264 AQUIFOLIACEJE. (HOLLY FAMILY.) 



4. I. Daliooii, Walt. (DAHOON HOLLY.) Lear /e or oblong, 

 entire, or sharply vrrnte towards the apex, with revolute margins (2' -3' iong), 

 the midrib and peduncles pubescent f calyx-teeth ovule. Swamps, coast of Virginia 

 aiul southward. June. 



{ 2. PBLNOlDES. Parts of 1/te (polygamous) flower* in fours or fires (ran It/ in 

 sixes) : drupe rtd or purple, the nutlets striate-ribbed (tlie dorsal ribs nearly simple) : 

 leaves ta&nbrcuiaceotu and deciduous : shrubs. 



5. I. di'Cadtia, Walt. Leaves wedge-oblong or lancc-olf>r<,t,', obtusely serrate, 

 dmvny on the. midrib beneath ; peduncles of the sterile flowers longer than the 

 petioles, of the fertile short; calyx-teeth smooth, acute. Wet grounds, Vir- 

 ginia, Illinois, and southward. May. 



6. I. lllOHticola. Leaves ovate or lance-oblong, ample (3' -5' long), smooth, 

 sharply serrate ; fertile flowers very short-peduncle d ; calyx ciliate. ( 



Toir. I. montiina, ed. 1, not Prinos montanus, Sw.) Damp woods, Taconio 

 and Catskiil Mountains, New York, and Alleghanies from Penn. southward. 



$ 3. PIllNOS, L. Paris of the sterile flowers in fours, fives, or sixes, those of the 

 fertile flowers commonly in sixes (rarely in fives, sea us, or eig'its) : nutlets smooth 

 and even : shrubs. 



# Leaves deciduous : flowers in sessile dusters or solitary : fruit scarlet. 



7. I. verlH'iil Ma. (BLACK ALDER. WINTEKBEERY.) Leaves obo- 

 vate, oval, or wedge-lanceolate, pointed, acute at the base, serrate, downy on the 

 veins beneath ; flowers all very sliort-peduncled. (Prinos verticil latus, L.) Low 

 grounds ; common, especially northward. May, June. 



8. I. Iiiivig'frSa. (SMOOTH WINTERBERRY.) Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, pointed at both ends, appresscd-scrrulate, shining- above, be- 

 neath mostly glabrous ; sterile flowers long-peduncltd. (Prinos laavigalns, Pursh.) 

 Wet grounds, Maine to the mountains of Virginia. June. Fruit larger 

 than in No. 7, ripening earlier in the autumn. 



# # Leaves coriaceous and evergreen, shining above, often black-dotted beneath : fntit 

 black. (W interim, Ma m-h.) 



9. I* girsbra* (INKBERRY.) Leaves wedge-lanceolate or oblong, spar- 

 ingly toothed towards the apex, smooth; peduncles (' long) of the sterile 

 flowers 3-6-flowcred, of the fertile 1 -flowered; calyx-teeth rather blunt. (Pri- 

 nos glabcr, //.) Sandy grounds, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, to Virginia and 

 southward near the coast. June. Shrub 2 -3 high. 



2. NEJttOPiNTHES, llaf. MOUNTAIN HOLLY. 



Flowers polygamo-diom'ous. Calyx in the sterile flowers of 4-5 minute de- 

 ciduous teeth ; in the fertile ones obsolete. Trials 4-5, oblong-linear, widely 

 spreading, distinct Stamens 4-5: filaments slender. Drupe with 4- 5 bony 

 nutlets, light red. A ranch-branched shrub, with ash-gray bark, alternate and 



oblong deciduous leaves on slender petioles, entire, or slightly toothed, smooth. 

 Flowers on long and slender axillary peduncles, solitary, or sparingly clu>t'Tcd. 

 (Name said by the author of the genus to mean " flower with a filiform peduu- 



