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2 •! Cahooa "Walt. Dahoon IIolly. ii;s. ohlong-lanceolate, coriaceous, smooth 

 Bhining, ovate or somawhat pointed at each end, beneath pubescent, at least on 

 tbo midmn, as well as .the petioles and pedicels, margin entire or sometimes ser- 

 rate, clusters of fls. pedunculate; fls. 4-parted. — A fine shrub, 5 to 12f high, in 

 swamps, Va. to Fla. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, a third as wide, pale beneath. Drupes 

 red, the 4 bony nutlets rugous-ribbed, on the convex back. May, 



p. Lvs. larger, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, on very short petioles. — Ga. (Dr. Feayj. 

 y. Lvs. linear-lanoeolato, cuneate at base, mostly entire, acute. — Ga. (I. ligus- 

 trina Ell.) 



3 I. Casslna "Walt. Cassena Tea. Lvs. oval, oiiuse, crenate, glabrous, shining 

 •when old ; clusters about 3-flowered, scarcely peduncled ; fls. 4-parted ; nutlets 

 about 3-ribbed on the convex bade. — A shining, evergreen, bushy shrub, common 

 in S. States, near the coast, 6 to 15f high. Lvs. little more than 1' long. Fertile 

 fls. nearly sessile, sterile pediceTs 2 to 3" long. Drupe scarlet, with 4 bony nut- 

 lets. Mar., Apr. — Used by the Creek Indians as a tea. 



4 I. myrtifolia Walt Lvs. linear-oblong, small, glabroits, acute or suimtwronate, 

 nearly entire, shining above, branchlets glandular-puberulent ; ped slender, brac- 

 teolate, eorymbously 3 to 9-fiowered, or the fertile 1-flowered; drupes red. — A 

 large slirub 12 to 20f high, in the borders of ponds in pine barrens, Md. (Shriver) 

 to Fla. Branches crooked, divaricate, witli light gray bark. Lvs. less than 1' 



' in length, shining, rigid, often with a few acute serratures. May. — ^Varies with 



the branchlets smooth ; lvs. obtuse, more or less serrate, &c. 



5. I. decfdua Walt. Lvs. lanceolate, acute or slightly acuminate at loth ends, glab- 



' reus, slightly appressed-serrate ; ped. l-flowered, short (3" long), the sterile glom- 



. erate, the fertile solitary ; fls. 4 to 5-parted ; cal. ciliate ; nutlets large, obtusely 



ridged. — Shrub 6 to 9f high, with slender branches, in sandy woods. Car. to Fla., 



common. Lvs. thin, at flowering time 1| to 2' long, tapering to slender petiolea 



Ped. 2 to 3'' long. Apr. (I. prinoides L.) 



fi. UBBANA. I/iis. (2 to 3' long) cuneate-oval, oiiuse, crenately appressed-ser- 

 rate, dark green, attenuate at base. — 111. opposite St. Louis, &c. 

 6 I. raonticola Gray. Lvs. ovate, obtuse, or suhcordate at base, acuminate, glab- 

 rotjs, serrate, thin; fls. on short pedicels, 4-parted; cal. ciliate; nutlets strongly 

 ridded. — Mountain woods, Catskill, N". Y. to Car. Shrub about 6f high. Lvs. 

 larjsp, deciduous, 2 to 4' by 1 to 2', at base acute, obtuse or subcordato. Pedi- 

 cels 3 or more in a cluster, 1 to 2" long. (L ambigua Torr. N. T. Fl.) 



2. HEMOPAN'THES, Raf. (Gr. vfum, a thread, ttov^, a foot ; avOoc, 

 a flowa- ; alluding to the slender pedicels.) Calyx 4 to 6-lobod ;, pet^ 

 als 4 to 5, distinct, linear or oblong; stamens 4 to 5 ; ovary hemis-. 

 pherical; stigmas 4 to 5, sessile ; fruit a subglobous drupe, with 4 to 5 

 smooth, iorny nutlets. — Shrubs with alternate, entire, deciduous lvs. 

 Fls. on slender pedicels, usually dicecio-polygamous by abortion. Ber- 

 ries red. — A. genus intermediate between Ilex and Prinos. 



1 N. Canadensis Ra£ Canadian" Hollt. Lvs. deciduous, oval, very entire, 



smooth, muoronate-pointed ; ped. nearly solitary, long ; fr. somewhat ajigular. — 



A shrtb, 4 — 6f high, with smooth branches, growing in damp or rocky woods. 



Can., N". Eng. to Mich. Leaves oval or ovate-oblong, about 2' long, on petioles 



J aa long. Flowers small, greenish-white ; ped. 7 to 12" long. Segments of the 



corolla acute, long as the stamens. Ovary of the barren flowers pointed, of the 



I fertile with a 4-lobed stigma. Berries dry, red. May, Jn. (Hex, Mx.) 



'2 W. ambigua. Lvs. oval, entire, mucronate, petiolate, glabrous both sides, 



ciliate on the margin when young; sterile fls. 4-parted, on slender, aggregated pet 



I dundes; fertile solitary, on very long peduncles. — Slopes near Flint E., Ga. 



Shrub 4 to 8f high. Lvs. small, 1 to 2' by G" to 1'. Sterile pedicels less than 1' 



in length, fertile more than 1' when in fruit. Berry 4 to 5-seoded, red. Mar., 



Apr. (Prinos ambiguus Mx.) 



3. PRrNOS, L. Winter-berry. (Gr. npiu, to saw ; alluding to 

 the serrated leaves.) Flowers small, habitually 6-partcd and perfect, 



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