Genus i. 



HOLLY FAMILY. 



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2. Ilex Cassine L. Dahoon Holly. 

 Fig. 2787. 



Ilex Cassine L, Sp. PI. 125. 1753. 

 Ilex Dahoon Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. 



A shrub, or small tree, with maximum 

 height of about 25° and trunk diameter of 18'. 

 Twigs pubescent ; leaves coriaceous, evergreen, 

 oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, 2-4' long, 

 i'-i' wide, acutish or obtuse at the apex, acute 

 at the base, entire, or with a few sharp teeth, 

 glabrous and dark green above, pale and usu- 

 ally pubescent beneath, especially on the strong 

 midrib; petioles 3"-4" long; staminate cymes 

 several- or many-flowered; peduncles and ped- 

 icels pubescent ; fertile cymes commonly 3-flow- 

 ered; calyx-lobes acute, ciliate; drupes red, 

 globose, 2"-3" in diameter, on pedicels of 

 about the same length. 



In low woods, southern Virginia to Florida, 

 near the coast, west to Louisiana. Also in the 

 Bahamas and Cuba. Wood soft, light brown ; 

 weight per cubic foot 30 lbs. Yaupoo. May. 



Ilex myrtifolia Walt., with smaller linear to 

 linear-oblong, "leaves not over lyi' long, has nearly 

 the same range, and is probably a race of this 

 species. 



3. Ilex vomitoria Ait. Cassena. Yaupon. 

 Emetic Holly. Fig. 2788. 



Ilex Cassine Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. Not L. 1753. 

 Ilex "vomitoria Ait. Hort. Kew. i : 170. 1789. 



A shrub, or small tree, with maximum height of 

 about 25° and trunk diameter of 4'-6'. Petioles and 

 young twigs puberulent ; leaves ovate-oblong or 

 elliptic, i'-ii' long, 4"-9" wide, obtuse at both ends, 

 crenate, glabrous, evergreen, pale beneath, dark 

 green above; petioles i"-2" long; staminate cymes 

 several-flowered, short-peduncled ; fertile cymes ses- 

 sile, 1-3-flowered : pedicels longer than the petioles ; 

 calyx-lobes obtuse ; drupe globose, red, 2"-3" in 

 diameter; nutlets ribbed. 



In low woods, Virginia to Florida, west to Arkansas 

 and Texas. Naturalized in Bermuda. Wood hard, nearly 

 white ; weight per cubic foot 45 lbs. Appalachian, Caro- 

 lina, or South-sea tea. Indian black-drink. Evergreen 

 cassena. May. 



4. Ilex glabra (L.) A. Gray. Inkberry. 

 Evergreen Winterberry. Fig. 2789. 



Prinos glaber L. Sp. PI. 330. 1753. 



Ilex glabra A. Gray. Man. Ed. 2, 264. 1856. 



A shrub, 2°-6° high. Young twigs and petioles 

 finely puberulent; leaves coriaceous, evergreen, dark 

 green and shining above, paler and dotted beneath, 

 oblanceolate or elliptic, i'-2' long, .s"-g" wide, gen- 

 erally cuneate at the base, obtusish and few-toothed 

 at the apex, or sometimes entire ; petioies 2"-4" 

 long; sterile cymes several-flowered, slender-pedun- 

 cled; fertile flowers generally solitary, sometimes 2 

 or 3 together; calyx-segments acutish or obtuse; 

 drupe black, 2"-^" in diameter; nutlets not ribbed. 



In sandy soil. Nova Scotia ; eastern Massachusetts to 

 Florida, west to Louisiana, mainly near the coast. Appa- 

 lachian tea. Gall-berry. Dye-leaves. June-July. 



