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somewhat shining above, slightly paler beneath, rather abruptly 
narrowed into short slender petioles; phi ae flowers i in clusters 
of 12-25, on short clavate pedicels; calyx 2-2.5 mm. wide in 
anthesis, about 4 mm. wide in fruit; lobes 4 or 5, more or less 
reniform j in eda becoming ovate or half- orbicular, ciliate; 
corolla white, 4-5 mm. wide; lobes 4 or 5, suborbicular or nearly 
so, ciliolate; stamens 4 or 5, or rarely more, 1.5-2 mm. long; 
anthers oval, longer — the filaments; ovary r rudimentary; 
ie globose, ae in diameter, red, shining; nutlets nar- 
, 4.5-5 mm. long, poe ribbed on the back.—Near the 
Pa tecetha hee ‘above Fort Myers, Flori 
The above proposed new holly eS to a section of the 
genus Ilex different from that of the preceding one. It is a 
relative of Ilex caroliniana from which it differs in the somewhat 
coriaceous leaf-blades, the reniform calyx-lobes of the staminate 
flowers, the broader anthers, and in the larger fruits, 
The type specimens were collected by W. M. Bisel 
October 2, 1923, in fruit. Flowering specimens were collected 
later, December, 1923, by the writer in company with Mr. 
Buswell. 
Cyrilla arida Small, sp. nov. A small tree, perhaps also a 
shrub, with slender, usually oie likes branches with gray bark, 
the twigs glabrous; leaves rather approximate at the ends of the 
twigs; blades “eye Sacgiamagaed I-3 cm. long, coriaceous, usually 
ergs or acutish, veiny at maturity, entire, glabrous, acuminate 
the base, short-pet cies. st me-like panicles narrow, 3-5 
cm. long in anthesis, short-peduncled, the rachis glabrous, the 
bracts and the bractlets subulate; sepals lanceolate, I-1.5 mm. 
long, acuminate; petals elliptic-lanceolate, 2-2.5 mm. long, 
somewhat hie: — notched at both ends; capsule 
globose-ovoid, about m. long, often depressed. —Inland sand- 
dunes (“scrub”), pence end of the lake region, Florida. 
anyone accustomed to see the two well-known species of 
Cyrilla (C. racemiflora and C. parvifolia) growing in their native 
haunts—the swamps and titi-bogs of the lowlands—the occur- 
rence of trees of this genus growing on the dry inland dunes of 
white sand is surprising. The species just described is the third 
Cyrilla for Florida and for the continental United States. This 
Cyrilla, growing high up on the dry inland sand-dunes, is associ- 
ated with a dozen or more novelties, of both specific and generic 
rank, some of which are described in this paper. It differs from 
C. parvifclia in the narrower sepals and petals and the notched 
anthers, as well as in the vine-like branches. 
