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3. SCHMALTZIA Desv. 



1. Schmaltzia crenata (Mill.) Greene. Fragrant sumac. 



Rocky woods; rare; Broadwater. Apr. EaBtern N. Amer. {RhtLS aromatica Ait.; 

 R. canadensis Marsh.) 



A shrub with red drupes. 



94. AQUIFOLIACEAE. Holly Family. 



1. ILEX L. Holly. 



Leaves thick, persistent, spiny-toothed; medium-sized tree. Fruit globose, red, 



7 mm. or more in diameter 1. I. opaca. 



Leaves neither persistent nor spiny-toothed; shrubs. 

 Staminate flowers solitary or in pairs. Peduncles 1-2 cm. long; fertile flowers 

 solitary, short-stalked; fruit orange-red, sometimes yellow; nutlets smooth; 

 leaves oval or oblong, about 5 cm. long, sparsely serrate, villous beneath on the 



veins 2.1. laevigata. 



Staminate flowers clustered or in cymes. 

 Fertile flowers nearly sessile; fruit red (rarely yellow); nutlets smooth; leaves 

 oval or obovate, acute or acuminate, sharply serrulate, downy beneath on 



the veins 3.1. verticillata. 



Fertile flowers stalked, the stalk about 5 mm. long; fruit red; nutlets ribbed; 

 leaves obovate or spatulate-oblong, crenate-serrate, commonly obtuse. 



4. I. decidua. 



1. Ilex opaca Ait. American holly. 

 Low woods. May-June; fr. Aug.-Sept. Eastern U. S. 



2. Ilex laevigata (Pursh) A. Gray. Smooth winterberry. 

 Low woods. May-June; fr. Aug.-Sept. Northeastern U. S., south to Ga. 



8. Ilex verticillata (L.) A. Gray. Black alder. Winterberry. 



Swamps and low woods. June; fr. Aug. Eastern U. S. 

 4. Ilex decidua Walt. Deciduous holly. 



Low woods. May-June; fr. Aug.-Sept. Southeastern U. S., north to Md. 



95. CELASTRACEAE. Bittersweet Family. 



Leaves opposite; erect shrubs; flowers in axillary cymes 1. EUONYMIIS. 



Leaves alternate; climbing shrub; flowers in terminal compound racemes. 



2. CELASTRUS. 



1. ETJONYMTJS L. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 8 cm. long or less; flowers greenish pink or yellow; capsule 



warty 1. E. americanus. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, 10 cm. long or more; flowers purple; capsule smooth. 



2. E. atropurpureus. 



1. Euonjrmus americanus L. Strawberry bush. 

 Low woods; frequent. May. Eastern U. S. (E. americanus obovatus of Ward's 



Flora.) 



2. Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. Wahoo. 

 Low woods and river basins; along the Potomac above Georgetown. May-June. 



Eastern U. S. 



2. CELASTRUS L. 



1. Celastrus scandens L. Bittersweet. 



Low woods and river basins; infrequent. May. Eastern N. Amer. 



