Holly, Yew and Box 



margin with small, distinct spines. The leaves 

 barely exceed an inch in length. Though very 

 distinct, it could only be regarded as a curiosity 

 in a collection of Hollies, being too small to be 

 effective. 



I. A. myrtifolia A small-leaved, neat-grow- 

 ing form, occurring both with green and purplish 

 bark. The leaves are usually from about ij 

 inches to 1 1 inches in length, and from J inch to 

 I inch in breadth, ovate-lanceolate, with the 

 margin either entire or with one or two erratic 

 spines, or more commonly in the largest leaves 

 moderately spiny throughout, the spines being 

 usually sub-divaricate, but sometimes nearly flat, 

 especially in the few-spined examples. They 

 are of a bright green colour. This variety 

 appears to come nearest to angustifolia. 



I. A. recurva = serratifolia compacta. This 

 variety which has usually purplish bark, though 

 sometimes green, is harsh-leaved and strongly 

 spined, like serratifolia, but the spines are more 

 divaricate, or appear to be more so, in conse- 

 quence of the much stronger convex curvature of 

 the leaf in the direction of the midrib, combined 

 with which there is a kind of lateral twist, and 

 also a twisted disposition of the leaves on the 

 stalk. They are ovate-acuminate, of a dull dark 

 green, about ij inches long and J an inch broad, 

 spiny throughout the margin, the apex usually 

 terminating in an elongated spine. The con- 



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