46 SYLVA TELLUR. 



used as emetic by the-Indians; it cannot be the 

 Cassine peragua L. described with oppo- 

 site elliptic obtuse leaves, and as yet a doubtful 

 plant, although now referred to Hex cassena^ 

 my Ageria 235. 



220. AGERIA Raf. (this name was used by 

 Adanson for the G. Prinos and My r sine unit- 

 ed, but I now apply it to a G. medial between 

 Ilex and Prinos of authors) Macoucoua Aubl. 

 Ilex sp. auct diff. Aquifolium, cal. 4 fid persis- 

 tens, cor. 41oba, stam. 4, stigma unicum sessile 

 simplex, fl. sepe dioicis. It will include nearly 

 all the American sp. of Authors, which have a 

 single stigrna ; but it varies in shape, and may 

 serve to form subg. 



227. Subg. MACUCUA, stig. glob, obtusum. fl. 

 41obis sepe dioicis. 



228. Subg. DAHUNIA R. stig. bilobo. fl. dioicis, 

 4partitis. 



229. Subg. PALTORIA R. P. stig. magno 4gono 

 integro. fl, herm. 



It is not always easy to discriminate between 

 the 2 first, as the sp. are referred to Ilex at ran- 

 dom, without attending to the flowers. We 

 have no good monograph of ?he North Ameri- 

 can sp. whose synonymy is quite perplexing : I 

 shall however give some types. 



230. Ageria (mac) acumhmta Raf. Ilex do 

 W. macucua Pers &c, mac. guianensis AuM. 

 Lam. Arborea fol. ovatis integris, apex acum. 

 emarg. pedunc. cymosis fl. herm. Guyana, 

 large tree, white fl. as in all akin. 



231. Ageria (mac) retus'a Raf. frutescens, 

 ramis cinereis, fol. petiol. obovat. crenatis obtu- 

 sis retusis, fl. dioicis, fasc. petiolis eq. West 

 Kentucky, in swamps, shrub 3 to 5 feet high, 



