Ilex.'] TETRANDKIA TETRAGYNIA. 67 



and J. Barton, Bsq. Jersey ; Mr Haslam, Mr Christy (1837). FL 

 July. 0. — A most interesting- addition to onr British Flora, discovered 

 in 1827. It is frequent on the continent of Europe, in North America 

 and the temperate parts of Asia. 



16. Sanguisorba. Linn. Burnet. 



1. 8. officindlis, L. (great Burnet); glabrous, spikes ovate, 

 stamens about as long as the perianth. E. Bot. t. 13] 2. — /3. 

 spikes cylindrical. Sin. E. FL v. i. jy. 219. 



Low moist meadows and pastures, on a calcareous soil ; chiefly in the 

 north of England ; more rare in the lowlands of Scotland. — /3. West of 

 Scotland, G. Bon. FL June, July. y. 1 — 2 f. high, branching up- 

 ward. Leaves pinnate with a terminal leaflet; the rest of the leaflets 

 opposite, all ovate, somewhat cordate at the base, glabrous, strongly- 

 serrated, petioled : at the base of each pair of petioles are two small 

 toothed appendages in the larger leaves ; these are wanting in some spe- 

 cimens. Heads o'i flowers much crowded, dark purple. Lbnb of the 

 perianth in 4 ovate segments, its tube enveloping- the germen and hav- 

 ing at its base 4 ciliated scales or bructeas (culgx of many authors). 

 Seed 1, rarely 2. 



TETRANDRIA— DIGYNIA. 



17. BuFFoNiA. Sauv. Buffonia. 



1 *^B. annua, DC. {ctnnual Buffonia) ; stem loosely panicled 

 from the base, branches spreading- short firm, stride on the calyx 

 straight parallel, capsules scarcely so long as the cal., leaves 

 subulate spreading at the base. DC. — B. tenuifolia, E. Bot. t. 

 1813, (jiotof Linn, which is B. pe?-enjiis, BC) 



Said to have been found in Plukenet's and Dillenius' time, about 

 Boston in Lincolnshire, and on Hounslow Heath : but no one has seen it 

 there since. Sir Joseph Banks was jiersuaded that, in Lincolnshire, the 

 Hupleurum tenidssimum had been mistaken for it. FL June. 0. {Sm.) 



TETRANDRIA— TETRAGYNIA. 



18. Ilex. Litm. Holly. 



1. I. Aquifolium, L. (cotnmon Holly); leaves ovate acute shin- 

 ing waved with spinous teeth, peduncles .ixillary short many- 

 flowered, flowers subumbellate. E. Bot. t. 496. 



Frequent in hedges and woods, especially in a light or gravell}' soil. 

 FL May, June. T2 . — A small evergreen tree of great beaut}% with smooth 

 grayish bark. Leaves alternate, deep shining green, very rigid, the upper 

 ones fjuite entire, the lower ones generally edged with strong- sharp 

 spines. This difference in the foliage has not escaped the notice of 

 Poets, ^hefloicers are somewhat umbellate, and spring from the axils 

 of the leaves. Cal. slightly hairy, small. Cor. white. Berries bright 

 scarlet. — Excellent for fences, as it bears clipping-. The wood is hard 

 and white and presents a beautiful surface ; whence it is much em- 

 ployed for turnery work, for drawing upon, for knife-h-andles, &c. Of 

 the bark, bird-lime is made. With the leaves and berries our houses 

 and churches are adorned at Christmas, a relic probably of Druidism, 

 during the prevalence of which Dr Chandler tells us, " houses were 



