Other Evergreen Hollies 



Among the seedlings at Coombe Wood a 

 considerable variation in habit is noticeable. By 

 the kindness of Messrs Veitch, we are enabled 

 to give illustrations of the type and the most 

 extreme form. The latter is recognised by its 

 less dense foliage, broadly-ovate, flattened leaves, 

 nearly 2 inches long and an inch wide, small 

 spines all pointing in one direction and margins 

 but very slightly revolute. The buds are very 

 prominently developed and the leaf stalks are 

 shorter than those of the type. Compared with 

 typical Pernyi it looks distinct enough for specific 

 rank, but intermediate forms are to be seen at 

 Coombe Wood, in fact, some fit closely a variety 

 in the Kew Herbarium called I. P. manipurensis, 

 which was collected by Sir George Watt during 

 the Government Demarcation Survey in Manipur 

 in 1882. 



I. Sugeroki, Maximowicz. This is not in 

 general cultivation, but is described in Sargent's 

 Forest Flora of Japan as very handsome in 

 autumn. In this work it is described as a 

 spreading bush 5 to 6 feet high with stout 

 branchlets, light green, ovate leaves, i inch long, 

 rounded at the apex, coarsely crenulated above 

 the middle, and bright scarlet, solitary, long 

 stalked fruits. 



