tification of the source of the black-drink which, for 285 
years previously, had been attracting the attention of 
travellers. his was accomplished through Catesby’s 
charming plate and his description of Plukenet’s Cassine 
vera Floridanorum Arbuscula baccifera Alternati ferme 
Jfacie, folis alternatim sitis, tetrapyrene, together with a 
very lengthy account of the properties and ceremonial 
uses of the plant. 
The earliest tenable post-Linnaean name for the yau- 
pon is found in volume one of the first edition of Aiton’s 
‘*Hortus Kewensis’’ (1789). It was here named Ilex 
vomitoria. The specific epithet would indicate that Solan- 
der, who described the plant, was familiar with its renown 
as an emetic, although he made no mention of this in 
his notes. The original description is short: ‘‘I. foliis 
alternis distantibus oblongis obtusiusculis crenato-serra- 
tis: serraturis muticis.”’ 
It will be noted that Miller’s Cassine Paragua, (1768) 
referring, without any doubt, to the concept now under 
consideration, antedates [lea vomitoria. We must inves- 
tigate the reasons for the untenability of Miller’s bino- 
mial, because of the almost unbelievable confusion of 
his specific epithet and Linnaeus’ several concepts—all 
named Cassine Peragua or the orthographic variant C. 
Paragua. Notwithstanding the unavailability of the epi- 
thet Peragua, the combination under J/ex has been 
made. We must realize, however, that the author did not 
urge its acceptance. Trelease, although he accepted [lew 
Cassine Walt. as the correct name for the yaupon holly, 
wrote in a footnote (in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 5 
(1889) 346, im obs.): ‘‘ An effort to improve on the no- 
menclature of this species, unless it is called J. Cassine 
BL. Sp. (1758) 125, would probably cause it to stand as 
I. Peragua (.)=Cassine Peragua L. Mantiss. (1771), 
ii, 200.” 
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