ILEX 



more; style very short: fr. a br ri-ylike dnipr, witli usu- 

 ally 4 bony 1-seeded stones. 



Index of names accounted for below, besidis tliose in 

 the supplementary list: 



ILEX 



roT 



albo-marginata, 17. 

 :ilbo-picta, IH. 

 jiiiffustifoliH, ;i4. 

 Alteclarensis, 2. 

 Aciiiifolium, 1, 

 a r g e n t e o-inargi- 



nata, 17. 

 a r g e n t e o-medio- 



picta, 18. 

 iirgutidens, 40. 

 a ureo-'iaarginata, 



20. 

 juireo-regina, 20. 

 iiiu-eo-inaculata, 19. 

 iiureo-picta latifo- 



lia, 21. 

 Cassine, 33 and 37. 

 cormita, 31. 

 (irenata, 38. 

 crispa, 16. 

 Dahoon, 33. 



INDEX. 



de(-Mua, 40. 

 dubius, 41. 

 echinata, 3. 

 ferox, 3. 



ferox argentea, 22. 

 ferox aurea, 23. 

 Furtunei, 38. 

 fruetu aurantiaco, 



28. 

 fruetu luteo, 27. 

 glabra, 39. 

 Hands wortheusis, 

 hastata, 8. (7. 



lietor^pliylln, 12. 

 hetorupliylla auroo- 



j)icta, 24. 

 la^vii,';i.ta, 43. 

 latifoUa, 4 and 30. 

 latit'oliainarglaata, 



20. 

 laurifolia, 13, 



marginata, 14. 



miuropliylla, 9. 

 mollis, \'J.. 

 montieoJa, 41. 

 myrtifoUa, 10 and 



35. 

 opaca, 32. 

 I)en(lul:i, 20. 

 platypliyllus, 5. 

 prineep.s, 0. 

 pyramidalis, 30. 

 qiiercUolla, 32. 

 Sfotiea, 15. 

 iSeotiea aurea, 25. 

 serrata, 45. 

 serratifolia, 11. 

 yieboldii, 47. 

 tortuosa, 16. 

 vertieiUata, 44. 

 voniitoria 37. 

 Wateriana, 20. 



A. Foliage evenjri-eii. 



B. L-vs. with coarse, .tpin!/ tevfh, rarely mostly e-utire. 



0. FU. in axillary clusters on branches of previous 



year. 



1. Aquifdlinm, Linn. European Holly. Fig. 112r>. 

 Tree, to 40 ft., with short, spreading branches, forming 

 an oblong or pyramidal head, in cultivation often 

 shrubby, glabrous : Ivs. short-petioled, usually ovate or 

 oblong-ovate, waved and with strong, spiny teeth, shin- 

 ing, lM-3 in. long: fr. scarlet, globular, shining. May, 

 June. Southern and middle En., western Asia, China. 

 Ong. 4:83. — A very variable species. A full account of 

 the numerous varieties cult, in England is given b}' T. 

 Moore in G.C. II. 2, p. 433, 519, tiS7, 751, 812 ; 4, p. 687, 

 741; 5, p. 43, 3G5, 437, (i24; 6, p. 232, 389, 610, where ln3 

 varieties are described and many of them figured. 

 Some of the most important and most distinct are de- 

 scribed below. Osmanthus Aquifoliam, Sieb. & Zucc, 

 an oleaceous shrub, which may readily be known by its 

 opposite leaves, is occasionally supplied by dealers as a 

 vai'iety of Ilex Aquifoliutti. 



(a.) Foliage green. 



(b.) Ijcs. spiny -toothed. 



(c.) S'is^e of Ivs. large, about :3~i in. long. 



2. Var. Alteclarensis, Hort. Lvs. oval, largr, thin and 

 rather plain, with numerous teetli. 3. Var. f^rox, Loud. 

 {I, echiniXta^lAiW.). Lvs. of medium size, with strong 

 teeth and numerous small spines on the upper convex 

 surface. A very di.'^tinct variety, known as Hedgehog 

 Holly. N. 2:175. 4. Var. latifblia, Loud. Lvs. oval to 

 3H in. long, with rather few, divaricate teeth. CI.C. II. 

 2:433. 5. Var. platyphyllos, Hort. Lvs. broadly ovate, 

 to 3>^in. long, with divaricate spines, thick, deep green. 

 6. Var. princeps, Moore. Lvs. broadly ovate, to 4M in. 

 long, with strong, regular spines, dark green, with 

 prominent veins below. U.C. II. 13:45. 



(cc.) Size of lvs. small, 1-2 in. long. 

 7. Var. Handsworth6nsis, Hort. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 with numerous, moderately divaricate spines, xjrojecte(l 

 toward the apex, glossy green. G. C. II. 2:519. 8. Var. 

 hastita, Hort. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, halbert-shaped: 

 spines large, usually only 2-4 on each side at the base. 

 the upper half usually entire. U. C. II. 2:687. 9. Var. 

 microphylla, Horfc. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, about 1 in. 

 long, shining green, with small, equal plane spines. 

 G.C. II. 2:751. A very small-leaved form, but var. Une- 

 ata is still smaller, and has the smallest lvs. of all. 



