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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^. The Holly Family. 

 ILEX. The Hollies. 



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. (3^ 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 r&.rely 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) . 



ACERACE^. The Maple Family. 

 ACER. The Maples. 



(From the Latin, acex, 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. 



