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AQUIFOLIACE^I. HOLLY TRIBE. 



The bark furnishes bird-lime, and the wood, which is 

 white, and remarkably close grained, is much used by 

 cabinet-makers in inlaying. L Paragimyensis furnishes 

 Mate, or Paraguay Tea, which is so extensively used in 

 Brazil and other parts of South America ; for a full 

 account of which, see Forest Trees of Britain, vol. ii. 



1. ILEX (Holly). Calyx 4 5-cleft ; corolla wheel- 

 shaped, 4 5-cleft ; stamens 4 5 ; stigmas 4 5 ; berry 

 round, containing 4 5 bony seeds. (Name applied by 

 the Latins to some tree, though not our Holly.) 



ILEX AQUIFOLIUM (Holly). 



