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said to be absent from the Order, but in seedlings and in the young 

 growth of the above-named species small stipule-like bodies are 

 present as described). 



No. 1. Oblong-ovate, serrate, teeth acute, spiny. 



No. 2. Lanceolate-oblong, teeth similar. 



End of growth of first season. 



Nos. 3 and 4. Spathulate, serrulate scales. 



No. 5. Broadly oblong, obtuse, cuneate at the base, serrate, 

 teeth spiny. 



No. 6. Oblong, acuminate, cuneate at the base, serrate, teeth 

 rather distant and spiny. 



Ilex myrtifolia, Lam. (fig. 241). 



Hypocotyl woody, erect (or decumbent accidental?), dull green, 

 1*3 cm. above the soil. 



Cotyledons ovate, obtuse, emarginate, persistent, shortly petio- 

 late, glabrous, deep green, alternately but obscurely penninerved ; 

 lamina 7-9 mm. long, 3-4-5 mm. broad ; the cotyledons of some of 

 the seedlings are so narrow as to be oblong, otherwise they do not 

 differ from the type ; petiole flattened or slightly grooved above, 

 1-25-2-25 mm. long. 



Stem woody, erect, terete, dull green, minutely pubescent ; 1st 

 internode 4 mm. long ; 2nd 2 mm. ; 3rd 3 mm. ; 4th 4 mm. ; 5th 

 5-25 mm. ; 6th and 7th each 8 mm. ; 8th 9 mm. ; 9th 1-2 cm. ; 

 10th 1-5 cm. 



Leaves obscurely, alternately penninerved, with the midrib and 

 primary veins somewhat of a milky-white, paler beneath ; petioles 

 very short, channelled above ; stipules small, subulate, acute, black, 

 deciduous, or rather caducous. 



Nos. 1-5 inclusive. Oval, obtuse, apiculate, with a few acute 

 serratures on each side. 



Nos. 6-10 inclusive. Oblong, obtuse, apiculate, distantly and 

 acutely serrate on the upper half. 



CELASTRINE.E. 



Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. i. 357. 



Fruit and Seed. The ovary is two- to five-, very frequently 

 four- celled as in many species of Euonymus, although this is 

 not constant even on the same tree. One-celled ovaries are ex- 

 ceptional, but occur in Llavea, Glossopetalum, and Cathastrum. 



