﻿ILEX RACEMOSA, Oliv. 



IHCINE^. 



Oliv. (sp. nov.); frutex ssepe scandens ramulis gracil- 

 ibns glabris v. hornotinis obsolete pubernlis, foliis petiolatis mem- 

 branaceis oblongo-lanceolatis graciliter acutninatis basi rotundatis 

 serrulatis glabris (v. sub lente minute pubernlis), stipulis minntis 

 subnlatis deciduis, floribus abortn dioicis parvis racemosis, racemis 

 saepius in axillis foliorum inferioram plurifloris, sepalis minutis lanceo- 

 latis acutis, petalis calyce subaequilongis oblongo-ellipticis obtusis 

 ciliolatis, filamentis corolla 2-3-plo longioribus antheris rotundatis 

 dorsifixis, pistilli rudimentum in fl. ■? obtusum breviter columnare ; 

 fructu ellipsoideo-globoso v. subgloboso saepius monospermo, endo- 

 carpio crustaceo stylo brevissimo persistente ssepius bidentato lobulia 

 divaricatis coronato. 



f (Nos. 1863, 3527, 



.... Flares 

 albidi, 1 



In fades this plant recalls the racemose-flowered species of Embelia. 

 The fruits I find rarely contain fully developed seed. Although the 

 pistil is normally dicarpellary, the pericarp is usually 1-locular with a 

 globose conformable smooth putamen.— D. Oliver. 



