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HOLLY FAMILY. 



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2. Ilex Cassine L,. Dahoon Holly. 

 (Fig. 2357.) 



Ilex Cassine L. Sp. PI. 125. 1753. 

 Hex Dahoon Walt, Fl. Car. 241. 1788. 



A shrub, or small tree, with maximum 

 height o about 25 and trunk diameter of 

 1 8'. Twigs pubescent; leaves coriaceous, 

 evergreen, oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, 

 2 / -4 / long, Yz f -\' wide, acutish or obtuse at 

 the apex, acute at the base, entire, or with a 

 few sharp teeth, glabrous and dark green 

 above, pale and usually pubescent beneath, es- 

 pecially on the strong midrib; petioles 3 // -4 // 

 long; staminate cymes several- or many-flow- 

 ered; peduncles and pedicels pubescent; fer- 

 tile cymes commonly 3-flowered; calyx-lobes 

 acute, ciliate; drupes red, globose, 2 // ~3 // in 

 diameter, on pedicels of about the same length. 



In low woods, southern Virginia to Florida, 

 near the coast, west to Louisiana. Wood soft, 

 light brown; weight per cubic foot 30 Ibs. May. 



3. Ilex vomitoria Ait. Cassena. Yau- 

 pon. (Fig. 2358.) 



Ilex Cassine Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. Not L. 1753. 

 Ilex vomitoria Ait. Hort. Kew. i: 170. 1789. 



A shrub, or small tree, with maximum height of 

 about 25 and trunk diameter of 4 / -6 / . Petioles 

 and young twigs puberulent; leaves ovate-oblong 

 or elliptic, %'-i%' long, 4 // ~9 // wide, obtuse at 

 both ends, crenate, glabrous, evergreen, pale be- 

 neath, dark green above; petioles i // -2 // long; 

 staminate cymes several-flowered, short-peduncled; 

 fertile cymes sessile, i-3-flowered; pedicels longer 

 than the petioles; calyx-lobes obtuse; drupe glo- 

 bose, red, 2 // -3 // in diameter; nutlets ribbed. 



In low woods, Virginia to Florida, west to Arkansas 

 and Texas. Also in Bermuda. Wood hard, nearly 

 white; weight per cubit foot 45 Ibs. Called also Ap- 

 palachian, Carolina, or South Sea Tea. May. 



4. Ilex glabra (L,.) A. Gray. Inkberry. 

 Evergreen Winterberry. (Fig. 2359.) 



Prinos glaber L. Sp. PI. 330. 1753. 

 Ilex glabra A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 264. 



1856. 



A shrub, 2-6 high. Young twigs and petioles 

 finely puberulent; leaves coriaceous, evergreen, 

 dark green and shining above, paler and dotted 

 beneath, oblanceolate or elliptic, i / -2 / long, 5"- 

 9" wide, generally cuneate at the base, obtusish and 

 few-toothed at the apex, or sometimes entire; pe- 

 tioles 2 // -4 // long; sterile cymes several-flowered, 

 slender-peduncled; fertile flowers generally soli- 

 tary, sometimes 2 or 3 together; calyx-segments 

 acutish or obtuse; drupe black, 2 // -^ // in diameter; 

 nutlets not ribbed. 



In sandy soil, eastern Massachusetts to Florida, 

 west to Louisiana, mainly near the coast. Reported 

 from Nova Scotia. June-July. 



