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is therefore reasonable to suppose that his plant is identical with 

 that from Paraguay. Since the export of tea from Paraguay 

 has been prohibited by the present Dictator, Dr. Francia, the 

 inhabitants of the other States, who were formerly supplied 

 from Paraguay, are now obliged to use that from Brazil, which 

 is found to be much inferior. Persons ignorant of the specific 

 distinctions between the two trees have attributed the inferiority 

 of the Brazil kind merely to the different mode of preparing the 

 leaves. 



Gongonlia or Brazilian Mate or Tea. Tree. 



26 I. MARTINIA'NA (Lamb. pin. append, t. 8.) leaves oval- 

 oblong, crenated, coriaceous, shining, short-acuminated ; racemes 

 aggregate, compound, smoothish ; fknvers tetrandrous. Tj . S. 

 Native of Guiana. Berry red, containing 4 nuts. Mr. Lambert 

 thinks that the properties of this plant are the same as those of 

 1'lex Paraguensis, from the habit being similar. 



Martin's Holly or Guiana Mate. Tree 30 feet. 



27 I. EMARGIXA'TA (Thunb. jap. 78.) leaves obovate, emar- 

 ginate, crenated, with revolute edges ; flowers axillary, twin, 

 stalked. Tj . G. Native of Japan, near Nagasaki. Flowers 

 white. 



Emarginate-\ea,\e& Holly. Shrub 10 feet. 



28 I.? CUNEIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 181.) leaves wedge-shaped, 

 smooth, equally tricuspidate. Tj , H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Var. /3, Bonariensis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 16.) leaves ovately 

 wedge-shaped, smooth, tricuspidate, with the middle lobe twice 

 as long as the lateral ones. fj . G. Native of Buenos Ayres. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, almost sessile, surrounded by scales. 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 148. 



Wedge-leaved Holly. Shrub 10 feet. 



29 I. CREXATA (Thunb. jap. p. 78.) leaves ovate, crenate, 

 blunt, with revolute edges ; peduncles drooping, scattered on 

 the branches, usually 3-flowered. ^ . G. Native of Japan. 

 Flowers white. 



CVenafe-leaved Holly. Shrub. 



30 I. SERRA'TA (Thunb. jap. 78.) leaves ovate, acute, ciliately 

 serrated ; pedicels axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered, drooping. Tj 

 G. Native of Japan, in the island of Nipon. Flowers white. 



ferrate-leaved Holly. Fl. June. Shrub. 



31 I. LATIFOLIA (Thunb. jap. 79.) leaves ovate, bluntish, ser- 

 rated, shining above, with revolute edges ; pedicels aggregate, 

 longer than the petiole, and rising above the axillae of the leaves. 



Jj . G. Native of Japan. Flowers white. 

 Broad-leaved Holly. Tree 20 feet. 



32 I. MYRICOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 71.) 

 leaves oblong, acute, cuneated at the base, somewhat cordate, 

 serrulated, smooth, as well as the branches ; peduncles 3- 

 flowered, twice or thrice longer than the petioles; flowers 4- 

 petalled. fy . G. Native of New Granada, on the mountains be- 

 tween Meneses and Pasto. Flowers whitish. 



Myrica-like Holly. Tree C feet. 



33 ? I. HIPPOCRATEOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. 

 p. 71.) leaves oblong, somewhat acuminated, crenate-serrulated, 

 veiny, coriaceous, rather shining, and are, as well as the branch- 

 lets, smooth ; peduncles dichotomous, 3-7-flowered, 2 or 3 

 times longer than the petioles ; flowers 4-petalled. fj . S. Na- 

 tive of South America ? Flowers white. 



Hippocratea-like Holly. Shrub. 



34 ? I. LAU'RINA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 71.) 

 leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, remotely 

 serrulated, netted, coriaceous, and are, as well as the branches, 

 smooth; peduncles 1-3-flowered, in crowded fascicles, length 

 of petioles ; flowers 4-petalled. fy . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica? 



Laurel-like Holly. Tree. 





* Leaves quite entire or nearly so. 



35 I. CANARIE'NSIS (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 67.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, flat, somewhat acute, quite entire, shining ; umbels 

 axillary, few-flowered ; peduncles longer than the petioles. J? . 

