CYRILLA RACEMIFIjORA 



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* Foliage deciduous ; fruit red or orange-red on stems ^ inch or less 



long. (F ) 

 P. Leaves clustered on sbort side spurs ; berries ^ inch ; hardy 

 shrubs or trees to 30 or 40 feet. (G.) 

 G. Leaves widest beyond the middle, l|-3 inches long, dark above, 



pale beneath. Swamp Holly (72). — Hex deoidua. 

 G. Leaves widest below the middle, 2-6 inches long, sharply ser- 

 rate. Lauce-leaved Holly (7.3) — Ilex montloola. 

 F. Leaves alternate and not in clusters ; berries but ^ inch or 

 less. (H.) 

 H. Berries about J inch, orange-red. Smooth Wintekberry — 



Ilex laevigata. 

 H. Berries about J inch, bright red. Red Winterberry (67) — 



Ilex verticillJita. 

 H. Berries about J inch, bright red. Japan Winterberry — Ilex 

 serrita. 



* Foliage deciduous ; fruit ridged, red, on stems 1 inch or more long. 



Mountain Holly (68) — Nem,opdntlms mucrona,ta (N. fascicu- 

 liris). 



Cyrilla racemlflbra. Leatiierwood (74) or Black Ti-ti is a, nearly 

 evergreen shrub or small tree with alternate oblanoeolate, entire-edged, 



smooth bright green leaves, hardy 

 to New York but evergreen only 

 South. The flowers are, small, 

 white, 5-parted, in slender ra- 



FlG. 



- Leatherwood 



Fig. 75. — Running Euonymns, 



