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sparingly hairy on both sides, especially on the nerves ; 

 standing erect when young and folded along the midrib, 

 later on laxly spreading : nen-es about six pairs, rather 

 straight and closer towards the base : stalk \i inch- 

 Flowers in terminal cj^mose panicles, white ; buds very 

 hairy. Calyx small- Petals five, free or slightly united, 

 hairy inside, about 5^ inch long. Stamens five, free of 

 the petals, with slender filaments. Ovar^^ superior, one- 

 celled. Fruit a drupe, % inch long, like a small Olive. 

 Seed in the stone pendent, t. 58- Wight Ic. 955. 



A common shola tree. Nilgiris : about Ootacamiind and 

 below. PuJneys: on the downs. Fyson 171 o. 1760. 17 S5, 

 1832. Bourm 564, 830, 1830. 



Gen. Dist. Westera Ghats and Mysore. 



The genus is a small one of about 7 species, in Asia and tropical 

 America. 



ILICINE/E. 



ILEX. F.RI. 40 1. 



Holly. 



Practically the only genus of the family, having 150 

 or more species, the other genera with one or two only. 



Trees with rather hard and stiff, erect or spreading, 

 simple alternate glossy leaves, entire or toothed 

 and small white, unisexual or occasionally perfect, 

 flowers V\ inch or less in diameter, massed in short 

 cymes or umbels at the leaf-axils, not in showy in- 

 florescences ; the sexes usually on separate trees (dioe- 

 cious). Petals four to five, sometimes united at the base. 

 Stamens on the male trees of the same number. Ovary 

 on the female trees with short thick style, of four cells 

 each with one ovnile only, hanging from the top comer 

 with its micropyle facing inwards and upwards, with a 

 thickened funicle. Fruit a drupe with two or more 

 small stones. 



