XXI. AQUIFOLIA‘CEE: PRI‘NOS. 165 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t.30.; Duh. Arb., 1. t. 23.; our fig. 234. 
iu flower, and fig. 235. from the Hort. Soc. Garden. 
Spec. Char.,.\§c. Leaves deciduous, oval, acumi- 
nate, serrated, pubescent beneath. Male 
flowers in axillary umbel-shaped fascicles ; 
the female ones aggregate, the flowers of 
both sexes 6-parted. (Dec. Prod.) A de- 
ciduous shrub. Canada to Virginia, in wet 
woods. Height 6 ft. to 8ft. Introduced 
in 1736. Flowers white ; June to August. 
Berries red or crimson, turning purple ; ripe 
in November. 
dQ There are two handsome plants of this 
& species in Loddiges’s arboretum, 7 ft. high, one 
254. Prinos.erticillatus. gf which is under the name of P. prunifolius. 
& 4, P. Levica‘tus Pursh. The smooth-leaved Winter Berry. 
Identification. Pursh FL Sept. Amer., 1. p. 220.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.17.: 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 20. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 28.; and our jig. 236. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, serrated, & 
the teeth directed forwards, acuminate ; glabrous on 
both surfaces, except on the nerves beneath, where 
they are slightly pubescent ; upper surface glossy. 
Flowers 6-cleft ; the male ones scattered; the female 
ones axillary, solitary, almost sessile. (Dec. Prod.) A 
deciduous shrub. New York to Virginia, on the Alle- 
ghany Mountains, Height 6ft.to 8ft. Introduced in 
1812. Flowers white; July. Berries large, dark red ; 
ripe in November. 
The plant of this species in Lod- 
-diges’s arboretum was 4 ft. high in 
1835. Readily distinguished by its 
somewhat more succulent leaves and 
shoots, the latter, when young, tinged 
with dark purple. 
236. Prinos lovigatus. 
5, P. LANCEOLA ‘TUS Pursh. The lanceolate-leaved 
Winter Berry. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Sept. Amer., 2. p. 27.3 Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17.3 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 20. 
Synonymes. P. canadénsis Lyon; P. Wcidus Hort. 
Engraving. Our fig. 235. from a plant in the Hort. Soc. Garden. 
Aim seen, Spec. Char., §c. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, remotely 
and very slightly serrulate, smooth on both surfaces. 
Male flowers aggregate, triandrous ; female ones mostly 
in pairs, peduncled, and 6-cleft. (Dec. Prod.) A deci- 
duous shrub. Carolina to Georgia, in low grounds. 
Height 6ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1811. Flowers 
white; June and July. Berries small, scarlet; ripe in 
November. 
The plant in Loddiges’s arboretum is 8 ft. high. 
§ iti. Wintérlia Moench. 
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Sect. Char. Flowers, for the most part, 6-cleft. Leaves permanent. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 17.5 
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