CATALOGUE OF FOREST TREES. 



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I. aquifolhtni, Marshall, Arbustum, 63 [not Liuuseus]. Walter, Fl. CaTOlimana,241. 



I. Canadensis, Marshall, Arbustum, 64. 



I. laxiflora, Lamarck, Diet, iii, 147; III. i,355. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1, 117. Eosmerfc Sohultes, Syst.iii, 494; Mant.3.34. 

 De CandoUe, Prodr. ii, 14. Sprengel, Syst. i, 495. Bon, Miller's Diet, ii, 17. Spach, Hist. Veg. ii, 427. Dietrich, Syn. i, 

 555. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 517. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 186. Eatou & Wright, Bot. 282. 



I. querci/olia, Meerburgh, Icon, ii, t. 5. 



Ageritl opaca, Eafiuesque, Sylva Telhiriana, 47. 



AMERICAN HOLLY. 



Quiucy, Massachusetts, southward, near the coast, to Mosquito inlet and Charlotte harbor, Florida, valley of 

 the Mississippi river, southern Indiana southward to the gulf of Mexico, and southwest through Missouri, Arkansas, 

 and eastern Texas to the valley of the Colorado river. 



An evergreen tree, sometimes 15 meters in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 1.20 meter in diameter, or toward its 

 northern limits reduced to a shrub ; generally in low, rather moist soil ; most common and reaching its greatest 

 development in the rich bottoms of southern Arkansas and eastern Texas. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, tough, rather hard, close-grained, very compact, easily worked ; medullary rays 

 numerous, inconspicuous ; color, nearly white, turning to light brown with exposure, the sap-wood still lighter ; 

 specific gravity, 0.5818 ; ash, 0.76 ; used and admirably adapted for cabinet work, interior finish, and turnery of the 

 highest class. 



A bitter principle {Iliein), common to other species of the genus, has been obtained from the fruit of this tree 

 {Am. Jour. Pharm. xxviii, 314. U. 8. Dispensatory, 14 ed. 1670. Nat. Dispensatory, 2 ed. 7fi4). 



34. Ilex Dahoon, Walter, 



Fl. Caroliniaua, 241. Michaax, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 228. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 117. Nuttall, Genera, i, 109. Ecemer & Schultes, Syst. 

 iii, 489 ; Mant. 332. De CandoUe, Prodr. u, 14. Elliott, Sk. ii, 680. Watson, Dend. Brit, ii, t. 114. Sprengel, Syst. i, 495. 

 Audubon, Birds, t. 48. Don, Miller's Diet, ii, 19. Hooker, Jour. Bot. i, 202. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 186. Eaton & Wright, 

 Bot. 282. Spach, Hist. Veg. ii, 428. Dietrich, Syn. i, ,554. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 519. Griffith, Med. Bot. 433. Darby, Bot. S. 

 States, 426. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 269. Curtis in Eep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 58. Wood, Bot. & Fl. 207. 

 Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 306. Vasey, Cat. Fol-est Trees, 8. Maximowicz in Mem. Acad. St. Petersburg, xxix. No. 3, 29. 

 Nat. Dispensatory, 2 ed. 755. 



I. Cassine, Linnseus, Spec. 125, in part. Marshall, Arbustum, 64. Aitou, Hort. Kew. i, 170, in part ; 2 ed. i, 279. Lamarck, 

 Diet, iii, 147; 111. i, 355. Willdenow, Spec.i, 709; Enum. i, 172 ; Hort. Berol. i, t. 31. Nouveau Duhamel, i, 9. 

 Persoon, Syn. 151. Desfontaines, Hist. Arl>. ii, 362. Poiret, Suppl. iii, 65. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 117. Ecemer & 

 Schultes, Syst. iii, 490. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 10. De CandoUe, Prodr. ii, 14. Sprengel, Syst. i, 495. Don, MUler's Diet, 

 ii, 17. Spach, Hist. Veg. ii, 428. Dietrich, Syn. i, 544 Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 517, f. 184. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 

 282. Gceppert in Del. Sem. Vratisl. 1885 {Linncea, xxvi, 746). 



I. Cassine, var. latifolia, Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. i, 278. 



I. cassinoides. Link, Enum. i, 148. Ruemer & Schultes, Syst. iii ; Mant. 332. 



I. lauri/olia, Nuttall in Am. Jour. Sci. 1 ser. v, 289. Eatou, Manual, 6 ed. 186. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 282. 



Ageria palustris, Eafinesque, Sylva Telluriana, 47. 



Ageria obovata, Eafinesque, Sylva TeUuriana, 47. 



Ageria heterophylla, Eafinesque, Sylva Telluriana, 48. 



DAHOON. DAHOON HOLLY. 



Southern Virginia, southward near the coast to Mosquito inlet and Tampa bay, Florida, west along the Gulf 

 coast to the prairie region of western Louisiana. 



A small tree, sometimes 8 meters in height, with a trunk from 0.20 to 0.30 meter in diameter ; low, wet soil ; 

 not common, and running into numerous forms, of which the best marked are 



var. angustifolia, Torrcy & Gray, Fl. N. America, ined. 



I. Cassine, var. angustifolia, WUldenow, Spec, i, 709. Alton, Hort. Kew, 2 ed. i, 278. Nouveau Duhamel, i, 9, t. 3. 



I. angustifolia, Willdenow, Enum. i, 172. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 118. NuttaU, Genera, i. 109. Ecemer & Schultes, Syst. 

 iii, 489. De CandoUe, Prodr. ii, 14. Watson, Dend. Brit, i, t. 4. Sprengel, Syst. i, 495. Don, MUler's Diet, ii, 17. 

 Hooker, Jour. Bot. i, 201. Spach, Hist. Veg. ii, 428. Dietrich, Syn. i, 554. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 517, f. 185. 



