64 celastracEjE. [Celastrus. 



2. C. Championi, Bentli. in Kew Jonrn. Bot. iii. 334. A glabrous 

 climber. Leaves usually broader than in the last species, oval or oblong, ob- 

 tuse or acuminate, the longer ones 4 to 5 in. long, obtusely sen-ate, coriaceous 

 and shining. Cymes on axillary peduncles longer than in C. monospermy 

 usually from | to 1 in. Capsule larger and differently shaped, being obovoid, 

 with 3 prominent angles, and narrowed at the base, full 6 lines long, opening 

 like the last in 3 valves, and containing a single large oblong seed. — Catha 

 Bent/tami, Gardn. and Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. i. 310. 



On Victoria Peak, trailing over bare rocks, Champion, common in ravines, WiJford. 

 Extends to Khasia and Sikkim. 



Order XXXII. AQUIFOLIACE^]. 



Flowers regular. Sepals 4 to 6, small, often united at the base. Petals 

 as many, hypogynous, often united into a 4- to 6-lobed corolla, imbricate in 

 the bud. Stamens as many, inserted on the base of the petals and alternate 

 with them, or rarely free and hypogynous, usually short. Anthers 2-celled, 

 opening longitudinally. Ovary fleshy, depressed or globular, 2- or several- 

 celled. Ovules usually solitary in each cell and suspended. Stigma sessile, 

 or nearly so, entire or divided. Fruit a berry or drupe, enclosing 2 or more 

 1 -seeded kernels. Embryo small, near the top of a fleshy albumen.— Shrubs 

 or trees. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, without stipules. Flowers 

 usually small, white, axillary, and often wholly or partly dioecious. 



An Order of few genera, but widely distributed over the temperate as well as the warmer 

 regions of the globe. 



1. ILEX, Linn. 



Petals and stamens usually 4, rarely 5 or 6. Ovary 4-celled, with 4 sessile 

 distinct or united stigmas, and one pendulous ovule in each cell. Drupe en- 

 closing 4 bony kernels or nuts. 



A. considerable genus, occupying the geographical area of the Order. 



Whole plant glabrous. 



Flowers almost sessile, clustered. Petals almost free 1. J. cinerea. 



Flowers in nearly sessile umbels or fascicles. Petals united at the base. 



Pedicels slender, 3 to 4 lines long. Corolla deeply divided . . 2. I. graciliflora. 

 Pedicels thick, 1 to 1^ lines long. Berry tipped by a thick 



obtuse protuberance 3. /. memecylifolia. 



Pedicels 2 to 4 lines long. Corolla divided to the middle . . 4. /. viridis. 



Pedicels filiform, 6 lines long. Corolla divided nearly to the base 5. /. asprella. 



Branches and veins of the leaves pubescent or hairy 6. /. pubescens. 



1. I. cinerea, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 327. An erect glabrous 

 shrub, with rather thick branches, angular when young, the bark ashy-grey. 

 Leaves on very short stalks, oblong, obtuse or shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 attaining 4 in. in length and 1^ or 2 in. in breadth, slightly toothed, very 

 obtuse or almost cordate at the base, rather thick, but not shining. Flowers 

 8 to 1 5 together, collected in globular sessile clusters in the axils of the leaves. 

 Petals 4, almost free. Stamens about the same length. Drupe 4-celled, 

 about 3 lines diameter, obtuse at the top. 



In a ravine of Mount Victoria, Champion. Not seen in any other collection. The very 

 short petiole and broad base of the leaves distinguish this species from all others known to me. 



