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III. ILEX. IV. PIUNOS. 



45 I. INTE V GRA (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 77.) leaves oblong, blunt, 

 quite entire; umbels axillary, sessile; pedicels 1-flowered, 

 usually 4 together. Tj . G. Native of Japan. 



-Entire-leaved Holly. Shrub 6 feet. 



46 I. ROTU'NDA (Thunb. fl. jap. 77.) leaves broad, oval, acu- 

 minated, entire, smooth ; peduncles umbelliferous, pubescent, 

 longer than the petioles. Ij . G. Native of Japan. Branches 

 knotted. Flowers pentandrous. 



.fto!(M</-leaved Holly. Shrub 8 feet. 



47 I. BUMELIOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 

 71.) branches smooth ; leaves obovate, mucronate, decurrent at 

 the base, almost quite entire, coriaceous, shining above ; pe- 

 duncles 3-4 together, 1 -flowered. }? . G. Native of Peru, in 

 the province of Quito, near Loxa. Flowers unknown. Berries 

 4-5-seeded. 



Bumclin-like Holly. Tree 16 feet. 



Cult. All kinds of Hollies are much esteemed on account of 

 their evergreen leaves. The hardy kinds are usually increased 

 by budding or grafting on the common Holly, which is easily 

 reared from seed, but they will also root freely by cuttings 

 taken off at a joint in ripened wood, planted in sand in a shady 

 situation, with a hand-glass placed over them. The greenhouse 

 and stove kinds may be struck in the like manner, but those of 

 the latter will require a little heat. The berries of all kinds of 

 Holly should be gathered when they are ripe, mixed with 

 sand, and turned over frequently till the October following, 

 when they should be sown in beds covered over with mould 

 three quarters of an inch thick, or the berries may remain on 

 the trees till spring, when they may be sown. In general they 

 do not vegetate till the second year. 



IV. PRI'NOS (wpivoc, prinos, is the Greek name of the 

 Holly, which the present genus much resembles). Lin. gen. no. 

 461. D. C. prod. 2. p. 16. Ageria, Adans. fam. 2. p. 166. 



LIN. SYST. Hexandria, Monogynia, or Polygamia, Dicecia. 

 The character is the same as flex, but the flowers are 6-cleft, 

 hexandrous, usually dioecious or polygamous from abortion, and 

 the fruit contains 6 nuts. Shrubs, with alternate, deciduous or 

 permanent leaves, and axillary, usually 1 -flowered pedicels. 



1. Prinotdes (see genus for derivation). D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 16. Flowers usually 4-5-cleft. 



1 P. DECI'DUUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 16.) leaves deciduous, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, tapering into the petiole, serrated, with the 

 middle nerve villous beneath ; pedicels axillary, those bearing 

 the male flowers aggregate, and those bearing the female ones 

 solitary. Tj . H. Native of North America, from Virginia to 

 Georgia, on rocky shady banks of rivers. Tlex prinoides, Ait. 

 hort. kew. 2. p. 278. Tlex decidua,Walt. fl. car. 241. Flowers 

 white. Berries crimson, large. 



Var. ft, cestivcdis (Lam. diet. 3. p. 147.) adult leaves smooth 

 on both surfaces. Tj . H. Native of North America. Tlex 

 aestivalis, Lam. 1. c. Flowers white. 



Deciduous Winter-berry. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1736. Shrub 

 4 feet. ' 



2 P. AMBI'GUUS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 236. but not of 

 Pursh.) leaves deciduous, oval or elliptical, mucronate, entire, 

 quite smooth ; pedicels bearing the male flowers, crowded at 

 the bottom of the branchlets, those bearing the female ones 

 solitary, upon long pedicels. Jj . H. Native of Carolina. 

 Wats. dend. brit. t. 29. Cassine Caroliniana, Walt. fl. car. p. 

 242. The leaves, according to Nuttall, are entire, but in De 

 Candolle's specimen they are serrated at the apex. Perhaps 

 distinct plants. Flowers white. Berries red. 



Ambiguous Winter-berry. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1812. Sh. 4 ft. 



