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TAB. 5. 



ILEX MARTINIANA. 



GUIANA HOLLY. 



Kkx Maktiniana, foUis ovali-oblongls crcnatls coriaceis iucldU brevissim^ acumlnalis, racemis a 

 ,positis Isviiisculis, floribus tclrandris, stigmate sessili dilatato quadrilobo. 



IS 



com 



Habitat in Guian^. Martin. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



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Arbor sempervirens, frondosa. Rami teretes rigidi, corticc cinereo levissim^ rimoso obducti. Folia ovatia, 

 V s^piuB ovali-oblonga. brevisslm^ acuminata/ mucronulo mercescente deciduo, bine obtusa, conacea, 

 rio-ida, supr^ intens^ viridia, lacida, subtCls pallidiora, at^iuc atomis verosimilitc-r resinosis dens^ conspersa, 

 , cosia valid^ venisque prominulis instructa, om marginata. paulalCm reflexa, crebriCs scrrata, serratuns 

 apice marce.centibus deciduis, ind^ crenala, basi sa^pi^s rotundata, nunc ver^ attenuata, 2-5 polbces longa. 

 sesqniunciam v. fer^ 3 uncias lata. Petioii brevissimi, vix semiunciales, crassi, supr^ planm.cub, sulco 

 evarati, snhlhs convcxi, glabri. Racemi axiUares, plures (3-5) ex eodem puncto ortum ducentes, composite 

 ■ ranmlosi, l^vc, apicem versus tameu minat^ puberuli, rar6 simpUces, erecti, pollicares v. sesquipolbcares. 

 Flares albi, pedicellati, magnitudine pra^cedcntis. Bracteoy squamasformcs, lanceokt^B, acut^, persist- 

 Cal>jx 4-lobus : lobis orbiculatis, minute cibatls. Corollw segmenta usdem alterna. sul)rotunda, 

 .uu.av.. Stamina 4, calyciuis lacinus opposita : fdamenta subulata, compressa, basi dilatata, glabra: 

 anther^E ovales, biloculares. Ovarium 4-ovalatum. Stigma sessile, dilatatum, depressum, quadnlobum, 

 medio paulb umbiHcatum. Bacca sph^rica, rubra, 4-pyrena. Pyrenw trigone, beves, nee sulcata. 



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entes 

 concava 



I 

 I was at first led to suppose tbis species as the same witb the Ilea: Paraguensis, figured at Tab. 4. A more 

 careful examination, however, proves them to be different ; but their afiinity is so great, that there is sufiicient 

 reason to believe their properties are very similar. I am happy in being enabled to give a plate of th,s fine 

 species were it for no other reason than the opportunity it affords me of testifying my respect for the memory 

 of M Martin, whose splendid collections, taken by an English privateer in the beginning of the last war, 

 afford ample testimony of his zeal and industry in the pursuit of science. It is a native of Gu.aua, 

 and no doubt of the mountainous region of that interesting country. The portion of M. Marlm's 

 Herbarium in my possession contains 5 or 6 fine specimens of this interesting tree, and from these specimens 

 the drawino; was made. 



