1708 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



11. Var. crassifolia, Aiton, Hort. Kew. i. 169 (1789) ; Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. 

 ii. 508 (1838); Moore, in Gard. Ckron. ii. 752, fig. 152 (1874). 



Leaves very thick in texture, lanceolate-oblong, if to 2 in. long, with the apex 

 recurved; margin with triangular teeth, ending in coarse points. This, which is 

 called the Leather-leaf or Saw-leaved Holly, is one of the oldest known varieties,' 

 and is remarkably constant in character ; no case of a branch reverting to the 

 common holly having been noticed.^ It is shrubby with purple branchlets ; and 

 always bears pistillate flowers, which ripen into peculiarly flattened fruit, 



C. Leaves small, less than 2 in. long, with regular marginal spines. 



12. Var. lineata, Moore, in Gard. Chron. ii. 752 (1874). 



The form of the common holly with the smallest leaves, which are narrowly 

 lanceolate, f in. long, flat, with four or five minute spines on each side. This is a 

 small compact bush with green branchlets. Var. microphylla, Moore, loc. cit, appears 

 to differ only in having purple branchlets. 



13. Var. recurva, Aiton, Hort. Kew, \. 169 (1789) : Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. 

 ii. 507 (1838): Moore in Gard. Chron. ii. 687, fig. 138 (1874). 



Leaves ovate, acuminate, ending in a long spine, about i^ in long, curved from 

 base to apex, and usually twisted to one side above the middle ; spines divaricate 

 and resembling those of the typical form. This is a dense shrub, and bears staminate 

 flowers. 



14. Var. serratifolia, Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. ii. 507 (1838); Moore, in 

 Gard. Chron. ii. 687, fig. 138 (1874). 



Var. myrtifolia, Goeppert, in Gartenflora, iii. 320 (1854); Moore, in Gard. Chron. ii. 687, fig. 138 

 (1874). 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, i^ in. long, ^ to f in. broad, with divaricate spines 

 similar to those of the type. This forms a dense pyramidal shrub. 



Several variegated small-leaved forms are known, which may be mentioned 

 here : — 



Var. myrtifolia aureo-maculata ; centre of the leaf with deep yellow blotches. 



Var. myrtifolia aureo-marginata ; centre of the leaf mottled, margin pale yellow. 



Var. myrtifolia elegans ; leaf with a green centre and a narrow golden edge ; 

 and 



Var. Ingrami ; leaf mottled with irregular white streaks, margin pinkish. 



15. Var. angustifolia^ Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. ii. 507 (1838); Moore, in 

 Gard. Chron. ii. 752, fig. 154 (1874). 



Leaves lanceolate, about \\ in. long and \ in. broad, often ending in a long 

 acuminate entire apex ; spines numerous, regular, slender. This is a female tree 

 and is very distinct in its narrow erect almost fastigiate habit, and its elegant small 

 leaves. At Kew, Tortworth, and elsewhere, there are specimens 30 to 40 ft. high, 



' First described by Hanbury, Complete Book of Gardening (1770), as the saw-leaved holly. 



2 Cf. Dallimore, Holly, Yew, and Box, 67, 90(1908). 



3 Var. angustifolia, Hohenacker, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. iii. 319 (1838), was found wild in woods near Lenkoran, on 

 the south-west coast of the Caspian Sea ; and is a form of var. caspia, Loesener, differing from the horticultural variety here 

 described. 



