230 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, coriaceous. 



1. ILEX. Linn. 



Calyx 4 5-toothed, persistent. Corel 4 5-parted. Sta- 

 mens 4 5, alternating with the petals. Ovary sessile, 4- 

 celled. Stigmas subsessile, 4 5, sometimes distinct, some- 

 times united. Berry 4 5-seeded. 



Tetrandria. Tetragynia. 



1. opaca Ail. : leaves ovate, flat, coriaceous, acute, smooth, their 

 margins with sharp spines ; flowers scattered at the base of the young- 

 er branches ; teeth of the calyx acute. /. aquifolium Walt. 



HAB. Sandy woods. Can. to Car. W. to Arkansas. June ^> . 

 An evergreen tree 10 15 feet high. Leaves tough, smooth 

 and shining, with rigid spines at the edges. Flowers growing 



by cabinet makers and turners. American Ho 



2. NEMOPANTHES. Kof. 



Flowers by abortion dioecious or polygamous. Calyx 

 small, scarcely conspicuous. Petals 5, distinct, oblong-linear, 

 deciduous. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals. Ovary 

 hemispheric. Style none. Stigmas 3 4, sessile. Berry 

 eubglobose, 3- 4-celled, 3 -4-seeded. 



Fcntandria. Tetragynia. 



N. canadcnsis Dt Cand. : leaves deciduous, ovate-oblong, very entire, 

 smooth, mucronate ; peduncles subsolitary (or fasciculate) very long, 

 1-flowered ; fruit obtusely quadrangular. N. fascieularis Rqf. Hex 

 canadcnsis Mich. 



HAB. Mountains. Can. to Car. May, June. J?. A shrub 3 C 

 feet high. Leaves smooth, oval, entire or slightly toothed. Flow- 

 ers email, green, on long slender peduncles. Berries deep red. 



Canadian HoUy. 



3. PRINOS. Linn. 



Characters same as Ilex, but the flowers are often by abor- 

 tion dioecious or polygamous, 6-cleft, 6-stamened, and the 

 berry 6-seeded. Hexandna. Monogynia. 



1. P. rerticillatus Linn. : stem much branched ; leaves deciduous, 

 oval, serrate, acuminate, pubescent beneath ; flowers dioecious, 6-clefl ; 

 sterile ones axillary, subumbeliate ; fertile ones aggregated j berries 

 globose. P. gronovii Mich. 



b. dubius De Cand. : flowers 4 5-clefl, P. ambiguus Pursh. P. 

 verticillatus var. tenuifolius Torr. ? 



