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DIOECIA TETRANDKIA. 



A very beautiful tree, growing in rich soils 30 — 40 feet in height, and 1 



2 feet in diameter, with a compact, dense, generally oblong head. . Leaves 

 alternate, oval-lanceolate, dentate, the teeth spinous, glabrous, coriaceousj pe- 

 rennial, lucid on the upper surface, on short petioles. Flowers clustered at 

 the base of the small branches, on short peduncles. Calyx small, with 4 

 minute teeth. Corolla small, rotate, 4-parted, white. Fruity as in all of 

 our species, a bright scarlet berry, bearing four seeds. 



This is one of our most ornamental treesj its bright deep green, perennial 

 leaves, and the brilliant colour of its berries, which remain on their pedicels 

 generally until Februarj^, render it in the depths of our winter very conspi- 

 cuous in our forest scenery. The wood is fine-grained, compact, hard, and 

 is used by Cabinet-Makers and Turners in many of their fabrications. 



Grows in rich dry soils. 



Flowers April — May. 



2, Dahoon. Walt. 



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I. foliis oblongo-lan 

 ceolatis, junioribus spi- 



Leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, when young 



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noso-serraiis^veteribus armed with spiny ser 



sub-integris. 



fasciculis 



florum pedunculatis. 



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ratines, when old fre- 

 quently entire; clusters 

 of flowers pedunculate. 



Walt 



J. Cassine, Sp. pi. 1. p. 709. 



Mich. 2. p. 228. Pursh, 1. p. 1 1?". 



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A very handsome shrub, 4 to 10 or I2 feet high, with long virgate braa- 

 ches. Leaves alternatej lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous, acute; when young 

 the serratures are sometimes as acute as those of the I. Opaca; when old the 

 leaves are frequently entire. Flowers axillary in paniculate clusters, 6 

 in each cluster. Corolla white, small. Berry red, persistent. 



This plant, wherever in this country it has a popular name, is distinguish- 

 ed as the Dalioon Holly. 



Grows in swamps. 



Flowers May. 



3. LlGUSTIRKA. 



, foliis Jineari lan- 

 ceolatis, basi cunealis, 



plerumque integerri- 

 mis; 



solitariis. 



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cuneate at base, 

 lly entire; fertile 



floribus fcrtilibus Horets solitary 



E. 



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