HOLLY FAMILY. 603 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region and Coast plain. Margins of sandy pine-barren 

 ponds. Mobile County, Whistler, Grand Bay. Flowers white, April; fruit ripe 

 in September, October, dull purplish red. A. low tree 15 to 20 feet high and 4 to 6 

 inches in diameter, with wide-spreading limbs. Not rare. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilex vomitoria Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 : 170. 1789. YAUPON. 



Ilex cassine Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 681. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 108. Chap. Fl. 269. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 111, 

 t. 48. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 56. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia to St. Johns River, 

 Florida west to the Colorado Valley, Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Borders of low sandy woods and open copses, clearings. 

 Mobile County. Baldwin County and outlying islands. Flowers white, April; 

 fruit vermilion red, October; remains until the next flowering season. Large shrub; 

 more frequently small tree 15 to 25 feet high, 4 to 8 inches diameter. Common. 



Economic uses: Leaves used sometimes as a substitute for tea; chief constituent 

 of the "black "drink" of the Indians. 



Type locality : "Native of west Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Ilex decidua Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. PRIVET. DECIDUOUS HOLLY. 



Ilex prinoides Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 : 169. 1789. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 682. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 108. Chap. Fl. 269. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 



2 : 56. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 113, t. 49. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia, Tennessee to Florida, west 

 to Texas, Arkansas, southern Kansas, Missouri, and southern Illinois. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Low wet woods. Winston 

 County, Sipsey Valley. Morgan County, Falkville. Blount County, on Mulberry 

 River. Montgomery County, Pintlalla Creek. Dallas County. Mobile County, 

 Mount Vernon. Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers white, March, April; fruit 

 ripe in October, scarlet, remaining on the bare branches until late in winter. Shrub 

 8 to 10 feet high, rarely arborescent ; frequent. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilex longipes Chap. ; Trelease, Trans. St. Louis Acad. 5 : 346. 1889. 



LONG-PEDUNCLED PRIVET. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 82. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Tennessee and North Carolina. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Upper division of the Coast Pine belt, rocky or 

 gravelly banks of streams. Cullman County, 800 feet. Clarke County, Thornas- 

 ville. Wilcox County (Buckley}. Flowers white, April; ripe fruit not seen. Shrub 



3 to 4 feet high ; infrequent. 



Type locality: "North Carolina (Buckley) to Tennessee (Gattinyer}, Alabama 

 (Btickley, Beaumont), and Louisiana (Drummond)." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilex caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 141. 1788. CAROLINA PRIVET. 



Prinos amUguus Michx. Fl. 2 : 236. 1803. 



Ilex amUgua Chap. Fl. 269. 1860. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 705. Chap. Fl. 269. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Sandy banks of pine-barren streams. Mobile 

 County, Whistler, Bogue Home Creek, Springhill. Flowers white, April ; fruit ripe 

 October, to f inch in diameter, coral red, translucent. Deciduous shrub 4 to 6 feet 

 high, with wandlike branches; not frequent. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilex monticola Gray, Man. ed. 2, 264. 1856. MOUNTAIN PRIVET. 



Ilex montana Gray, Man. 276. 1848. Not Prinus montanus Sw. 1788. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 108. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 633 ; ed. 3, 82. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Mountains of New York and Pennsylvania, 

 south along the Alleghenies to Tennessee and North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Damp rocky banks of brooks. Dekalb County, 

 Lookout Mountain near Mentone, 1,600 feet. Cullman County, 1,000 feet, Jones 

 Chapel, Flowers April ; ripe fruit not seen. Shrub or small tree ; infrequent. 



