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

 Introduced in 1744. Flowers white ; May and June. Drupe scarlet ; ripe 

 in December, remaining on the trees all the winter. 



Vmieti/. 



1 I. o, 2 laxiflora, I. laxiflora Lam., I. opaca var. Kutt., has the flowers 

 on loosely branched peduncles, and the drupe yellow. Introduced 

 in 1811. Several other varieties are mentioned by Rafinesque. 



*?;. riciopfeca. 



In America, this species is applied to all the usls which "^^j^ 

 tiie common holly is in Euro[)e. It forms hedges ; is an "^* '^^ 

 ornamental tree or shrub in gardens; is em[)Ioyed for 

 making birdlime; and the wood is used in turnery and 

 cabinetmaking. Propagation as in the common holly. 



Ylex magellanica {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 1837-8 against a wall. 



225. J. riiagpll&iiicn. 



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

 a 4. /. Perddo Ait. The Perado Holly. 



Identificution. 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., S;c. Leaves ovate, with an entire acumen, 

 or having very kv7 teeth, shining. Umbels short, ax- 

 illary, few-flowered. (Don's Mill.) An evergreen 

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

 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 

 Perado. any protection, uninjured. 



C'ASsfNE Ait. The Cassme-lilie, 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. AqmtbMum carolinense Catesb. Car. l.t. 31. ; /. caroliniana Mill. Diet. iio. 3.; I. 



cassindides Lint hnum. 1. p. 143. ; the Cassena of the American Indians; Rqfin. 

 Engravings. Catesb. Car., l.t. 31. ; and our 7?^. 227. 



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