SHRUBS 473 



10. Smooth Winterberry 



I. laevigdta is a fine shrub of the same family, with sterile 

 flowers in the axils of the leaves, on peduncles about i inch 

 long, and fertile flowers nearly sessile. The fruit is a con- 

 spicuous, orange-red berry. Leaves alternate or clustered, 

 on short petioles, lance-shaped, broader at base, somewhat 

 toothed, 2 to 3 inches long, light green on both sides. Shrub 

 5 to lo feet high, with grayish, dotted branches. 



Maine to Virginia, in wet grounds. 



II. Inkberry 



/. glctbra is an elegant shrub, with delicate foliage, consider- 

 ably cultivated. Its leaves are evejgreen, black dotted be- 

 neath, lance -shaped, small, about i inch long and half as 

 broad, pointed at apex, tapering at base, slightly toothed 

 above. The fertile flowers, white, are single in the leaf-axils, 

 on minute, hairy peduncles ; sterile flowers, clustered, 3 to 6. 



Calyx and corolla, 6 or 7-lobed. Stamens, with white fila- 

 ments and brown anthers. Berries, black and shining. 



A low shrub, 2 to 3 feet high, growing in sandy soil not far 

 from the coast. 



Other species are : 



12. Cassena. Yaupon 



/. Casslne, with small, lance-shaped, evergreen leaves, which 

 formerly made the "black drink" of North Carolina Indians, 

 and are still used for that purpose by people living along the 

 coast. Fruit, a red berry. 



13. Dahoon Holly 



/ Dahbon, found in Virginia swamps, has evergreen leaves 

 2 or 3 inches long, with the margins turned back. Fruit like 

 the last, a red berry. 



