128 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
TETRANDRIA. 'TETRAGYNIA, 
COROLLIFLORZ, AQUIFOLIACE. 
Generic Character. Calya divided into four or five. Corolla 
the same. Berry round and fleshy, having four nuts. 
ILEx aquirotium. Common Holly. This well-known 
tree needs no description. It is frequent in woods and 
hedges, particularly in a ght and gravelly soil, where it 
sometimes forms natural thickets. The wood is hard and 
white, much used by turners, especially for the beautiful 
Tunbridge ware; also for drawing upon, as the surface 
is very fine. Dr. Chandler says, that the adorning our 
houses and churches with this evergreen at Christmas is 
probably a relic of Druidism. It was from this called 
Holy-tree, of which Holly is a corruption. It was also 
called Scarlet Oak, from the colour of its berries. 
TETRANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA, 
THALAMIFLOR.E. CARYOPHYLLACE®, 
SAGINA. (PraRLwokrt.) 
Generic Character. Calyx of four leaves, Petals four, shorter 
than the calyx. Seed-vessel four-valved, with many seeds, 
