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9. Ilex Integra. Leaves oblong, obtuse, entire ; peduncles 

 one-flowered. Stem shrubby, upright. Native of the Cape. 



10. Ilex Rotunda. Leaves rounded, acute, entire; pedun- 

 cles umbelliferous. Stem shrubby ; branches subumbelled, 

 somewhat knobbed. Native country unknown. 



11. Ilex Crenata. Leaves ovate, crenate ; peduncles on 

 the branches scattered, bearing two or three flowers. Stem 

 shrubby, upright; peduncles simple. Native country un- 

 known. 



12. Ilex Emarginata. Leaves obovate, emarginate ; flowers 

 axillary, usually in pairs. Stem shrubby; flowers peduncled. 



13. Ilex Serrata. Leaves ovate, acute, ciliate, serrate; 

 flowers axillary, solitary. Stem shrubby, upright, branching 

 very much; flowers on filiform drooping peduncles, half a 

 line long; corolla four-petalled. It flowers in June. 



14. Ilex Japonica. Leaves opposite, sessile ; flowers in 

 terminating racomes. Stem shrubby, smooth, low ; peduncles 

 from the axils of the bractes, solitary, one-flowered, capil- 

 lary; corolla subrotate; petals obovate, entire, white. It 

 flowers in April'. Native place unknown. 



15. Ilex Latifolia. Leaves ovate, serrate ; flowers axil- 

 lary, aggregate. Stem arborescent ; branches rigid, angular, 

 brown ; flowers superaxillary, many together from the gems, 

 on short peduncles. Native place uncertain. 



16. Ilex Crocea. Leaves oblong, serrate; serratures cili- 

 ate-spiny. Native of the Cape. 



17. Ilex Myrsinites. Leaves small, opposite, oblong, or 

 subovate, obtuse ; margin bent back, partially serrated ; 

 branches cylindrical, dark brown, and thickly set with leaves; 

 peduncles axillary, very short, one-flowered ; flowers minute, 

 white; calix four-cleft; corolla rotated, four-cleft; filamenta 

 four, of the length of the calix ; germen superior, oval ; style 

 very short, clavated ; stigma four-lobed, thick; seed one, 

 elliptical. This very curious plant is a native of North 

 America. 



Illecebrum; a genus of the class Pentandria, order Mo- 

 nogynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth five- 

 leaved, cartilaginous, five-cornered, with coloured leaflets, 

 which are sharp with distant points, permanent. Corolla: 

 none. Stamina : filamenta five, capillary, within the calix ; 

 antheree simple. Pistil: germen ovate, sharp, ending in a 

 short bifid style ; stigma simple, obtuse. Pericarp : capsule 

 roundish, acuminate, both ways five-valved, one-celled, co- 

 vered by the caiix. Seed: single, roundish, sharp on both 

 sides, very large. Observe, The fruit in several species is 

 different. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER, Calix: five-leaved, 

 cartilaginous. Corolla: none. Stigma: simple. Capsule: 

 five-valved, one-seeded. The species are, 



1. Illecebrum Brachiatum. Stem upright, herbaceous, 

 brachiate; leaves opposite, even. Spikes several, small, vil- 

 lose, white: annual. Native of the East Indies. 



2. Illecebrum Sanguinolentum. Frutescent : leaves oppo- 

 site ; spikes compound, heaped. Stem usually prostrate, and 

 very much branched ; antheree yellow ; pistil purple. It is 

 a perennial plant ; and a native of the East Indies. 



3. Illecebrum Canariense ; Canary Illecebrum. Shrubby : 

 leaves elliptic, acute; stipules and bractes ovate, shoiter; 

 panicles terminating., dichotomous. This is distinguished 

 from the rest by its woody stem, and terminating dichotomous 

 panicles. Found on the island of Teneriffe. 



4. Illecebrum Lanatum ; Woolly Illecebrum. Leaves ovate, 

 somewhat hairy; spikes lateral ; calices woolly. Stem rigid, 

 somewhat hairy, branched only at the base. It is biennial, 

 and flowers most part of the year; it varies in size. The 

 great Woolly Illecebrum has solitary, not aggregate spikes. 

