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6. Ilex monticola A. Gray. Large- 
leaved Holly. (Fig. 2361.) 
I. montana T. & G.; A. Gray, Man. 276. 1848, 
Not Griseb. 
Ilex monticola A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 264. 1856. 
flex Amelanchier var. monticola Wood. Bot, 
& Flor. 208. 1873. 
A shrub, or occasionally forming a slen- 
der erect tree, with a maximum height of 
about 40°. Leaves rather thin, decidu- 
ous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2/-6’ long, 
14/-24’ wide, sharply serrate or ser- 
rulate, acuminate or acute, glabrous on 
both sides or somewhat pubescent be- 
neath, especially along the veins; petioles 
4’’-8’’ long; pedicels 1-flowered, bractless, 
the sterile clustered, the fertile mostly 
solitary; calyx-lobes acute or acutish, 
ciliate, not hairy; drupes red, globose- 
ovoid, 2’’-3’’ in diameter; nutlets ribbed. 
5. Ilex decidua Walt. 
[Vor II. 
Swamp or Meadow 
Holly. (Fig. 2360.) 
Ilex decidua Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. 
A shrub, or small tree, with a maximum height of 
30° and trunk diameter of 8/ or 10’. 
glabrous; leaves obovate or spatulate-oblong, 114/-3/ 
long, 4/’-8’’ wide, crenate, deciduous, dark green, 
glabrous and with impressed veins on the upper sur- 
face, paler and pubescent beneath, especially on the 
midrib, acute or cuneate at the base, blunt at the apex 
or sometimes emarginate; pedicels slender, 1-flow- 
ered, several often appearing from near the same 
point, bractless; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse; drupe red, 
depressed-globose, 2//-3/’ in diameter; nutlets ribbed. 
In swamps and low grounds, southern Virginia to 
Florida, 
hard, white; weight per cubic foot 46 lbs. 
unfolding with the leaves in May. 
Twigs light gray, 
Wood 
Flowers 
west to Kansas, Missouri and Texas. 
Mountain woods, New York and Pennsylvania, south to North Carolina and Alabama. May. 
Ilex monticola mollis (A. Gray) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 217. 1894. 
Ilex mollis A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 306. 1867. 
Leaves proportionately broader, 134'— 21s! long, 1’-2' wide, broadly ovate or oval, short-acumi- 
nate, densely soft-pubescent beneath, glabrous, or with a few scattered hairs above, becoming 
glabrate with age; calyx-lobes downy- -pubescent. 
In mountain woods, Pennsylvania to Georgia. 
7. Ilex verticillata (1.) A. Gray. 
Virginia Winter-berry. Black Alder. 
Fever-bush. (Fig. 2362.) 
Prinos verticillatus 1. Sp. Pl. 330. 1753. 
Ilex verticillata A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 264. 1856. 
A shrub, 6°-25° high. Twigs glabrous or 
slightly pubescent; leaves oval, obovate or 
oblong-lanceolate, 2’-3/ long, about 1’ wide, 
acute or acuminate at the apex, acute or obtus- 
ish at the base, rather thick and coriaceous,dark 
green and nearly glabrous above, pubescent, 
especially on the veins beneath, sharply ser- 
rate; staminate cymes clustered, 2-10-flowered, 
the fertile 1-3-flowered; pedicels 2-bracted; 
calyx-lobes obtuse, ciliate; drupes bright red, 
(rarely white), clustered so as to appear ver- 
ticillate, about 3’’ in diameter; nutlets smooth. 
In swamps, Nova Scotia to Florida, west to 
western Ontario, Wisconsin and Missouri. The 
leaves turn black in autumn. June-July. 
