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Engravings. Willd. Hort. Berol., t. 31., under the name of /. Cassine ; oar Jig. 230. from a plant 

 in Loddiges's arboretum, and j?^. 231. from the Hort. Berolin. 



Spec. Char., Si-r. Leaves lanceolately elliptical, nearly entire, almost revolute 

 in the margin ; the midrib, petiole, and branchlets villous. Flowers dis- 

 posed in corymbose panicles, that are upon lateral and terminal peduncles. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A beautiful evergreen shrub or low tree. Carolina to Flo- 

 rida, in swamps. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1726. Flowers white; 

 May and June. Drupe red ; ripe in December. 

 The leaves of this species are very numerous, 



and resemble those of Laurus Borbonzrt. The 



plant is rare in British gardens, and seldom ripens 



riex Dahodn 



riex Daho&n. 



fruit. It is most commonly kept in green-houses or pits : but there was a 

 plant in 18.36 in the open air, in the Mile End Nursery, which was 20 ft. high, 

 with a head 30 ft. in diameter ; and which had stood there many years, with- 

 out the slightest protection. 



Other Species ofVlex are described by authors as natives of North America 

 and Nepal, some of which are introduced, and may probably be found hardy, 

 Dut we can state nothing with certainty respecting them. In this genus, as 

 in most others containing numerous species which are not in general cultiva- 

 tion, there is a great deal of uncertainty. /. Cassine, I. vomitona and /. 

 Dahoon are probably the same species. 



Genus III. 



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PRPNOS L. The Prinos, or Winter Berry. lAn. St/st. Hexandria 

 Monogynia, or Polygamia Dioe^cia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 461. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 16. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 20. 

 Syytonyines. Agdria Adans.Fam. 2. p. 166.; Apalanche, Fr. ; Winterbeere, Ger. 

 Derivation. From prinos, the Greek name for the holly, which the present genus much resembles ; 

 or, according to others, from prion, a saw, on account of the serrated leaves of the species. 



Gen, Char. Flowers 6-cleft, hexandrous ; usually dicEcious, or polygamous 

 from abortion. Fruit with 6 nuts. In other respects the character is the 

 same as that of Tlex. {DorCs Mill.) 



Leaves simple, axillary, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen ; oval or 

 lanceolate, entire or serrated ; dying off of a greenish yellow. Floivers 

 on axillary pedicels, usually single, small, mostly white. Shrubs, ever- 

 green and deciduous ; natives of North America. 



In habit of growth the species are all more or less fastigiate, and send up 

 numerous suckers from the collar ; but, if these were removed, the plants 



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