance-oblong, acuminate, 

 smooth, sharply serrate ; fertile flowers very shcrt-peduncled ; calyx ciliate. 

 (L ambigua, Torr.) — Mountains of North Carolina {Gray). — Leaves 3' -5' 

 long. 



9. I. Amelanchier, >L A. Curtis. Leaves oblong, barely acute at each 

 end, serrulate, pubescent and finely reticulate beneath; fruiting pedicels soli- 

 tary, as long as the petioles ; drupe large, red ; nutlets strongly 3-ribbed on 

 the back; calyx teeth acute. — Swamps, ^Mississippi to North Carolina. — 

 Leaves about 2' long, 1' wide. Drupe 3"- 4" in diameter. 