10. Var. myrtifdiia, Hort. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 1-1 ^ > 

 in. long, moderately spiny, rarely entire. G.C. II. 2:687. 



11. Var. serratifdiia. Loud. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, stiff, 

 with numerous small spiny teeth. G.C. II. 2:687. 



(bb.) ]jvs. all or most of them without spines. 

 12. Var. heteroph^Ua, Loud. Lvs. oval or elliptic- 

 ovate, about 2% in. long, sometimes twisted near the 

 npex, entire or with few spiny teeth. G.C II. 2:519. 



13. Var. laurifolia, Luud. Lvs. ovate to rlliptic-lanceo- 

 late, 2-;: in. long, usually quite entire. 14. Var. mar- 

 ginata, Loud. Lvs. broadly ovate, sometimes twisted 

 near the apex, with thickened entire margin. G. C. II. 

 2:813. 15. Var. Sc6tica, Hort. Lvs. oval-obovato, blunt 

 and rounded at the apex, rarely pointed, lK-2 in. long, 

 with thickened, wavy entire margin. G. C. II. 2:813. 

 16. Var. tortubsa, Hort. (var. crlspa, Hort.). Lvs. oval 

 and spirally twisted, with revolute margin, entire or 

 with few spines, about 2 in. long; of dense habit. G.C. 

 U. 2:813. 



(aa.) Foliage caricgafetl. 

 (b.) Lvs. spiny-toothed. 

 17. Var. dlbo-marginata, Loud. (var. argenteo-margi- 

 vdta, Hort. ). Lvs. l)n>a<lly ovate, to 2K in. long, with 

 numerous irregular spines, dark green, the disk mottled 

 with grayish green, with rather narrow silvery margin. 

 18. Var. albo-picta, Loud. (var. argenteo-medio-picta, 

 Hort.). Lvs. ovate, with divaricate spines, dark green, 

 with a wbitish center and a narrow, irregular, silvery 

 margin. G.C. II. 4:087. 19. Var. aiireo-maculata, Hort. 



1123. Ilex aquifolium. 



(X3a.) 



1124. Ilex opaca. 



(X',.) 



Lvs. oblong-oval, 2K in. lonpr, with distant trian/irnlar, 

 somewhat ilivaricate spines, witli a large creamy white 

 Ijlotch in the center, outer part of the margin dark 

 green, inner part mottled pale gray. 20. Var. aiireo-re- 

 glna, Hort. (var. aurea marginata and var. tali folia 

 innrgiinMa , Hort.). Lvs. broadly ovate, to 3 in. long, 

 with strongly divaricate spines, mottled with gray and 

 green, with a broad, continuous golden yellow margin. 

 (t.G. H. 5:44. 21. Var. aureo-picta latifdila, Hort. Lvs. 

 C)vate or broadly ovate, 2 in. or nioro lung, with a large, 

 branching, deep yellow blotch in tlje middh', and with 

 an irregular, deep glossy green margin. G.C. 11. 5:G24. 

 22. Var. f^rox argentea, Loud. Like var. ferox, but the 

 margin a7id the surface spines creamy white. (1.0.11. 

 ri:4+. 2:!. Var. ferox aurea, Loud., is like the former, 

 Ijut with yellow spines and margin. 



(bb.) Lvs. spineless or mosthj so. 



24. Var. heterophylla aureo-plcta, Hort. Lvs. ovate. 

 Hat, sometimes with few spines, about 2>2 in. long, 

 marked in the middle with a broad feathery blotch of 

 bright yellow. G. 0. XL (j :389. 25. Var. Sc6tica aurea, 

 Hort. Lvs. obovate, blunt, slightly wavy, about 1^2 in. 

 long, dark, mottled green, with a broad golden margin: 

 of dwarf habit. 20. Var. Wateriana, Hort. Lvs. oblong 

 or ovate, with a few spines, or entire and plain and 

 obtuse, about 2 in. long, niottleil with gray and yellow- 

 ish green and edged with a liroad, irregular golden 

 band. G.C. II. 6:23::i. 



Tliere are also some other vars., as, 27. xiw. £ructu 

 Ititeo, with yellow, and 28, var. fruetu aurantiaco, witli 

 orange berries; 29, var. p6ndula, witli peiHhil<ius 

 branches and 30, var. pyramidalis, with ascending 

 branches, forming a narrow, oblong head. 



:il. comita, Lindl. Shnibby, with short spreading 

 branches, ghibrous : lvs. oblong, with 3 strong spines 

 ;it the dilated apex, and with 1-2 strong spines on each 

 side of the truncate base, but rounded and spineless at 

 the base on older plants, dark glossy green above, 2-4 

 in. long: fr. scarlet, clustered, short-pedicelled. .June, 

 .luly. N. tniina. P.P.G. 1, p. 43. G.C. 1850:311. P.S. 7, 

 p.21ti; 9:81)5. B.M. 5059. 



cc. Fls. ill 1-feie-flil. arillari/, peijlincli'd rtjmes, 

 on this yearns groivtli. 



32. op4ca, Ait. (/. quercifolia, Meerb.). .^merica^ 

 Holly. Fig. 1124. Tree, witli spreading short brauche.s. 



