Gardneriane. N. O. Aquifoliacez. 
TAB. CDLXV. 
ILEx AFFINIS. Gardn. 
Glaberrima, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis supra 
medium obtuse et distanter serratis inferne integerrimis, 
racemis 2-3 axillaribus paniculatis densifloris, calyce glabro. 
Ilex affinis. Gardn, Herb. Bras. n. 3086. 
Has. In wooded ravines in the Serra de Natividade, province 
of Goyaz, Brazil. January, 1840. 
This species is nearly'related to the Ilex. Paraguayensis, (see 
Journ. of Bot. Tab. I. and II.), but is readily distinguished, 
both in the living and dried state, by its very thick coriaceous 
leaves, which are also more obtusely and distantly serrated, and 
less cuneated ; and by its more numerous and more densely 
owered racemes. This is the most northern species I have 
met with in Brazil, and although not uncommon about the Villa 
de Natividade, I have never seen its leaves collected to be made 
into tea. In my Goyaz collections there is another species, with 
much broader, shorter and nearly entire leaves, shorter and 
fewer-flowered racemes, and with flowers nearly twice as large. 
It may be characterized as follows: 
Ulex rivularis ; glaberrima, foliis obovatis obtusis versus apicem 
t) crenato-serratis basi acutis, racemis 2-4 axillaribus 
vix petiolo duplo longioribus, pedicellis unifloris, calyce 
pubescente, drupis (siccis) 4-sulcatis. 
flex rivularis, Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3085. 
Han. In woods by the sides of streams near Villa de Natividade, 
province of Goyaz, Brazil. January, 1840. 
Frutex 10-15 pedalis, glaberrimus, ramulis pauce angulatis. 
Folia 4-4: poll. longa, 2 circiter lata. G. Gardner. 
Fig. 1, 2. Flowers. /. 3. Pistil, and the corolla laid open = 
magnified, 
