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2 I. Dahoon "Walt. DAHOON HOLLY. Los. oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, smooth 

 shining, ovate or somewhat pointed at each end, beneath pubescent, at least on 

 the midvein, as well as the petioles and pedicels, margin entire or sometimes ser- 

 rate, clusters of fls. pedunculate ; fls. 4-parted. A fine shrub, 5 to ] 2f high, in 

 swamps, Va. to Fla. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, a third as wide, pale beneath. Drupes 

 red, the 4 bony nutlets rugous-ribbed, on tho convex back. May. 



(3. Lvs. larger, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, on very short petioles. Gra. (Dr. Feay). 

 y. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, cuneato at base, mostly entire, acute. Ga. (I. ligus- 

 trina Ell.) 



3 I. Cassdna "Walt. CASSENA TEA. Los. oval, obtuse, crenate, glabrous, shining 

 when old ; clusters about 3-flowered, scarcely peduncled ; fls. 4-parted ; nutlets 

 about 3-ribbed on the convex back. A shining, evergreen, bushy shrub, common 

 in S. States, near the coast, 6 to 15f high. Lvs. little more than 1' long. Fertile 

 fls. nearly sessile, sterile pedicels 2 to 3" long. Drupe scarlet, with 4 bony nut- 

 lets. Mar., Apr. Used by the Creek Indians as a tea. 



4 I. myrtifolia Walt. Lvs. linear-oblong, small, glabrous, acute or submucronate, 

 nearly entire, shining above, branchlets glandular-puberulent ; ped. slender, brac- 

 teolate, corymbously 3 to 9-(lowered, or the fertile 1-flowered ; drupes red. A 

 large shrub 12 to 2 Of high, in the borders of ponds in pine barrens, Md. (Shriver) 

 to Fla. Branches crooked, divaricate, with light gray bark. Lvs. less than 1' 

 in length, shining, rigid, often with a few acute serratures. May. Varies with 

 the branchlets smooth ; Ivs. obtuse, more or less serrate, &e. 



5. I. decichia Walt. Lvs. lanceolate, acute or slightly acuminate at both ends, glab- 

 rous, slightly appressed-serrate ; ped. 1-flowered, short (3" long), the sterile glom- 

 erate, the fertile solitary ; fls. 4 to 5-parted ; cal. ciliate ; nutlets large, obtusely 

 ridged. Shrub G to 9f high, with slender branches, in sandy woods, Car. to Fla., 

 common. Lvs. thin, at flowering time 1-J- to 2' long, tapering to slender petioles. 

 Ped. 2 to 3'' long. Apr. (I. prinoides L.) 



P. URBANA. Lvs. (2 to 3' long) cuneate-oval, obtuse, crenately appressed-ser- 

 rate, dark green, attenuate at base. 111. opposite St. Louis, &c. 



6 I. monticola Gray. Lvs. ovate, obtuse, or subcordate at base, acuminate, glab- 

 rous, serrate, thin ; fls. on short pedicels, 4-parted ; cal. ciliate ; nutlets strongly 

 ridged. Mountain woods, Catskill, N. Y. to Car. Shrub about 6f high. Lvs. 

 large, deciduous, 2 to 4' by 1 to 2', at base acute, obtuse or subcordate. Pedi- 

 cels 3 or more in a cluster, 1 to 2" long. (I. ambigua Torr. N. Y. Fl.) 



2. NEMOPANTHES, Raf. (Gr. vypa, a thread, rcovg, a foot ; 



a flower ; alluding to the slender pedicels.) Calyx 4 to 5-lobed ; pek 

 als 4 to 5, distinct, linear or oblong ; stamens 4 to 5 ; ovary hemis-. 

 pherical ; stigmas 4 to 5, sessile ; fruit a subglobous drupe, with 4 to 5 

 smooth, horny nutlets. Shrubs with alternate, entire, deciduous Ivs. 

 Fls. on slender pedicels, usually dio3cio-polygamous by abortion. Ber- 

 ries red. A genus intermediate between Ilex and Prinos. 



1 N. Canadensis Raf. CANADIAN HOLLY. Lvs. deciduous, oval, very entire, 

 smooth, mucronate-pointed ; ped. nearly solitary, long ; fr. somewhat angular.: 

 A shrub, 4 6f high, with smooth branches, growing in damp or rocky woods, 

 Can., N. Eng. to Mich. Leaves oval or ovate-oblong, about 2' long, on petioles 

 ^ as long. Flowers small, greenish-white; ped. 7 to 12" long. Segments of the 

 corolla acute, long as the stamens. Ovary of the barren flowers pointed, of tho 

 fertile with a 4-lobed stigma. Berries dry, red. May, Jn. (Her, MX.) 



2 N. ambigua. Lvs. oval, entire, mucronate, petiolate, glabrous both sides, 

 ciliate on the margin when young; sterile fls. 4-parted, on slender, aggregated pe-i 

 duncles; fertile solitary, on very long peduncles. Slopes near Flint R, Ga. 

 Shrub 4 to 8f high. Lvs. small, 1 to 2' by 6" to 1'. Sterile pedicels less than 1' 

 in length, fertile more than 1' when in fruit. Berry 4 to 5-seeded, red. Mar., 

 Apr. (Prinos ambiguus MX.) 



3. PRrNOS, L. WINTER-BERRY. (Gr. 7rp/G), to saw ; alluding to 

 the serrated leaves.) Flowers small, habitually 6-parted and perfect, 



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