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2)2 Llii. AQUlFOLIACEiE. [i'lex. 



Beech and fir woods, where the soil is dry ; but not common either W tl^ 



in England or Scotland. In Sussex, occurring in r/«^5 several feet H }0 



in diameter. Counties of Dublin and Lcuth, Ireland. 2/.. 6, 7, U J\¥ 



Boot parasitic? Sfe7n stout, erect, 6 — 9 incb.es high, simple or m M^ 



slightly branched, instead of leaves having numerous ovate scattered 

 scales, of the same dingy yellow hue as the stem. Raceme terminal, "1 \d^ 



a continuation of the stem, at first drooping, then erect. Flowers o\\ 

 short scaly or bracteated pedicels, large, of the same colour as the 

 rest of the plant. Stamens alternately smaller. Seeds very minute 

 rarely perfect; the outer coat loose, reticulated, and much longer than 

 the nucleus. 





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B. Stamens inserted upon the Corolla. (Oed. LIII 



LXV^III.) 



Ord. LIII. AQUIFOLIACE/E De Cand. 



CaL of 4— G imbricated lobes. Corolla 4 — 6-lobed, aestivation 

 imbricative. Stamens 4 — 6, alternate with the segments of 

 the corolla. Ovary with from 2—6 or more cells. Ovules 1,L 



solitary, pendulous from a cup-shaped seed-stalk. Stigmas 

 several or lobed, nearly sessile. Fruit il^^hy , with from 2— 6 or 

 more stony 1-seeded niits. Alhunten fleshy.' — Trees or shrubs. 

 Leaves co?Haceo2is. Flowers small, axillary, — The Bark iind 

 Fruit are tonic and astringent. The famous Paraguay Tea 

 of South America is a species of Holly, Ilex Paraguensis. 



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1, Flex Li7in. Holly. 



CaL 4— 5-toothed, Cor. rotate, 4— 5-cleft. Stigmas 4, 

 sessile. Fruit spherical, including 4 nuts. (Some flowers des- 

 titute of pistil.) — Name supposed to be the same as Ulex, which 

 see ; or perhaps a corruption of lllex, enticing or alluring, in al- R 5 



lusion either to the birdlime made of the bark, or to the fruit. 



1. LAquifoliumL, (common IL); leaves ovate acute shinino-, 

 waved with spinous teetli, peduncles axillary short many- 

 flowered, flowers subumbellate. E. B. t. 496. 



Frequent in hedges and woods, especially in a light or gravelly M it 



soil. ^i. 5, 6. — A small evergreen tree of great beauty, with -« 



smooth greyish hark. Leaves alternate, deep shining green, very rigid, 

 the upper ones quite entire, the lower ones generally edo-ed with 

 strong sharp spines, a difference in the foliage which has no? escaped 

 the notice of poets. Fruit bright scarlet, sometimes yellow. 



Ord, LIY, OLEACE.E JR. Brown. 



Calyx divided, toothed, persistent, sometimes 0. Corolla 4- 

 cleft, valvate m aestivation, occasionally 0, Stamens 2. Ovary 



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