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long as the seed. — Not uncommon in damp woods. — October, 

 November. 



The wood is white, its fibres fine and flexible. The twigs 

 were formerly used in the imposture of the diving, or mineral 

 rods, supposed to indicate the existence of precious ores. 



71. SANGUISORBA. 

 Sanguisorba Canadensis. L. Canada Burnet. 



Spikes very long, cylindrical ; stamens many times 

 longer than the corolla. 



Stem erect, two feet high, round, smooth, striate, two or more 

 feet high. Leaves pinnate, the leafets oblong, unequal at base, 

 serrate, very obtuse. Spikes terminal, very long, with white 

 flowers. Calyx two leaved, minute. Corolla of four obtuse 

 segments. Stamens several times longer than the corolla. 

 Germ oval between the calyx and corolla. — On the Newburyport 

 turnpike, twelve miles from Boston, in wet meadows. — July. — 

 Perennial. 



TETRANDRIA. 



72. ILEX. 

 Ilex opaca. Ait. American Holly. 



Leaves oval, evergreen, with strong spreading spi- 

 nous teeth ; fascicles of flowers lax, peduncles com- 

 pound ; calyxes rather acute, smooth; fruit ovate. 

 Mich. 



This tree is more interesting, from being one of the few ever- 

 green trees, which we possess, that are not of the coniferous 

 tribe. Its leaves are tough, smooth, and shining, furnished at 

 the edge with short, rigid, acute spines. The flowers are nu- 

 merous, small, of a greenish white, growing in bunches around 

 the branches. Berries red, falling very late. — Quincy, Cohas- 

 set. — June. 

 Ilex Canadensis. Canadian Holly. 



Leaves deciduous, oval, entire or slightly toothed 

 at the tip ; peduncles subsolitary, one flowered ; fruit 

 slightly four cornered. 



