ILEX 



797 



more; style very short: fr. a berry-like drupe, with usu- 

 ally 4 bony 1-seeded stones. 



Index of names accounted for below, besides those in 

 the supplementary list : 



A. Foliage evergreen. 



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



c. Fls. in axillary clusters on brandies of previous 



year. 



1. Aquifdlium, Linn. European Holly. Fig. 1123. 

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

 an oblong or pyramidal head, in cultivation often 

 shrubby, glabrous: lvs. short-petioled, usu;illy c.vatc or 

 oblong-ovate, waved and with strong. N|.iiiv t. , ih, -liin- 

 ing, IJ2-3 in. long: fr. scarlet, globular, slnnin-. .-ihty, 

 June. Southern and middle Eu., westirn .\^i:i. 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 important and most distinct are de- 

 scribed below. Osmantlius AquifoUum, Sieb. & Zucc, 

 an oleaceous shrub, which may readily be known by its 

 opposite leaves, is occasionally supplied by dealers as a 

 variety of Ilex AquifoUum. 



(a.) Foliage green. 



(b.) Lvs. spiny -toothed. 



(c.) Sise of lvs. large, about 2-i in. long. 



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

 rather plain, with numerous teeth. 3. Var. ferox, Loud. 

 (/. ec7ttnd<a, Mill.). Lvs. of medium size, with strong 

 teeth and numerous small spines on the upper convex 

 surface. A very distinct varit'ty, known as Hedgehog 

 Holly. N. 2:175. 4. Var. latifolia. Loud. Lvs. oval to 

 3M in. long, with rather few, divaricate teeth. G.C. II. 

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

 to 3J4 in. long, with divaricate spines, thick, deep green. 

 G. Var. princeps, Moore. Lvs. broadly ovate, to 4% 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. 

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

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

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

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

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

 G.C H.2:7.">1. A very small-leaved form, but var. line- 

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



10. Var. myrtifolia, Hort. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 1-lK 

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



11. Var. serratifblia, 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. heterophylla. Loud. Lvs. oval or elliptic- 

 ovate, about 2% in. long, 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- 

 ginita, Loud. Lvs. broadly ovate, sometimes twisted 

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

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

 and rounded at the apex, rarely pointed, lK-2 in. long, 

 with thickened, wavy entire margin. G. C. II. 2:813. 

 10. Var. tOTtudsa, Hort. (var. crispa, Hort.). Lvs. oval 

 and spirally twisted, with revolute margin, entire or 

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



II. 



513. 



(aa.) Foliage variegated. 

 (b.) Lvs. spiny-toothed. 

 17. Var. 41ho-margin4ta, Loud. (var. argenteo-margi- 

 7iAta , Hort. } . Lvs. broadly ovate, to 2}>i in. long, with 

 numerous irregular spines, dark green, the disk mottled 

 with grayish green, with rather narrow silvery margin. 

 18. Var. alho-piota, Loud. (var. argenteo-medio-picta, 

 Hort.). Lvs. ovate, with divaricate spines, dark green, 

 with a whitish center and a narrow, irregular, silvery 

 margin. G.C. II. 4:687. 19. Var. ailreo-macultlta, Hort. 



Lvs. oblong-oval, 2M in. long, with distant triangular, 

 somewhat divaricate spines, with a large creamy white 

 blotch in the center, outer part of the margin dark 

 green, inner part mottled pale grav. 2U. Var. ailreo-re- 

 gina, Hort. iv;,r. ,..,,--, „.--,;,.;■,, and var. latifolia 

 marginata. U..'. I, n, to 3 in. long, 



with .strongly .: >. :< ,1 with gray and 



green, with a l.r".i<i, imu- ^..i.i.ri vellow margin. 



G.C. 11.5:44. 1^1. Var. aureo-picta latiioiia, Hort. Lvs. 

 ovate or broadly ovate, 2 in. or more lung, with a large. 

 branching, deep yellow blotch in the midillr, and with 

 an irregular, deep glos.sy green margin. (i.C. II. ir.i'Ci. 

 22. Var. fdrox argentea, Loud. Like var. ferox, but the 

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

 5:44. 23. Var. Krox aurea. Loud., is like the former, 

 but with yellow spines and margin. 



(bb.) Lvs. spineless or mostly so. 



24. Var. heterophylla aureo-picta, Hort. Lvs. ovate, 

 flat, sometimes with few spines, about 214 in. long, 

 marked in the middle with a broad feathery blotch of 

 bright yellow. G. C. II. 6:389. 25. Var. Sc6tica aurea, 

 Hort. Lvs. obovate, blunt, slightly wav}', about 1% in. 

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

 of dwarf habit. 26. Var. ■Wateriii.na, Hort. Lvs. oblong 

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

 obtuse, about 2 in. long, mottled with gray and j'ellow- 

 ish green and edged with a broad, irregular golden 

 band. G.C. 11.6:233. 



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

 liiteo, with yellow, and 28, var. fructu aurantlaco, with 

 orange berries; 29, var. p§ndula, with pendulous 

 branches and 30, var. pyramidilis, with ascending 

 branches, forming a narrow, oblong head. 



31. comiita, Lindl. Shnibby, with short spreading 

 branfhi'<, L'lalin.u- : lvs. olilong, with 3 strong spines 

 at tht* liilatt'i ap'\. ami witli 1-2 Strong spines on each 

 side of ilic truiiratr l.asr, hut rounded and spineless at 

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

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

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

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



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

 on this year's groivth. 



32. op&ca. Ait. (/. guercifdlia, Meerb.). American 

 H0U.Y. Fig. 1124. Tree,with spreading short branches. 



