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SILVA OF jSfOBTH AMEHICA. 



ILICINEiE. 



The large brilliant fruit and ample foliage of this species make it the most ornamental of the 

 deciduous-leaved Hollies of North America, and a desirable garden plant. It was introduced into culti- 

 vation in 188S at the Arnold Arboretum. 



he made In 1841 a long journey through the mountains of the and on Salix to the first edition of Gray^s it/ar^uaZ of the Botany 

 southern states. Mr. C^irey occupied himself specially with the of the Northern United States. His herbarium of American plants 

 study of the genus Cares, and contributed the articles on that genus was presented several years ago to the Royal Gardens at Kew. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Plate L- Ilex moxticola. 



1. A flowering branch of a staminate plant, natural size^ 



2, A flowering branch of a pistillate plant, natural size. 

 '3. A staminate flower, enlarged. 



4. A pistillate flower, enlarged. 



5. A pistillate flower, petals removed, enlarged. 



6. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



7. Cross section of a fruitj enlarged. 



8. Rear view of a nutlet, enlarged. 



9. Side view of a nutlet, enlarged- 