 H. Native of the Canary Islands. Flowers white, truly dioe- 

 cious. Fruit black. 



Canary-Island Holly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Tr. 20 ft. 



36 I. DAHOON (Walt. fl. car. 241.) leaves lanceolate-ellip- 

 tical, coriaceous, almost quite entire, with the edges a little 

 revolute, and with the midrib, petioles, and branchlets villous ; 

 peduncle* lateral and terminal, in panicled corymbs. 1? . H. 

 Native of North America, from Carolina to Florida, in open 

 swamps. I. Cassine, "Willd. hort. berl. 1. t. 31. Flowers white. 

 Berries red. An elegant shrub. 



Var. fl, laiirifolia (Nutt. in Sillim, amer. journ. 5. 1822. p. 

 289.) leaves larger, elliptical, acutish, permanent ; pedicels 

 elongated, usually 3-flowered. ^ . H. Native of Eastern 

 Florida. Very like I. Dahobn. 



Dahoon Holly. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1726. Shrub 8 feet. 



37 I. LIGUSTRIFOLIA ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, quite entire, 

 with the edges revolute, midrib, petioles, and branches smooth ; 

 cymes lateral. fj . H. Native of North America, from Vir- 

 ginia to Georgia, in deep swamps. I. angustifolia, Nutt. gen. 

 amer. 1. p. 109. Flowers white. Berries red. 



Privet-leaved Holly. Fl. June, July. Shrub 6 feet. 



38 I. MYRTIFOLIA (Lam. ill. no. 1732.) leaves ovate, acute at 

 both ends, quite entire ; flowers lateral, in fascicles, dioecious. 

 T? . S. Native of the Caribbee islands. Flowers white. This 

 species has the habit of a Sideroxylon. 



Myrtle-leaved Holly. Clt. 1806. Shrub 10 feet. 



39 I. NIPAULE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. app. p. 48.) leaves ellip- 

 tical, quite entire, acute at both ends ; umbels globose, stalked, 

 solitary, puberulous, shorter than the petioles. Tj . H. Native 

 of Nipaul. I. elliptica, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 189. but not 

 of Kunth. Flowers white. 



Nipaul Holly. Shrub 8 feet. 



40 I. CYMOSA (Blum, bijdr. 1149.) leaves oblong, bluntly acu- 

 minated, quite entire, smooth; cymes dichotomous, axillary ; 

 berry 8-seeded. Tj . S. Native of Java. Flowers dioecious. 



Cymose-fiovtered Holly. Tree 50 feet. 



41 I. SPICA'TA (Blum, bijdr. 1149.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 quite entire, coriaceous, quite smooth, with revolute margins ; 

 spikes axillary and lateral ; berry 6-8-seeded. Tj . S. Native 

 of Java, in woods on the higher mountains. 



Spike-Rowered Holly. Tree 20 feet. 



42 I. MACOUCOUA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 152.) leaves oval or 

 somewhat ovate, sometimes tapering to an obtuse emarginate 

 point, coriaceous, smooth, quite entire ; peduncles numerous, 

 cymose, axillary. T? . S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne, in 

 woods, as well as of the islands of St. Domingo and Trinidad. 

 Macoucoua Guianensis, Aubl. guian. 1. t. 34. Flex acuminata, 

 Willd. spec. l.p. 711. Cassine Maurocenia, Sieb.pl. exsic. trin. 

 no. 81. Flowers white. Berries red, ovate, 2-celled. The tree 

 is called Macoucou in Guiana. 



Macoucoua Holly. Tree 40 feet. 



43? I. OBCORDA'TA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 338.) leaves 

 obcordate, coriaceous, quite entire, shining, nerveless ; stipulas 

 small, prickly ; peduncles 3-flowered, axillary, shorter than the 

 petioles. Tj . S. Native of Jamaica, on the Blue Mountains. 

 Flowers white. Style very short. Stigma blunt. Berries red, 

 1 -celled. 



Obcordate-]eaved Holly. Shrub 6 feet. 



44 I. ASIA'TICA (Lin. spec. 710.) leaves broad-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, quite entire, fj . G. Native of the East Indies. 



Asiatic Holly. Shrub ? 

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