KOLLY TRIHE 



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I. /. Aqnifblium (Common Holly). — The only British species, 

 a shrub or small tree, with smooth ash-grey bark and sh'ghtly 

 downy twigs ; leaves evergreen, glossy, with cartilaginous waved 

 spinous margins, those on upper branches often having only the 

 one spine at the apex ; flowe/'s white, sub-dioecious ; fn/i't scarlet, 

 rarely yellow. The wood, which is white, and remarkably close- 

 grained, is much used by cabinet-makers for mlaying and 

 ebonising ; and the bark furnishes bird-lime. T/ie berries, it shouhi 



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be borne in mind, aie Poisonotls. The name Agiiifbliinn means 

 needle-leaved, and Holly may be a corruption of the word "holv," 

 from the use to which its boughs are applied in ornamenting 

 churches at Christmas. The HoUv is particularly abundant on 

 sandy soil, under the trees of our old forests. — Fl. May — August. 



Series n. CALYCIFLOR.T;. Okd. XXH.— \XXYI 



Petals and sfaiiieiis perigynous or epigynous'; ovary superior or 

 inferior. 



S Stamens perigynous ; ovary generally superior 



