600 XL. ILICINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ilex. 



obtuse angles. Branch's gives Sikkim as a habitat for this, but I doubt the plant he 

 here alludes tobeingltbe same species ; his plant has very stout branches like tho- 

 dij)yrena, and very shortly pedicelled young fruits, has 4 pyrenes, lanceolate minutely 

 serrate leaves, and inhabits elevations of near 10,000 ft. ; it may be a new species, but 

 the specimens are too imperfect for determination. 



SECT. III. Flowers $ in panicled cymes ; $ solitary or fascicled, pedi- 

 celled (not cymose nor on peduncled umbellules). Drape 4-6-celled. 

 (See 15. Gardneriana, in Sect IV.). 



* Leaves quite entire, or with 2-3 yinHlos? teeth. (See 9. erabelioides.) 



5. I. malabarica, Redd. Flor. Sylv. t. 143 ; leaves 2-4-in. narrowly 

 elliptic-oblong acute or apiculate quite entire, flowers in shortly 

 panicled umbellules, calyx usually fi-merous, drupe very small puberal ous 

 usually (5-celled, style short cylindric stout. I. Wightiana, Dalz. & Gils. 

 nml>. I' !<>,'. 143, not of Wall. 



WKSTKKN PKMXSULA; on the Ghats, from the Concan southwards, ascending to 

 3000 ft. 



A large tree, everywhere quite glabrous. Leaves variable in length and breadth, 



always more or loss narrowly elliptic, acute aci:mi:iate or apietilato by tin-, produced 

 ) erve, shining above, nerves bi neaih faint, margin with rarely a spinuloso, tooth to- 

 wards the tip; petiole j\ -.', in. /'////>/<? ,',- in. d.;;m., peduncles and pedicels puheru- 

 : tl. solitary or fascicled. th< r.uvly podiinolcd, pedicels |- in. 



(','lt/.i--ln!,c.i usually l>, broad >;, orbicular, .dlioiale, connate 



at t'be base in the^f, less M> in the y . ,s'/ <////, i/s often only 4, inserted at the b.-ise of the 

 c< rolla, iilainents slioi't ; anthers broadly oblong. Orurtj of ^ iniperfei-t, with 4 minute 

 utigmas. J>r"i'i I in. diain., dejiiv>sed-^lobo>e, usually It- or nioie celled, with an evi- 

 dent stout style. This has bc-n distributed as /. ll'tifltliana, by lYrottet and others. 



6. X. Walkerl, Wi<tht ,( <;<u-<!. mss. ex Tln<t' t i<>* Enuw. ' ; gla- 

 brous, leaves .7-1 in. sulisi'.->ile orbicular obovate or l.ntadly elliptic very 

 coriaceous obtuse rounded or retuse with a few teeth near the tip, flowers 

 4-5-merous, $ in very shortly peduncle d nmbellules^ ? shortly pedicelled. 

 1. Walked, Turcz. in Bull. Sue. A' at. JA^r. 1SG3, pt. i. COS. I. emarginella, 

 Turcz. I.e. 



WKSTKRN PENINSULA; Pulney Mts., Wiyht. CEYLON; in the Central province, alt. 

 5-8000 ft. 



A small densely branched tree. Leaves very coriaceous, usually obovate with an 

 emarginate or 2-lobed or 3-4-toothed tip, margins recurved, nerves below lew and sl-u- 

 der; petiole -^ in. I'lm-, ,-* ^ (i in. diain., white, 4-5-merous. ( 'ali/.<--l.<>ln-x 4 

 acute. Petaw orbicular, spreading, connate in both sexes, tftdiin n* 4 5 

 the corolla in both ,', in. diain., globose, with 4-5 triangular hard coher- 



ing stones; Ktigi: d. A very variable plant, named ll'aU.'cri inde- 



pendently by Th .aninoff. Thwaites has ;i var. m<t]<>r with elliptic 



apiculate leaves. TurczaninolTs 1. c u tar <j India is the more common form of the 

 plaut. 



** Leaves tnntlir-l or serrate. (See also 6. Walkeri.) 



7. I. denticulata, Wall. Cat. 4333 ; glabrous, leaves 2^-3 in. elliptic 

 or elliptic-oblong acute or obtusely acuminate serrate very coriaceous, 

 flowers 4-merous, in short subsessile cymes, $ fascicled, drupe in. 

 diain. with 4 hard stones. Wight III. t. 142; Tln>-(iil<K Enum. 183; 

 Be.ddome Fl. Sylv. t. 142. I. nilagirica, Miquel PL Hohen. 1456. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Nilghiri and Anamallay hills, alt. 6-8000 ft., Wight, &c. 

 CEYLON, on the Bopatalawa Plains, alt. 6000 ft., Tkwaites. 



