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on account of its large compound, dark glossy green leaves, and 
later because of the rich color of its winged fruit. It is little used 
on account of the unpleasant odor of the staminate flowers and its 
disposition to spread by suckers. 
AQUIFOLIACE®. Tue Houty Famntty. 
ILEX. Tue Ho.utes. 
Ilex: decidua Walter. Plate 108. Bark light brown and warty; 
branchlets yellow gray; leaves alternate, simple, obovate to lance- 
olate, leaf-blades 3-8 cm. (1-3 inches) long, usually long taper- 
pointed, sometimes rounded or notched, taper-pointed at the base, 
margins remotely shallow toothed, yellow green and smooth above, 
paler and somewhat pubescent beneath; flowers appear soon after 
the leaves begin to unfold on slender pedicels, usually in May; 
fruit ripening early in the fall and persisting on the branches during 
the winter, berry like, about 7 mm. (14 inch) in diameter, orange 
or orange-scarlet, usually containing 3-4 nutlets which are ribbed on 
the back. 
Distribution. Virginia and southern Indiana south to Florida 
and west to Texas. In Indiana it is found only in the southwestern 
counties. It is rare and restricted to the borders of ponds and 
sloughs near the water courses. Where found it frequently forms 
dense thickets, and rarely reaches tree size. 
The published records of the distribution are as follows: Gibson 
and Posey (Schneck); Knox (Ridgway); Monroe* (Barnes Catalogue 
of Indiana Plants). 
Additional records are: Posey (Deam). 
ACERACEZA. Tue Marte Famntty. 
ACER. Tue Maptes. 
(From the Latin, acer, sharp or hard; refers to the hardness of the wood which was used in the mak- 
ing of spears). 
Trees with terete branches; scaly buds; leaves opposite, long- 
petioled; fruit consists of two long-winged samaras. The sap of 
some of the species when concentrated yields the maple sugar and 
sirup of commerce. 
Twigs greenish or purplish; leaves pinnate or trifoliate.. 1 A. Negundo. 
Twigs reddish-brown; leaves simple, palmately-lobed. 
*This is undoubtedly an error. 
