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SILVA OF NOB Til AMERICA, 



ILICINE^. 



colored sapwood, and contains numerous thin medullary rays. The specific gravity o£ the absolutely 

 dry wood is 0.7420, a cubic foot of the dry wood weighing 46.25 pounds. 



Bex decidua, according to Aiton/ was cultivated in England by the Duke of Argyll before 1760. 

 It is rarely found in gardens, and is only doubtfully hardy in New England. 



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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Plate XLIX. Ilex decidua. 



1. A flowering branch of a sterile plant, natural size. 



2. A flowering branch of a fertile plant, natural size- 



3. A sterile flowerj enlarged. 



4. A fertile flower, enlarged- 



5. A branch showing the mature leaveSj natural size. 



6. A fruiting branch, natural size, the leaves just expanding, 



7. A fruit with portions of the nutlets exposed, enlarged. 



8. A nutletj enlarged. 



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