162 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, sharply 

 serrated, flat ; the midribs, petioles, and branch- 

 lets glabrous. The flowers upon lateral corym- 

 bosely branched peduncles. (Dec. Prod.) An 

 evergreen shrub. Lower Carolina to Florida, 

 in shady swamps. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1700. Flowers white ; August. Drupe 

 red ; ripe in December. 



The fruit is rather smaller than that of the com- 

 mon holly ; it continues on the trees the mo.st part 

 of the winter, untouched by birds ; and, being of a 

 bright red, and large in proportion to the leaves, 

 which are about the size of those of the common 

 arbutus, the plant makes a fine appearance, both in 

 its native country and in England. Commonly pro- 

 pagated by seeds ; but it will also strike by cuttings, or it may be grafted on 

 the common holly. 



a 6. I. ANGUSTIFO V LIA Willd. The narrow-leaved Hollv. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 172. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14.; 



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

 Synonymes. I. wyrtifblia Walt. Carol. 241., N. Duh., and Lodd. 



Cat. ; /. rosmarinifolia Lam. III. 1. p. 356. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 1. t. 4. ; and ou- fig. 228. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves linear-lanceolate, sawed at 

 the tip, rather revolute in the margin ; the mid- 

 rib, petiole, and branchlets glabrous. Flowers in 

 stalked lateral cymes. (Dec. Prod.) An evergreen 

 shrub. Height 6 ft. to 10ft. Virginia to Geor- 

 gia, in swamps. Introduced in 1806. Flowers 

 white ; June. Drupe globular and red ; ripe in 

 December. 

 A very handsome species, but not very common. 



There are plants of it at Messrs. Loddiges, and in 



the H. S. Garden, under the name of /. wyrtifolia. 223. /. angustiftiia. 



1 7. 7. VOMITO'RIA Ait. The emetic Holly, or South Sea Tea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 278. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 17. 

 Synonymes. I. Casslne v6ra Walt. Carol. 241. -, /. /igustrina Jacq. Coll. 4. p. 105., Icon. Rar. 



t.310., Wcndl. Hort. t. 31.; Casslne Peragua Mill. Icon. t. 83. f. 2. ; /. Cassena Michx. Fl. 1. 



p. 229. ; I. religibsa Bart. FL Virg. 69. ; /. floridana Lam. III. No. 1731. ; Houx apalachine, Fr. ; 



true Cassene, Cassena, Florida ; the Yapon, Virginia ; the 



evergreen Cassena, or Cassioberry Bush, Eng. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 310. ; Wendl. Hort., t. 31. ; 



Mill. Icon., t. 83. f. 2. ; andour^g. 229. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Leaves oblong or elliptic, 



obtuse at both ends, crenately serrated, and, 



with the branchlets, glabrous. Flowers in 



subsessile lateral umbels. (Dec. Prod.) An 



evergreen low tree. Carolina to Florida, along 



the sea coast. Height 10 ft. to 12 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1700. Flower white ; June and July. 



Drupe red, like that of the common holly ; 



ripe in December. 



Not very common in British collections ; but 

 there are plants of it in Loddiges's arboretum, 

 and in the garden of the Hort. Soc. 



C. Leaves quite entire, or nearly so. 

 1 * 8. /. DAHOO'N Wall. The Dahoon Holly. 



Identification. Wait. Fl. Carol., 241. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14. ; Don'* Mill., 2. p iv. 

 Synonynie. I. Cassinc Willd. Hort. Berol. 1 . t. 31 



829. /Mex TonrJldri*. 



