Nemopanthes. AQUIFOLIACEiE. 6 



3. NEMOPANTHES. Raf. journ. phys. 1819. p. 96; DC. mem. soc. Genev. 1. p. 44. 



MOUNTAIN HOLLY- 

 [P rom the Greek, Tiemos, a grove, ops, eye, and ajrfAos, a flower. Iaktii.wt in LoueUm Enc. pi."] 



Flowers (by abortion) dioecious or polygamous. Calyx very minute. Petals 4 - 5, distinct, 

 linear-oblong, deciduous. Stamens 3-5, longer than the petals. Ovary in the sterile 

 flowers fleshy and abortive, without stigmas : in the fertile, hemispherical ; style none ; 

 stigmas 3-5. Fruit somewhat quadrangular, red : nucules usually 4, smooth, bony. 

 Embryo very minute, at the extremity of fleshy albumen. — A shrub with smooth ovate 

 entire or denticulate deciduous leaves, and minute flowers on long filiform axillary peduncles. 

 Fruit red. 



1. Nemopanthes Canadensis, DC. Mountain Holly. Black Alder. 



DC. I. c, plant, rar. hort. Genev. t. 3, and prodr. 2. p.lQ; Beck, hot. p. 230 ; Hook. 

 fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 122. N. fascicularis, Raf. in Sill, journ. 1. p. 377. Ilex Canadensis, 

 Michx. fi. 2. p. 229. t. 49 ; Pursh, fl.\. p.Wd; Torr. Jl. 1. p. 19A; Bigel.fl. Bost. p. 62. 



A shrub 3-6 feet high. Leaves 1 - 1 J inch long, ovate or oval, fascicled at the extremity 

 of short branches, acute at each end, membranaceous when young, but at length somewhat 

 coriaceous, usually entire, but sometimes with several acute denticulations toward the summit : 

 petioles half an inch long. Flowers on slender pedicels of about an inch in length, which 

 spring from among the fascicles of leaves. Calyx a mere narrow margin. Corolla minute ; 

 the petals spreading. Stamens sometimes 3 : filaments slender : anthers oblong. Fruit the 

 size of a large pea, rather dry, bright scarlet. 



Swamps, or sometimes in rather dry situations ; frequent on mountains, but not uncommon 

 in low grounds. Northern and western part of the State, and on the Catskill mountains. 

 Fl. May - June. Fr. September. I have found this plant on the borders of Hackensack 

 meadows, about one mile from Hoboken. 



Okder LX. EBENACEiE. Vent. The Ebony Tribe. 



Flowers usually polygamous. Calyx 3 - 6-leaved, free from the ovary, persistent. 

 Corolla 3 — 6-cleft, deciduous, somewhat coriaceous, mostly pubescent. Sta- 

 mens twice to four times as many as the lobes of the corolla. Ovary 3 - many- 

 celled, with one or two pendulous ovules in each cell : styles united or distinct: 

 stigmas as many as the cells of the ovary. Fruit a kind of berry, dry or 



