BED OR REDDISH PURPLE 



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The sterile or partly sterile ones grow in clusters, 

 usually in the axils. The fertile ones are 

 solitary. 



AMERICAN HOLLY (Ilex opacd) 



This is a small tree with light gray bark, 

 lighter than that of the beech, which it some- 

 what resembles. Its evergreen leaves and bright 



