44 SYLVA TELLUil. 



21*2, AQUIFOLIUM T. Ad. Ilex L. auct. name 

 posterior, and of an Oak. The Ilex of the Au- 

 thors hardly differs from Prinos, the numbers 

 of parts and stigmas not being uniform, but re- 

 quiring the formation of many G. to be accurate. 

 The rotate and deeply lobed corolla distinguish 

 this group of G. from the group of Cordias. I 

 propose now to revise it, and thus fix the true 

 AQUIFOLIUM Raf. cal. rotato 4-5dent. cor. rota- 

 ta 4-5partita, stam. 4-5 epicorolis alt. stig. 4-5 

 Hessilib. obtusis, drupis baccatis 4-5sp. nucib. 

 Isp. Arboresc. fol. alt. sepe perennans spino- 

 sisque,fl. axil, poly g. This. wi\\ include pro- 

 tern as in Rhamnus the sp. that are riot well 

 known ; but all must be verified : meantime the 

 types will be Aq*crocea,japonica? and other 

 Japanese sp. if with 4 stigmas, with the various 

 sp. blended in Ilex aquifolium of Authors, 

 which are 5 at least, all seen alive. 



213. Aquifolium undulatnm Raf. fol. ovatis 

 undulatis, margine sinuatis spinosis, supra niti- 

 dis, fl. glomeratis, fr. rubris Mts. of Europe, 

 the most common sp. becoming a tree and less 

 spinose in old age. 



214. Aquif. fer ox Miller, Raf. fol. ovatis su- 

 bundul. supra margineque echinatis, fl. fascic. 

 fr. flavis distinct species remarkable by the very 

 prickly leaves. 



215. Aquif. heteroplnjlum Raf. fol. ellipt. vix 

 undul. integris acuminatis, nonnulis subspinosis, 

 basi acutis Europe. 



216. Aquif. planifolhirn Raf. fol. ovatis sub- 

 rotundis planis subdentato spinosis in Spain, 

 very near /. opaca Ait. see 234. 



217. Aquif. lanceolatnm Raf. fol, lanceol. 

 subdent. recurvis, vix spinosis, fl. subumbel. fr. 

 albescens Germany &c. All these were deem- 



