Monographia Aqnifoliacearmn. 153 



Hex folio Agrifolii Americana Phil: Op. tob. 196 fig. 3. 

 /. fol. ovat. acut, dentat. Gronov. Yirg. 1739. p. 18? 

 Ageria opaca Baf. Sylv. Tellur p. 47 {ex Watson Ind. l. c.) 



„American Holly", „Holly", „White Holly" Americanis. 



Habitat in Amerieae borealis territoriis aii8trali1)us atqiie atlanticis a 

 Texas et usque Wisconsin et usque Floridam et usque Ohio et Massachusetts 

 praecipue in silvulis arenosis vel humidiuscnlis distn1)uta: Boso, Enslen, Kinn loeo natali 

 aecm-atius n(in indieato; in Texas orientali prope Houston: Hall n. 388, Lindheimer, 

 Wiedeinann; in Louisiana: Hartmann, Tainturier, prope New-Orleans: Drummond 

 n. 64; in Missouri iuxta Campbell frequens: Bush n. 84; in Alabama prope Mobile: 

 Jewett; in Florida: Gray, prope Tallahassee: Torrey, prope Jacksonville: Curtiss n. 1744, 

 in Columbia Co. ad Lake City: Nash n. 2233; in Tennessee et in Carolina: Willdenow 

 n. 3174; in Kentucky et Virginia: in sylvis humidis frequens: Bischoff, prope Nor- 

 folk: Curtiss, prope Portsmouth: Rugel, prope Kichmond: Frank Tweedy; in Ohio: 

 Krebs; in Maryland, ad margines paludum: Beyrich, iuxta costam orientalem: Canby, 

 prope Washington: Curtiss n. 1744 (leg. Chickening); in New-Jersey ad Promontorium 

 „Cape May" dictum, prope Philadelphia, prope Monmouth: Canby, Eatou, Knierskern, 

 Torrey, Tuckennann juniss.; iu Rhode Island: Olney, prope Fast Greeuwich et South 

 Kingstown: Congdon; in Massachusetts: Emerson, prope Phniduth: Tuekermann juniss. 

 — FL: Apr. — Jun.; fr.: Nov. et mens, inseq. saepius diu in stirpe persistent. 



(F. r. ii) hört. hot. BvroJ. ii]//squc. r. s. tu herb, frrr onuiibxs n wc cnim/iiafis). 



Obs. 1. Species quoad foliorum formam satis variabilis, maxime Ilici Cns.i/iic L. et 

 /. nibnie Wats. affinis, quarum prima foliis angustioribus floribus dnipisque minoribus, altera 

 foliis minoribus non spinosis, tantum serrulatis, recedunt. 



Obs. 2. Dnipae purgativae et vomitoriae dicimtur. 



Obs. 3. Ex Loud. Encycl. p. 161 adest etiam forma eulta drupis luteis (I. opaca 

 var. Jaxiflora Loud.). Lamarckii autem I. laxiflora nihil nisi /. opacac Ait. synonymum. 



Sect. 3. Dasyneurae Loes. 



Folia dense vel densiusciüe serrulata, rigide vel erassiuscule cori- 

 acea, glabra vel glabernma, dense reticiilata, dense piinctulata vel 

 epunctata. Inflorescentiae in foliorum axillis solitariae vel singulatim 

 laterales, d" semel vel bis vel usque quater subdivaricatim dicliotomae 3— 

 pluriflorae, axibus intermediis manifestis, ? 3-florae. Flores 4-nieri. 



//ex etc. sect. Dasyneurae Loes. in Engl.-Pyaiitl /. c. p. 218. 

 Species 2 Anditiac tropicae. 



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