 Retzius mentions a remarkable variety with round leaves, 



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found in Malabar. This, with all the natives of the East 

 and West Indies, or other hot climates, are tender, and will 

 not thrive in the open air in England ; their seeds therefor* 

 must be sown on a hot-bed, in the spring, with Amaranthus, 

 Gomphrena, and other tender plants ; afterwards, if plunged 

 into the tan-bed in the stove, they will put out roots, whereby 

 they may be propagated in plenty : where seeds cannot be 

 obtained, they may be increased this way, and the perennial 

 sorts by cuttings. 



5. Illecebrum Javanicum ; Spear-leaved Illecebrum. Leaves 

 lanceolate, tomentose ; spikes cylindrical, numerous, termi- 

 nating. Native of the East Indies. 



6. Illecebrum Verticillatum ; Whorled Knot Grass. Flow- 

 ers in whorls, naked ; stems procumbent. Leaves opposite, 

 oval, keeled, fleshy, smooth; flowers small, sitting in the 

 axils of the leaves, white, shining, cartilaginous. Native of 

 many parts of Europe, in wet pastures. It is sometimes 

 found in Devonshire, and the western parts of Cornwall, 

 flowering in July and August. 



7. Illecebrum SufFruticosum ; Shrubby Knot Grass. Flow- 

 ers lateral, solitary ; stems suffruticose. It has woody stems 

 about a foot high, with small leaves like those of Polygonum. 

 It flowers from May to August; and is a native of the south 

 of Europe. This species, as well as the eighth, tenth, and 

 twelfth, which are natives of the south of Europe, may be 

 propagated by seeds sown on a bed of light earth, in the 

 beginning of April ; the plants will come up in May, and 

 should be kept clean from weeds till they are fit to remove, 

 when they should be carefully taken up, planting some of 

 each sort in small pots, and the other in a dry warm border, 

 observing to water and shade them until they have taken 

 new root, after which, those that are planted in the full 

 ground will require no other culture but to keep them clean 

 from weeds ; for in the ordinary winters of England, they 

 will survive in the open air ; but as they are sometimes killed 

 in severe winters, some should be set in pots to be placed 

 in a common frame, where they may enjoy the open air in. 

 mild weather, but be screened from frost. But as their seeds 

 do not constantly ripen, they may also be increased by 

 cuttings, which, if carefully taken off in May and June, and 

 planted in a shady border, will put out roots in two months. 

 In moist weather they may be transplanted, and afterwards 

 treated as the old plants. 



8. Illecebrum Cymosum ; Flat Knot Grass. Spikes cymed, 

 directed one way ; stem diffused. Root annual; stems two 

 to four inches long: leaves obovate, in fours or thereabouts, 

 linear, thickish ; flowers in spikes composed of cymes, both 

 lateral and terminating ; calices coloured, vaulted at the tip, 

 awned ; germen roundish. Native of the isle of Elba, the 

 south of France, and of Portugal. 



9. Illecebrum Aristatum; Bearded Illecebrum. Flowers 

 subfasctcled ; leaves lanceolate, silky, awned. It flowers in 

 June and July. Native of the Canaries. 



10. Illecebrum Paronychia; Mountain Knot Grass. Flow- 

 ers fenced, with shining bractes; stems procumbent; leaves 

 even. The flowers appear in June, and there is generally a 

 succession of them for at least two months ; and when the 

 autumn proves warm, the seeds will ripen at the beginning 

 of October. The heads of flowers come out from the joints 

 of the stalk, having neat silvery bractes surrounding them, 

 which make a pretty appearance. It is perennial, and a 

 native of the south of Europe. 



11. Illecebrum Divaricatum ; Forked Illecebntm. Flowers 

 bracted, subfascicled ; peduncles dichotomous, panicled ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, petioled. It flowers in July and August; 

 and is a native of the Canary Islands. 



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