ILEX 



797 



more; style very short : fr. a berry-like drupe, witb usi 

 ally 4 bony 1-seeded stones. 



Index of names accounted for below, besides those : 

 the supplementary list: 



A. Foliage evergreen. 

 B. IfVS, with coarse, spiny teeth, rarely mostly entire. 

 c. Fls. ill axillary clusters on branches of previous 



1. Aquiidlium, Linn. European Hollt. Fig. 1123. 

 Tree, to 40 ft., with .short, spreading branches, forming 

 an oblong or pyramidal head, in cultivation often 

 shrubby, glabrous : Ivs. short-petioled, usually ovate or 

 oblong-ovate, waved and with strong, spiny teeth, shin- 

 ing, l>^-3 in. long: fr. scarlet, globular, shining. May, 

 June. Southern and middle Eu., western Asia, China. 

 Gng. 4:83. — A very variable species. A full account of 

 the numerous varieties cult, in England is given by T. 

 Moore in G.C. II. 2, p. 433, 519, 687, 751, 812 ; 4, p. 687, 

 741; 5, p. 43, 365, 437, 624; 6, p. 232, 389, 616, where 153 

 varieties are described and many of them figured. 

 Some of the most iiiii">i-t;int. and most distinct are de- 

 scribed below. Osnin„lln,.< .1 ./ ,n i<'l I ,im, Sieb. & Zucc, 

 an oleaceoiis shrub, wlii.h m.iy icailily be known by its 

 opposite leaves, is <M-.-:isiuiialiv .supplied by dealers as a 

 variety of Ihs Aquihlium. 



(a.) Foliage green. 



(b.) Lfs. spiny 'toothed. 



(c.) Si^e of Ivs. large, abottt 2-i in. long. 



2. Var. Alteclar6nsis, Hort. Lvs. oval, large, thin and 

 rather plain, witb numerous teeth. 3. Var. J^rox, Loud. 

 (/. eehiiidta, Mill.). Lvs. of medium size, with strong 

 teeth and numerous small spines on the upper convex 

 surface. A v^i y di^iin.-t variety, known as Hedgehog 

 Hollv. X.2:K."i. I, \ai-. latifolia, Loud. Lvs. oval to 

 3H in. luuK. witli i:itli.r f.-w, divaricate teeth. G.C. II. 

 2:433. 5. Var. platyphyllos, Hort. Lvs. broadly ovate, 

 to 3H in. long, with divaricate spines, thick, deep green. 

 6. Var. prineeps, Moore. Lvs. broadly ovate, to 4J^ in. 

 long, with strong, regular spines, dark green, with 

 prominent veins below. G.C. II. 13:45. 



(cc.) Size of lvs. small, 1-2 in. long. 

 7. Var. Handsworthensis, Hort. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 ■with numerous, moderately divaricate spines, projected 

 toward the apex, glossy green. G. C. II. 2:519. 8. Var. 

 hastata, Hort. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, halbert-shaped: 

 spines large, usually only 2-4 on each side at the base, 

 the upper half usually entire. G. C. 11. 2:687. 9. Var. 

 microphylla, Hort. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, about 1 in. 

 long, shining green, with small, equal plane spines. 

 G.C. II. 2:751. A very small-leaved form, but var. line- 

 ata is still smaller, and has the smallest lvs. of all. 



10. Var. myrtiSdIia, Hort. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 1-1 Ji 

 in. long, moderately spiny, rarely entire. G.C. II. 2:687. 



11. Var. serratiidlia. Loud. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, stiff, 

 •with numerous small spiny teeth. G.C. II. 2:687. 



(bb.) Lvs. all or most of them without spines. 

 12. Var. heterophJUa, Loud. Lvs. oval or elliptic- 

 ovate, about 2H in. Icng, sometimes twisted near the 

 apex, entire or with few spiny teeth, G. C. II. 2:519. 



13. Var. laurifdlia, Loud. Lvs. ovate to elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, 2-3 in. long, usually quite entire. 14. Var. mar- 

 ginata, Loud. Lvs. broadly ovate, sometimes twisted 

 near the apex, with thickened entire margin. G. C. II. 

