598 Anacardiaceae; Aquifoliaceae 



1. Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) Burtt & A. W. Hill puberulous on upper side while young, soon glabrous, slightly 



var. japonica (Ohwi) Ohwi. Poupartia fordii var. japonica glaucescent and with sparse axillary tufts of hairs beneath; 



Ohwi; P. fordii sensu auct. Japon., non Hemsl.; C. axillaris flowers chocolate-brown, the staminate many, in panicles, about 



sensu auct. Japon., non Burtt & A. W. Hill; P. axillaris sensu 3 mm. across, the petals oblong, obtuse, 3 mm. long, recurved 



auct. Japon., non King & Prain Chanchin-modoki. above, the stamens 10; pistillate flowers solitary in leaf -axils. 



Deciduous apparently dioecious tree, with glabrous rather thick about 8 mm. across, the peduncle with 2 caducous, mem- 

 branches; leaves fasciculate at the ends of the branches, the branous, narrow, ciliolate bracts at or above the middle, the 

 leaflets 7-9, prominently petioluled, rather membranous, ovate petals about 7 mm. long, the staminodes 10, glabrous; fruits 



to ovate-oblong, 4-8 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, acuminate, ellipsoidal, about 2.5 cm. long, edible. May. Kyushu; rare. 



rounded to abruptly acute at base, entire, sparsely furfuraceous- The typical phase occurs in China and India. 



Fam. 120. AQUIFOLIACEAE Mochi-no-ki Ka Holly Family 



Trees or shrubs; leaves deciduous or evergreen, alternate, simple, exstipulate; flowers actinomorphic, bisexual or unisexual, in 

 cymes, fascicles, or solitary; calyx-lobes imbricate; petals 4 or 5, free or connate at base, imbricate; stamens as many as the petals 

 or rarely more, free, the anthers 2-locular, splitting longitudinally; disc absent; ovary with 3 or more locules, the style simple, 

 sometimes absent, the ovules 1 or 2 in each locule, pendulous; fruit a drupe, with 3 or more 1-seeded stones; seeds with abundant 



endosperm, the embryo small, straight. Three genera, with about 300 species, in the N. Hemisphere, a few in the Tropics, 



especially in America. 



1. ILEX L. MOCHI-NO-KI ZoKU 



Dioecious or polygamous trees or shrubs; leaves alternate, entire or toothed; peduncles axillary, few-flowered, sometimes 

 branched; flowers whitish, small, usually unisexual; calyx-lobes 4 or 5, small; corolla rotate, the petals 4 or 5; stamens as many 

 as the petals; ovary 4 or 5 (-8)-locular; style short, thick or none; drupe globose, with 4-8 horny or crustaceous stones (pyrenes). 

 About 300 species in temperate regions and in tropical and subtropical America. 



lA. Leaves membranous, deciduous. 



2A. Pyrenes sulcate on back; leaves and flowers often fasciculate at ends of short spurlike branches 1.7. macropoda 



2B. Pyrenes not sulcate, smooth; short spurs absent; leaves alternate on the elongate branches. 



3A. Fruit pendulous on slender peduncles 2-3.5 cm. long 2. J. geniculata 



3B. Fruit on short peduncles, not pendulous. 



4A. Leaves rounded at base, 8-13 cm. long exclusive of the 2-3 cm. long petioles 3. Z. micrococca 



4B. Leaves cuneate to acute at base, the petioles 2-13 mm. long. 



5A. Leaves broadly oblanceolate, 4-13 cm. long, prominently cuneate at base; petioles 8-12 mm. long 4. /. nipponica 



5B. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 2.5-8 cm. long, acute or subcuneate at base; petioles 4-8 mm. long 5. /. serrata 



IB. Leaves coriaceous, usually lustrous, evergreen. 



6A. Peduncles in axils of the current year's branches, 1 - to few-flowered. 

 7A. Leaves serrate. 



8A. Leaves 8-15 cm. long, obtusely appressed-serrate 6. /. chinensis 



8B. Leaves usually not exceeding 4 cm. long. 



9A. Leaves without glandular dots beneath; fruit red when mature, the peduncles 1.5-4 cm. long 7. /. sugerokii 



9B. Leaves glandular spotted beneath; fruit black when mature, on peduncles less than 1.5 cm. long 8. /. crenata 



7B. Leaves entire. 



lOA. Peduncles 3-5 cm. long, with 1-3 ripe fruits 9. /. pedunculosa 



lOB. Peduncles 1-2 cm. long, with 3-8 ripe fruits 10. /. rotunda 



6B. Peduncles in axils of the preceding year's branches, short or very short. 



11 A. Leaves with impressed veinlets on upper side; stems low, creeping, sparsely branched, the branches angular. 



12A. Leaves 2-4 cm. long 11.7. rugosa 



12B. Leaves 5-7 cm. long 12. 7. X makirtoi 



IIB. Leaves flat or with scarcely impressed or raised veinlets. 

 13A. Leaves entire or nearly so. 



14A. Shrub, long-creeping at base, with ascending branches; leaves 8-15 cm. long 13. 7. leucoclada 



14B. Trees; leaves 2.5-6 cm. long. 



15A. Fruit about 1 cm. across; leaves 5-8 cm. long 14. 7. integra 



15B. Fruit about 3 mm. across; leaves 3-6 cm. long 15. 7. goshiensis 



13B. Leaves toothed, sometimes obsoletely so. 



16A. Leaves 10-20 cm. long, thick-coriaceous, with distinct, mucronate teeth 16. 7. latifolia 



16B. Leaves 3-8 cm. long, thinner, the teeth obscure or confined to the upper half. 



17A. Pedicels 1-3 mm. long; petioles 4-8 mm. long 17. 7. buergeri 



17B. Pedicels 10-15 mm. long; petioles 10-16 mm. long 18. 7. liu\iuensis 



1. Ilex macropoda Miq. I. dubia vai. macropoda (Miq.) branches; leaves membranous, ovate or broadly so, 4-7 cm. 



Loesen.; /. monticola var. macropoda (Miq.) Rehd.; /. mon- long, 2.5-4 cm. wide, abruptly or shortly acuminate, acute to 



tana var. macropoda (Miq.) Fern.; /. macropoda var. steno- rounded at base, mucronate, serrate, sparsely puberulous or 



phylla Koidz. Ao-hada. Glabrous tree with grayish nearly glabrous on upper side, with spreading pubescence 



