DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. 



679 



tis; 



laxis 



amentis masculis I sterile 



aments 



squamis acutis 



loose 



,«,^.^, 04UC11111S, acuus; scales acute 

 fructibus globosis majo- bular, large. 



scales acute; fruit glo 



3 



nbus. 



Sp, pi. 4. p. 746. Pursh, 2. p. 620. Nutt. 2. p. 235. 



Very similar to the preceding, but the stem is only 4 or 5 feet high, and 

 the leaves wider, coarsely toothed, and never entire. Willd. 



the M Vi'rifl' Tm^'I *" '"tu""" ^°;^ the varieties Media and Pumila of 

 the M. Cerifera of Michaux. I have found it very difficult to ascertain anv 

 8pec.ficd1stmct.on3; it is, however, a smaller shrub, generally groS^S 

 3 feet high, and Its leaves and fruit are larger. J' S'^wm^ aoout 



^ Grows generally in damp pine-barrens,- sometimes found in very dry 



Flowers in March and April. 



.^ 



ILEX. Geiv. Pl. 



Masculu 



dentatus. 



Calyx 4 



Sterile florets. Qa 



Corolla ro- lyx 4-toothed. Corolla 



lata. Stamina 4, inter rotate. Stamens A, 

 lacinias corollae inserta. serted 



in 



in the divisions 



Foeminei. 

 4-dentatus. 



rotata. Stylus 0. Stig- 

 mata 21 



of the corolla. 

 Fertile Jiorels, 



Qalyx 

 Corolla \ lyx 4-toorhed. Corolla 



C 



Bacca 4- 



sperma. 



rotata. Slyte 0. 



mas 21 

 ed. 



Stig 



Berry 4-seed • 



^■^ 



1. Opaca. Alton. 



I T 



I. foliis ovali-lance 

 olalis, acutis, spinosis 



Leaves oval-lauceo 

 late, acute, spiny, glab 



gmbris, planis; floribus rous, flat; flowers scat 



ramuloruni tered at the base of the 



ad 



basis 



annotinorum sparsis. | branches a year old. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 708. Mich. 2. p. 228 



J. AquifoUum, Walt. p. 



Pursh, 1. p. 117. Nutt. 1. p. 109. 



