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3. Ilex decidua Walter. Deciduous Holly. A shrub or 

 small much branched tree with thin warty bark. Leaves obo- 

 vate. thick, deciduous, notched or blunt at the apex, light 

 green, sparingly serrate, wedge-shaped at base. Flowers stam- 

 inate and pistillate. Fruit red, or orange colored, globose 

 drupes. Used for decoration but less prized than the preced- 

 ing species. 



In low ground, Virginia, Illinois, Kansas, Florida and Texas. 



CELOSTRACEAE Lindley. 



Euonymus L. Burning Bush. 



Euonymus atropurpusens. Commonly a shrub, but some- 

 times a small tree 20'-25' high and 4'-6' in diameter with thin 

 ;gray bark, spreading branches and slender branchlets. Leaves 

 opposite, elliptical, ovate, finely serrate, pointed at the apex, 

 2'-5' long, l'-2' wide, light green and smooth. Flowers in 

 axillary cymes. Fruit a fleshy 4-lobed capsule which spreads 

 open when ripe exposing the bright red seeds. 



New York to Nebraska, Dakota, Kansas, Florida, Arkansas 

 and Texas. 



A beautiful shrub, particularly in autumn after the capsules 

 open. 



AESCULACEAE Lindley. The Buckeye Family. 



Aesculus. The Buckeyes. 



Trees with brown or gray, scaly bark, stout twigs, large 

 sealy buds; opposite palmately compound leaves; large showy 

 flowers in terminal panicles and three lobed, yellowish green 

 capsules. 



Flowers reddish. 



Leaves densely hairy beneath 1. A. austrina. 



Leaves smooth beneath 2. A. pavia. 



Flowers yellowish 3. A. octandra. 



1. Aesculus austrina Small. Southern Buckeye. A shrub 

 or small narrow topped tree 'sometimes 30 high with stout 

 branches, light brown, smooth bark and drooping branchlets. 



