382 SMALL: PLANT NOVELTIES FROM FLORIDA 
The type specimens were collected on the sand-dunes opposite 
Miami, by J. K. Small and G. K. Small, 4568. Other specimens 
in the herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden from the 
same region, collected by the writer are: numbers 3999, 4575, 
5872, 6939. 
‘ Tlex cumulicola Small, sp. nov. A shrub or a small tree 
with copiously fastigiate-branched stems, the head often dense, 
the branchlets with pale-gray or whitish bark; leaves numerous, 
evergreen, deep-green; blades leathery, cuneate-obovate, 2.5- 
4.5 cm. long, sinuate-spinescent, with the spine-tipped teeth 
directed forward, nearly smooth and sometimes slightly shining 
above, dull beneath, short-petioled; fertile flowers one or two 
together; sepals broadly deltoid or somewhat reniform, acute or 
obtusish, ciliate; petals suborbicular to ovate, 3.5-4 mm. lo 
The “scrub” of Florida not only yields new endemic herbs, 
but shrubs and trees as well. The following proposed species 
of Ilex is one of this class. Other woody plants are described 
on succeeding pages. 
The discovery, on Christmas Day, 1922, of this decorative 
holly in the southern end of the lake region of Florida was a 
surprise. The plants grow on the ancient sand-dunes. They 
are more copiously and rigidly branched than those of Ilex 
opaca, ‘The leaves are rather closely toothed, with the teeth 
directed somewhat forward. The sepals are more reniform, 
merely acute or even obtusish, and eciliate. The pulp of the 
drupe is rather dry and the shorter and thicker nutlets are less 
prominently ribbed. The fresh fruits when crushed have the 
fragrance of apples. 
The specimens on which the species is based were collected 
by the writer on the inland sand-dunes about Lake Nancesowe 
(Lake Jackson) near Sebring, Florida, December 25, 1922 
(fruits), and April 15, 1923 (flowers). 
to ovate-elliptic, 2-3 cm. long, glabrous or nearly so, acute or 
short-acuminate, serrulate above the middle, dark-green and 
