108 ILlClNEvE. (holly FAMILY.) 



sterile flowers to be clustered iu the axils. (The ancient Latin name of the 

 Holly-Oak, rather than of the Holly.) 



§ 1= AQUIFOLIUM. Parts of the Jiower commonli/ in fours, sometimes in 

 fives or sixes; drupe red, its nutlets ribbed, veiny, or l-grooved on the back ; 

 leaves {mostly smooth) coriaceous and evergreen. 



* Leaves armed with spiny teeth; trees. 



1. I. Op^ca, Ait. (American Holly.) Leaves oval, flat, the wavy 

 margins with scattered spiny teeth ; flowers iu loose clusters along tlie hase 

 of tlie young branches and in the axils; calyx-teeth acute. — Moist woodlands, 

 Maine to N. J., near the coast, west to S. Mo., and southward. June. — Tree 

 20-40° high; the deep green fuliage less glossy than iu t'..o European Kolly 

 (L Aquifolium, L.), the berries not so bright red, and nutlets not so veiny. 



« * Leaves serrate or entire, not spiny ; shrubs. 



2. I, Gassine, L. (Cassena. Yaupon.) Leaves lance-ovate or elliptical, 

 crenate (1-1^' lt)ng) ; flower-clusters nearly sessile, smooth ; calyx-teeth obtuse. 

 — Virginia and southward along the coast. ]\Iay. — Leaves used for tea by 

 the people along the coast, as they were to make the celebrated black drink 

 of the North Carolina Indians. 



3. I, Dahoon, Walt. (Dahoon Holly.) Leaves oblanceolate or oblong, 

 entire, or sharply serrate toward the apex, with revolute margins (2-3' long), 

 the midrib and peduncles pubescent ; calyx-teeth acute. — Swamps, coast of V a. 

 and southward. May, June. 



Var. myrtifolia, Chapm. Leaves smaller (1' long or less) and narrower. 

 (I. myrtifolia, Walt.) — Same habitat. May. 



§ 2. PEIXOIDES. Parts of the {polygamous or dioecious) flowers in fours or 

 fives {rarely in sixes) ; drupe red or purple, the nutlets striate-many -ribbed 

 on tlie back ; leaves deciduous ; shrubs. 



4= I. decidua, Walt. Leaves wedge-oblong or lance-obovate, obtusely ser- 

 rate, downy on the midrib beneath, shining above, becoming thickish ; peduncles 

 of the sterile flowers longer than the petioles, of the fertile short ; calyx-teeth 

 smooth, acute. — Wet grounds, Va. to ]\Io., Kan., and southward. May. 



5. I, montieola, Gray. Leaves ovate or lance-oblong, ample {S-b' long), 

 taper-pointed, thin-membranaceous, smooth, sharply serrate ; fertile flowers 

 very short-peduncled ; calyx ciliate. — Damp woods, Taconic and Catskill 

 Mountains, and Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., through Penn. (east to Northampton 

 Co.), and southward along the Alleghanies. May. 



6. I. mollis, Gray. Leaves soft downy beneath, oval, ovate, or oblong, 

 taper-pointed at both ends, especially at the apex, thin-membranaceous, sharply 

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

 shorter than the petiole and (with the calyx) soft-downy, the fertile peduncles 

 very short. — Burgoon's Gap, Alleghanies of Penn. {J. R.Lowrie, Porter), and 

 along the mountains in the Southern States. — Resembles the last. 



§3. PRINOS. Parts of the sterile flowers commonly in fours, fives, or sixes, 

 those of the fertile flowers commonly ir sixes {rarely in fives, sevens, or eights) ; 

 7iutlets smooth and even ; shrubs. 