 2:813. 15. Var. Sc6tica, Hort. Lvs. oval-obovate, blunt 

 and rounded at the apex, rarely pointed, l>^-2 in. long, 

 ■with thickened, wa^vy entire margin. G. C. II. 2:813. 

 16. Var. tortudsa, Hort. (var. erispa, Hort.). Lvs. oval 

 and spirally twisted, with revolute margin, entire or 

 with few spines, about 2 in. long: of dense habit. G.C. 

 11.2:813. 



(aa.) Foliage variegated. 

 (b.) Lvs. spiny-toothed. 

 17. Var. dibo-marginata, Loud. (var. argenteo-margi- 

 ncita,llort.). Lvs. broadly ovate, to 2K in. long, with 

 numerous irre,:,Mil;ir spinis. <l;irk green, the disk mottled 

 with grayish i:i< . n, wJMi imiIi. r narrow silvery margin. 

 18. Var. albo-picta, I, "ml. i var. argenteo-medio-picta, 

 Hort.). Lvs. ovair. \viili .livaricate spines, dark green, 

 with a whitisli center and a narrow, irregtilar, silvery 

 margin. G.C. II. 4:087. 19. Var. aireo-maculita, Hort. 



Lvs. oblong-oval, 214 in. long. i 

 somewhat divaricate spines, wit 

 blotch in the center, outer ]ia 

 green, inner part mottled pale ;: 

 glna, Hort. (var. aurea manji 



with stniiii;ly divariratf sinm-^. inc.ttlr.l with i;r: 

 green. Willi a l.r.iaii. cmim inii.Mis i;-"l.liii m. II. ,\v margin. 

 G.C. II. .">:14. 'Jl. \'ar. aureo-picta latifolia, licit. Lvs. 

 ovate or liroatily ovate, 2 in. or more long, with a large, 

 branching, deep yellow blotch in the middle, and with 

 an irregular, deep glossy green margin. G.C. II. 5:624. 

 22. Var. ferox argSntea, Loud. Like var. ferox, but the 

 margin and the surface spines creamy white. G. C. II. 

 5:44. 23. Var. f^rox atirea. Loud., is like the former, 

 but with yellow spines and margin. 



(bb.) Lvs. spineless or mostly so. 



24. Var. heteroph:^lla aureo-pfcta, Hort. Lvs. ovate, 

 flat, sometimes with few spines, about 2K in. long, 

 marked in the middle with a broad feathery blotch of 

 bright yellow. G.C. II. 6:389. 25. Var. SoOtioa aurea, 

 Hort. Lvs. obovate, blunt, slightly wavy, about 13^ in. 

 long, dark, mottled green, with a broad golden margin: 

 of dwarf habit. 26. Var. Wateriina, Hort. Lvs. oblong 

 or ovate, with a few spines, or entire and plain and 

 obtuse, about 2 in. long, mottled with gray and yellow- 

 ish green and edged with a broad, irregular golden 

 band. G.C. II. 0:233. 



There are also some other vars., as, 27, var. fruetu 

 Itlteo, with yellow, and 28, var. fructu aurantiaco, with 

 orange berries; 29, var. pendula, with pendulous 

 branches and 30, var. pyramidalis, with ascending 

 branches, forming a narrow, oblong head. 



31. comtita, Lindl. Shrubby, with short spreading 

 branches, glabrous: lvs. oblong, with 3 strong spines 

 at the dilated apex, and with 1-2 strong spines on each 

 side of the truncate base, but rounded and spineless at 

 the base on older plants, dark glossy green above, 2-4 

 in. long: fr. scarlet, clustered, short-pedicelled. June, 

 July. N.China. P.P. G. 1, p. 43. G.C. 1850:311. F.S. 7, 

 p. 216; 9:895. B.M.5059. 



cc. Fls. in 1-few-fld. axillary, peduncled cymes, 

 on this year's growth. 



32. opica. Ait. (/. quercifolia, Meerb.). American 

 Holly. Fig. 1124. Tree, with spreading short branches. 



