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Ohdek CCXXX. AQUIPOLIAI 



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v --- '■■■■■■" ■•■ iorshrubs,i se brand 



oppose, simple, lealW without stipules. I, 

 solitary or clustered, sometimes • . by abortion. 

 Sepals 1 to 6, imbricated in aestivation. Corolla 

 i- to 6-parted, bypogynous, imbricated in awtivatioa 

 Stamens inserted into thi . alternate witb its 



jmenta ; filaments erect ; anthers adi 

 opening longitudinally. Disk none. Ovar) fl sby, 

 superior, Bomewhat truncate, with from 2 to 

 more cells ; ovules Bobtary, anatro] al, pi ndul 

 and often hanging from a cup-shaped funiculus; 

 m:i subsessile, iobed. Fruit fleshy, ind 



wiili from 2to6ori -e s< «. Seed suspen 



nearly Bessile ; albumen large, flesh j ; embryo small, 

 2-lobed, lying next the hilum, with ininuu 

 dons, and a superior radicle. 



These bushes and trees were formerly included in 

 Rhamnads by most Botanists, but have been well 

 distinguished by Ad. Brongniart, who remarks tliat 

 ili-- BUggi Btion of Jussieu, in his i 

 that HoUyworts ought probably to be placed i 

 Sapotads or Ebenads, will probably be adopted 



From Spindletrees, with which the Order is i- 



bined in Borne modern works, it diners in the form 

 "i ili.- calyx and corolla, in the disposition and in- 



tion of die Btamens, and especially in the strucl 

 "l the ovary and fruit In th< Be respects Hollyu 

 are found by Brongniari to agree so completely with 

 Ebenads, that that Order does not, in fact, dil 

 ntially from HoUyworts, exo pi in chara I 



* M 'dary order, such as the calyx and corolla b 



« ss deeply dii ided, the Btamens often double the num- 

 ber of tin- segments of the corolla, the style some- 

 times divided, the cells of the ovary usually contain- 

 ing 2 collateral ovules, and, finally, in the cells oi i 



' HoUyworts. Y..n Martius places them m 

 resides in their monopetalous corolla, axilo puv • 

 minute embryo, lying in the baseol flesliy albun 

 the want of stipules, from Dogbanes in tlieir simpli 

 long style, the stigmas of which never have a i 

 peculiar silky corolla with a twisted imbricat' 

 stantly definite in number, and in the still more niin it 

 Found sparingly in various parts ol the world, 



America, and the Cape of G 1 Hope 



the common Holly, in Europe. 



the bark and berries of Prinos verticillatus 

 pertics ol vegetable, astringent, and tonic medicim -. 

 ■re highly spoken oi by American practitioners; 

 Bigelow asserts that tliey are emetic. \ 

 Uragogn is a mosl powerful diuretic, ll 

 Holly (Hex aquifolium), are equal 









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