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/LEX. 



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to Carolina. Height in England 10 ft. to 20 ft. ; in Carolina 60 ft. to 80 ft. 

 Introduced in 1 744. Flowers white ; May and June. Drupe scarlet ; ripe 

 in December, remaining on the trees all the winter. 

 Variety, 



* I. o. 2 laxiflora, I. laxiflora Lam., I. opaca var. Nutt., has the flowers 

 on loosely branched peduncles, and the drupe yellow. Introduced 

 in J811. Several other varieties are mentioned by Rafinesque. 



opaca. 



In America, this species is applied to all the uses which 

 the common holly is in Europe. It forms hedges ; is an 

 ornamental tree or shrub in gardens; is employed for 

 making birdlime; and the wood is used in turnery and 

 cabinetmaking. Propagation as in the common holly. 



Ylex mageUdnica (Jig. 225.), of which there is a small 

 plant in the Hort. Soc. Garden, promises to be a very 

 handsome species, and tolerably hardy, as it stood the 

 winter of 1*837-8 against a wall. 



Z l if> I. t.iagel] Anica. 



B. Leaves toothed, serrated, or crenate, but not spiny. 

 a 4. /. Pet ado Ait. The Perado Holly. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 169. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 17. 



Synonyme. I. maderensis Lam. Diet. 3. p. 146. 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., v. t. 35.; Bot Cab., t. 549., ; and our fig. 226. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, with an entire acumen, 

 or having very few teeth, shining. Umbels short, ax- 

 illary, few-flowered. (Don's Mi/I.) An evergreen 

 shrub. Madeira. Height in England 5ft. to 10ft. 

 Introduced in 1760. Flowers white or reddish ; May 

 and June. Drupe large, red ; ripe in October. 

 Commonly treated as a green-house plant, but quite 

 hardy in the Hort. Soc. Garden ; where, and also in se- 

 veral other places, it stood the winter of 1837-8, without 

 any protection, uninjured. 



* 5. /. CASsfNE Ait. The Cassine-like, or broad-leaved Dahoon, Holly. 

 Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 170. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14. ; Pursh Fl. Am. Sep. 1. p. 117. ; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 17. 

 Synonymes. ^quifblium carolinnse Catesb. Car. 1. 1. 31.; /. caroliniana MM. Diet. No. 3.; Z 



cassmbldes Link Enum. 1. p. 143. ; the Cassena of the American lndians : Httfin. 

 Engravings. Catesb. Car'., l.t. 31.; and our Jig. 227. 



