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1. Leaves thick, persistent, evergreen. >i»iii\. /. ofaca. 



1. Leaves thin, deciduous, not spiny. _'. 



2. Leaves small, obovate or spatulate. crciuiie : lunlels of 



the fruit ribbed.- /. dccidua. 

 1. Leaves large, ovate or lanceolate, sharply >errat(.-. nutlets 

 ribbed. /. montana. 



I. Ilex decidua Walt. Deciduous Holly. A shrub or 

 Muall tree with light-gray, glabrous twigs and red drupes. 

 Wood hard and white. In swami)s and low ground. O. C. 

 to Fla.. Kan., and Tex. 



1. Ilex montana (T. & G.) Gr. Mountain Holly. A 

 shrub (ir slender, erect tree growing in mountain woods. 

 Drupes red. .\'. V. to Ga.. and Ala. 



■ !. Ilex opaca Ait. American Holly. A tree of slow 

 growth with thick, glabrous, evergreen leaves and globose 

 red or rarely yellow drupes. Twigs with leaves and fruit 

 nuich used for Christmas decoration. Wood very white, 

 line-grained, hard, strong, tough, light in weight, and easily 

 worked ; used for cabinet-work and in turnery. Bird-lime 

 is prepared from the middle bark. In moist soil. Should be 

 much planted for ornament in suitable places. The leaves 

 should be cut off when transplanted. Me. to F'la.. Pemi.. Mo., 

 and Tex. 



Stiiphyli'drcac. Hladdernut l'"amily. 

 ■".7. Staphylea L. F)laddernut. 



Shrubs or small trees with opposite trifoliate serrate 

 leaves. 



Stipules caducous : flowers in axillary racemes or panicles, 

 white. l)isporangiate. regular: capsule large and bladdery, 

 triocular. 



1. Staphylea trifolia L. American Bladdernut. A 

 shrub or rarely small tree with smooth striped bark. Branch- 

 ing a sympodial dichotomy. In moist soil. Quebec to Minn., 

 S. Car., and Kan. 