3 P. NI'TIDUS (Vahl. eel. 2. p. 26.) leaves oblong-ovate, 

 serrated, shining, membranous; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered ; 



flowers tetrandrous. Tj . G. Native of Montserrat. The leaves 

 are probably deciduous. Branches angular. 

 Shining-\ea.ved \\inter-berry Shrub. 



4 P. DIOI'CUS (Vahl. eel. 2. p. 25. t. 14.) leaves oblong-ovate, 

 somewhat serrated, smooth, coriaceous ; peduncles axillary, 

 usually 1 -flowered, flowers dioecious, tetrandrous. Jj . H. 

 Native of the island of Montserrat. Flowers white. Berries 

 red. Perhaps a species of Plex. 



Dioecious Winter-berry. Shrub. 



% 2. Algeria ( D. C. prod. 2. p. 17.) Flowers usually G-cleft. 

 Leaves deciduous. 



5 P. VERTICILLA'TUS (Lin. spec. 471.) leaves oval, deciduous, 

 acuminated, serrated, pubescent beneath ; fascicles of male 

 flowers axillary, umbel-like ; female ones aggregate, all 6-parted. 

 Tj H. Native of North America, from Canada to Virginia, in 

 sandy wet woods, and on the borders of swamps. Duh. arb. 1 . 

 t. 23. Wats. dend. brit. t. 30. P. padifolius, Willd. enum. 394. 

 P. Gronovii, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 236. P. confertus, 

 Mcench. Flowers white. Berries red or crimson. 



Whorled Winter-berry. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1736. Shrub 

 8 feet. 



6 P. DU'BIUS; leaves deciduous, oval, acuminated at both 

 ends, mucronately-serrated, pubescent beneath ; flowers 4-5- 

 cleft ; male ones crowded at the bottom of the branches, female 

 ones solitary. ^7 . H. Native of North America, in sandy 

 woods, and on the borders of swamps, from New Jersey to Caro- 

 lina. P. ambiguus, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 220. Flowers 

 white. Berries red, larger than those of P. verticillfitiis. 



Doubtful Winter-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1736. Tree 12 ft. 



7 P. I-.EVIGA'TUS (Pursh. fl. sept. amer. 1. p. 220.) leaves 

 deciduous, lanceolate, with adpressed serratures, acuminated, 

 smooth on both surfaces, shining, hardly pubescent on the nerves 

 beneath ; flowers 6-cleft, male ones scattered ; female ones 

 axillary, solitary, almost sessile. ^ . H. Native of North 

 America, on the Alleghany mountains, from New York to Vir- 

 ginia. Wats. dend. brit. t. 28. Flowers white. Berries large, 

 dark-red. 



Smooth-\ea\-ed Winter-berry. Fl. July. Clt. 1812. Sh. 8 ft. 



8 P. LANCEOLA'TUS (Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 17.) leaves 

 deciduous, lanceolate, finely and remotely serrated, smooth on 

 both surfaces ; male flowers aggregate, triandrous ; female ones 

 usually twin, stalked, 6-cleft. 5j . H. Native of Georgia and 

 Carolina, in the lower counties. Flowers white. Berries small, 

 scarlet. 



Lanceolate-leaved Winter-berry. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1811. 

 Shrub 8 feet. 



3. Winterlia (probably from the name of some botanist). 

 Mocnch. ineth. 74. D. C. prod. 2. p. 17. Flowers for the most 

 rjart G-cleft. Leaves permanent. 



9 P. GLA'BER (Lin. spec. 471.) branches rather pubescent; 

 leaves evergreen, cuneate-lanceolate, coriaceous, smooth, shining, 

 a little toothed at the apex ; pedicels axillary, usually soli- 

 tary, for the most part 3-flowered. Tj . H. Native of North 

 America, from Canada to Florida, in sandy shady woods. Flowers 

 white. Berries black, called in Jersey Ink-berries. A low and 

 handsome shrub. 



Glabrous Winter-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



10 P. ATOMA'RIUS (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 213.) leaves ever- 

 green ; cuneate-oval, acute, coriaceous, somewhat serrated at 

 the apex, bearing black atoms or dots beneath ; young branches 

 a little clammy ; pedicels lateral, 1-flowered. T? . H. Native 

 of Georgia, in woods on the banks of rivers. Flowers white. 

 Berries dark. 



