Vor. IL] HOLLY FAMILY. 
2. Ilex Cassine 1. Dahoon Holly. 
(Fig. 2357.) 
Tlex Cassine I. Sp. Pl. 125. 1753. 
Ilex Dahoon Walt, Fl. Car. 241. 1788. 
A shrub, or small tree, with maximum 
height o about 25° and trunk diameter of 
18’. Twigs pubescent; leaves coriaceous, 
evergreen, oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, 
2’-4/ long, 14-1’ wide, acutish or obtuse at 
the apex, acute at the base, entire, or with a 
few sharp teeth, glabrous and dark green 
above, pale and usually pubescent beneath, es- 
pecially on the strong midrib; petioles 3//-4’’ 
long; staminate cymes several- or many-flow- 
ered; peduncles and pedicels pubescent; fer- 
tile cymes commonly 3-flowered; calyx-lobes 
acute, ciliate; drupes red, globose, 2/’-3/’ in 
diameter, on pedicelsofaboutthesamelength. 
In low woods, southern Virginia to Florida, 
near the coast, west to Louisiana. Wood soft, 
light brown; weight per cubic foot 30 lbs. May. 
3. Ilex vomitoria Ait. Cassena. Yau- 
pon. (Fig. 2358.) 
Ilex Cassine Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. Not L. 1753. 
flex vomitoria Ait. Hort. Kew. 1:170. 1789. 
A shrub, or small tree, with maximum height of 
about 25° and trunk diameter of 4/-6’. Petioles 
and young twigs puberulent; leaves ovate-oblong 
or elliptic, %/-11%4’ long, 4/’-9’/’ wide, obtuse at 
both ends, crenate, glabrous, evergreen, pale be- 
neath, dark green above; petioles 1//-2’’ long; 
staminate cymes several-flowered, short-peduncled; 
fertile cymes sessile, 1-3-flowered; pedicels longer 
than the petioles; calyx-lobes obtuse; drupe glo- 
bose, red, 2’/-3’’ in diameter; nutlets ribbed. 
In low woods, Virginia to Florida, west to Arkansas 
and Texas. Also in Bermuda. Wood hard, nearly 
white; weight per cubit foot 45 lbs. Called also Ap- 
palachian, Carolina, or South Sea Tea. May, 
4. Ilex glabra (1,.) A. Gray. Inkberry. 
Evergreen Winterberry. (Fig. 2359.) 
Prinos glaber 1,. Sp. Pl. 330. 1753. 
Ilex glabra A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 264. 1856. 
A shrub, 2°-6° high. Young twigs and petioles 
finely puberulent; leaves coriaceous, evergreen, 
dark green and shining above, paler and dotted 
beneath, oblanceolate or elliptic, 1/-2’ long, 5’’— 
9’ wide, generally cuneate at the base, obtusish and 
few-toothed at the apex, or sometimes entire; pe- 
tioles 2’’-4’’ long; sterile cymes several-flowered, 
slender-peduncled; fertile flowers generally soli- 
tary, sometimes 2 or 3 together; calyx-segments 
acutish or obtuse; drupe black, 2’’—3/’ in diameter; 
nutlets not ribbed. 
In sandy soil, eastern Massachusetts to Florida, 
west to Louisiana, mainly near the coast. Reported 
from Nova Scotia. June-July. 
