ILICACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



5. Ilex coriacea (Pursh) Chapm. Shining 

 Inkberry. Fig. 2790. 



Prinos coriaceus Pursh, FI. Am. Sept. 221. 1814. 



Ilex coriacea Chapm. Fl. S. States, 270. i860. 



Ilex lucida T. & G. ; S. Wats. Bibl. Index I . 159. 1878. 

 Not Prinos lucidus Ait. 



A glabrous shrub, 15° high or less. Leaves thick, 

 evergreen, oval to obovate or oblong, acute at both 

 ends, entire, or with a few small sharp teeth, i'-3' 

 long, dark green and shining above, paler and dotted 

 beneath, short-petioled, somewhat viscid when young; 

 flowers clustered in the axils, or the staminate soli- 

 tary, the cymes sessile; pedicels bractless, short; 

 calyx-segments 6-9; drupe black, 3"-4" in diameter; 

 nutlets flat, smooth. 



Dismal Swamp, Virginia, to Florida and Louisiana. 

 April-May. 



6. Ilex decidua Walt. Swamp, Meadow or 

 Deciduous Holly. Fig. 2791. 



Ilex decidua Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. 



A shrub, or small tree, with a maximum height of 

 30° and trunk diameter of 8' or 10'. Twigs light gray, 

 glabrous; leaves obovate or spatulate-oblong, ii'-3' 

 long, 4"-8" wide, crenate, deciduous, dark green, gla- 

 brous and with impressed veins on the upper surface, 

 paler and pubescent beneath, especially on the midrib, 

 acute or cuneate at the base, blunt at the apex or some- 

 times emarginate ; pedicels slender, i-flowered, several 

 often appearing from near the same point, bractless; 

 calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse ; drupe red, depressed-globose, 

 2"-3" in diameter ; nutlets ribbed. 



In swamps and low grounds, District of Columbia to Flor- 

 ida, west to Illinois, Kansas and Texas. Wood hard, white ; 

 weight per cubic foot 46 lbs. Flowers unfolding with the 

 leaves in May. Bearberry. Possum-haw. 



7. Ilex montana (T. & G.) A. Gray. Large-leaved Holly. Fig. 2792. 



/. montana T. & G. ; A. Gray, Man. 276. 1848. 



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



Ilex mollis A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 306. 1867. 



Ilex monticola mollis Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 

 ^_^ 5: 217- 1894. 



J7 y;!7 A shrub, or occasionally forming a slender 



yflyi erect tree, with a maximum height of about 

 y^i (// 40°. Leaves rather thin, deciduous, ovate 

 I I /x^ or ovate-lanceolate, 2'-6' long, i'-2i' wide, 

 ■" '' sharply serrate or serrulate, acuminate or 

 acute, glabrous on both sides or pubescent 

 beneath, especially along the veins; petioles 

 4"-8" long; pedicels i-flowered, bractless, the 

 sterile clustered, the fertile mostly solitary; 

 calyx-lobes acute or acutish, ciliate or pubes- 

 cent; drupes red, globose-ovoid, 2"-f in 

 diameter ; nutlets ribbed. 



Mountain woods. New York and Pennsylvania, 

 to Georgia and Alabama. Mountain holly. May. 



