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2 I. Dahoon Walt. Dahoon Holly. Las. oiUmg-lanceolate, ooriaceoua, smooth 

 shining, ovate or somewhat pointed at each end, beneath pubescent, at least on 

 the midvein, as well as the petioles and pedicels, margin entire or sometimes ser- 

 rate, clusters of fis. pedunculate ; fls. 4-parted. — A fine shrab, 5 to 1 2f 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. 



13. Lvs. larger, oblong-elliptio, obtuse, on very short petioles. — Ga. (Dr. Feay). 

 y. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, euneate at base, mostly entire, acute. — Ga. (L ligus- 

 trina Ell.) 



3 I. Caasena "Walt. Cassena. Tea. Lvs. oval, obtuse, crenate, glabrous, shining 

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

 about .3-ribbed on th.e convex back. — 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 pedicels 2 to 3" long. Drupo scarlet with 4 bony nut- 

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



4 I. myrtifolia "Walt. Lvs. linear-oblong, small, glabrous, acute or submucronate, 

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

 teolate, corymbously 3 to 9-tlowered, or the fertile l-flowered ; drupes red. — ^A 

 large shrub 12 to 2 Of high, in the borders of ponds in pine barrens, Md. (Shriver) 

 to Fla. Branches crooked, divaricate, with 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. dec£dua "Walt. Jjos. lanceolate, aoute or slightly acuminate at loth ends, glab- 

 rous, 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 G to 9f high, with slender branches, in sandy woods. Oar. to Fla., 

 common. Lvs. thin, at flowering time 1^ to 2' long, tapering to slender petioles. 

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



/3. UEBAJTA. Lvs. (2 to 3' long) cuneate-ovai, obtuse, crenately appressed-ser- 

 rate, dark green, attenuate at base. — III. opposite St. Louis, &o. 



6 I. monticola Gray. Lvs. ovate, obtuse, or subcordate at base, acuminate, glab- 

 rous, serrate, thin ; fls. on short pedicels, 4-parted ; cal. cihate ; nutlets strongly 

 ridged. — Mountain woods, Oatskill, N. Y. to Car. Shrub about 6f high. Lvs. 

 large, deciduou-s, 2 to 4' by 1 to 2', at base acute, obtuse or subcordate. Pedi- 

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



2. HEMOPAN'THES, Raf. (Gr. vijfia, a thread, irovg, a foot ; dvOo?, 

 a flower ; alluding to the slender pedicels.) Calyx 4 to 5-lobed ; 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, horny 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 Eaf Canadian Holly. Lvs. deciduous, oval, very entire, 

 smooth, mueronate-pointed ; ped. nearly solitary, long ; fr. somewhat angular.—, 

 A shrub, 4 — 6f high, with smooth branches, growing in damp or rooky woods, 

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

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

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

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



2 N. ambigua. lyos. oval, entire, muoronate, petiolate, glabrous both sides, 

 ciliate on the margin when young; sterile fls. 4-parted, 071 slender, aggregated pe-. 

 dundes; fertile solitary, on very long peduncles. — Slopes near Fhnt R., Ga. 

 Shrub 4 to 8f high. Lvs. small, 1 to 2' by 6" to 1'. Sterile pedicels less than 1' 

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

 Apr. (Prinos ambiguus Mx.) 



3. PRPNOS, L. Winter-berry. (Gr. rrp/cj, to saw ; alluding to 

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



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