[iMi'.vriKxs. 



ing when touched. The anterior lateral sepals occur in a few Indian species. 

 Minute flowers, fertilized when still in bud, occur in some. 



1. I. Noli-me-tan'gere, L. ; glabrous, leaves oblong obtuse crenate- 

 serrate, peduncles 1-3-tiowered, posterior sepal funnel-shaped gradually 

 contracted into a slender spur with an entire tip. Yellow Balsam. 

 Moist mountainous situations, probably wild in N. Wales, Lancashire, and 



Westmoreland; in trod, elsewhere; a native? WaUon; fl. July-Sept. 



Annual, succulent, 1-2 ft., nodes thickened. Leaves 2-4 in., alternate, 

 , membranous; petioles half as long, slender. Flowers 1^ in., drooping, palu- 



yellow dotted with red. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia, W. Asia. 



1. FUL'VA, Nuttall ; habit and characters of /. Noli-me-tangerc, but 

 leaves acute, serratures more shallow, flowers orange, posterior sepal saccate 

 suddenly contracted into an upcurved spur with a notched tip. 

 Naturalized on river-banks in Surrey, the Clyde, and various other places ; fl. 



June-Aug. A N. American plant, naturalized within the last 40 years, and 



spreading rapidly. 



ORDER XXI. ILICINE^E OH AQUIFOLIACE/E. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, simple, exstipulate, often coriace.nu 

 and evergreen. Flowers small, in axillary cymes, often polygamous. '''//'< 

 3-6-parted, imbricate in bud, persistent. Petals 4-5, free or connate at 

 the base, deciduous, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4 or 5, hypogyuous, five 

 or adhering to the petals; filaments subulate; anthers oblong. l>ixl n. 

 iinn-ii free, 3-5-celled, style or short, stigma terminal ; ovules 1, or 2 

 and collateral, pendulous, raphe dorsal, micropyle superior ; funicle often 

 cupular. Drupe with 3 or more 1-seeded free or connate stones. Seed with a 

 membranous testa, fleshy albumen, and minute straight embryo. Disrun;. 

 Temp, andtrop. regions, absent from N.W. America; genera 3; species lf.ii. 

 AFFINITIES. Very close with Olacinece, differing only in the several-celled 

 ovary. PROPERTIES. Antiseptic and astringent. Holly berries are purga- 

 tive and emetic ; bark yields bird-lime. " Mati " or "Paraguay , 

 the leaf of Ilex Parayiuiycnsis. 



1. i LEX, L. HOLLY. 



Ciiliix 4-5-parted, persistent. Corolla rotate ; petals connate at tl.< 

 or free. Stamens 4, adhering to the base of the corolla. Ovary 4-6-celled ; 

 stigmas free or confluent. Drupe globose, with 4 stones or a 4-fi-ceIkd 

 stone. DISTKIB. Trop. and temp, regions, abundant in S. America, rare 

 in Africa and Australia ; species 145. ETYM. doubtful. 



1. I. Aquifo'lium, L. ; glabrous, shining, leaves ovate spinescent. 

 Copses and woods, often planted; ascends to 1,000ft. in the Highlands; fl. 



May-Aug. A shrub or small tree, 10-40 ft., young shoots puberulous ; 



hark ashy, smooth. Leaves glossy, 2-3 in., acute or acuminate, with \va\vd 



spinous cartilaginous margins, those on the upper branches often entire. 



Cf/mes umbellate, shortly peduncled, many-flowered. Flomrs in. diaiu., 



white, often subdioecious. Sepals ovate, puberulous. Petals obovate, concave. 



Xiamen* 4, erect. ,SV///,,,//. 4, sessile. Fruit scarlet, rarely yellow ; stones 4, 



bony, furrowed. DISTIUB. Europe from S. Norway to Turkey and the 



Caucasus ; W. Asia. 



