80 COEOI/LIFLOE^. 



ORD. LL PYROLACE-ZE. 

 OED. LII. MONOTROPACEJE, 



B. Stamens inserted upon the Corolla. (Ord. LIII.-LXYIII.) 



O.BD. LIU. AOTIFOLIACEJE. 

 ILEX. HOLLY. 



Z. Aqmifolium (common ff.) In hedges and woods, frequent. 

 A small tree, sometimes not above a shrub. Leaves evergreen, 

 ovate and pointed, wavy, with a shining surface, and strong spi- 

 nous teeth at their edges ; those of the upper branches often 

 entire and without spines. Flowers white, on short axillary 

 stalks, in thick clusters. Berries bright red. Common in hedges 

 and woods around Torquay, etc. (E. B. t. 496.) T. vi.-vm. 



OED. LIV. OLEACEJE. 



LIGUSTRUM. PRIVET. 



Li. vulgare (Privet.) In hedges and thickets, very frequent. 

 A shrub growing from 6 to 8 or 10 feet high. Leaves small and 

 numerous, on short stalks, oblong or lanceolate. Flowers small and 

 white, in short thick clusters at the ends of the branches. Berries 

 round and black, sometimes, though rarely, yellow. Abundant. 

 Park Hill. Ansti's Cove, etc. (E. B. t. 764.) Sh. vi. vn. 



FRAXINUS. ASH. 



P. excelsior (common A.) Woods and hedges. One of our 

 most handsome trees. Leaves pinnate, with from 4 to 8 pairs of 

 broadly lanceolate leaflets. Flowers, which are without calyx or 

 corolla, appear before the leaves. Common. (E. B. t. 1692.) 

 T. iv. v. 



