Male. Illegitimate, since this name is a later homonym of MAJOR of 

 Nicholson. It is not a synonym of MAJOR of Nicholson or of Meyer, or 

 of var. major of Bean, or var. major of Dallimore, or var. major of Hill. 

 (Bennett Hybrid Group). 



MAMMOUTH (G. Klingaman, Holly Soc. Amer. Let. 72:8. 1982, without 

 descr.). = MONMOUTH. 



MARGINATA (K. Sugimoto, New Keys Woody Pits., Japan, p. 22, 277. 

 1972) - lvs. white margined. Illegitimate, since the name is in Latin 

 form. Description inadequate to relate this selection to any other white- 

 margined clone. (Variegated Group). 



var. mariesii (Veitch ex Dallimore, Hand-List Trees and Shrubs Kew, 2d 

 ed., p. 89. 1902, without descr.). W. Dallimore, Holly, Yew, & Box, 

 p. 122. 1908 - very stiff, low growing; lvs. roundish, crowded. = 

 MARIESII, /. mariesii Veitch ex Dallimore, f. mariesii (Bean ex 

 Dallimore) Hu, /. nummularioides and var. nummular ioides of Bean, 

 8th ed. 



f. mariesii (S.-y. Hu, Nat'l Hort. Mag. 36(1 ):49. 1957, as f. mariesii Bean 

 ex Dallimore) - "A horticultural variety"; lvs. crowded at ends of twigs; 

 often used for dwarfing by Japanese artists; also known as var. 

 nummularia Franchet & Savatier. G. Kriissmann, Handb. Laub., 1st ed., 

 Fascicle Pub., 2:23. Dec. 1960, in syn. of NUMMULARIA. = 

 MARIESII; /. mariesii Veitch ex Dallimore; /. nummularioides and var. 

 nummularioides of Bean, 8th ed.; NUMMULARIA; var. nummularia in 

 all ref. citing cult, in Europe and U.S.; not /. nummularia Franchet & 

 Savatier and not var. nummularia (Franchet & Savatier) Yatabe, which 

 equate to NUMMULARIA. 



MARIESII (F. Meyer, USDA ARS 34-9. p. 144. 1959, without descr., as 

 MAIRESII) - in syn. of var. nummularia. Although this is the first ref. 

 found for the name MARIESII at cultivar rank, the plant was 

 recognized by W. Dallimore, Holly Yew & Box, p. 122. 1908, as a 

 "horticultural variety." T. Dudley and G. Eisenbeiss, Mitt. Deut. Dendr. 

 Gesel. 70:115-131. 1978, and idem, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 16. 1978- 

 stiff, upright, dwarf; lvs. orbicular, obscurely crenate at the tip with 1-4 

 mucronate teeth on each margin; female; the clonotype is a W.J. Bean 

 specimen in Kew Herbarium collected at Veitch Nurs., England (Veitch 

 No. 580, 1897); Charles Maries coll. and sent this pit. to Veitch Nurs. 

 about 1890 from Japan; this plant in western gardens is frequently 

 misidentified as /. nummularia Franchet & Savatier and is misidentified 

 at various infra- specific ranks including NUMMULARIA; the name 

 nummularia at all ranks has been erroneously placed in syn. to 

 MARIESII, a member of the Nummularia Group. The above Dudley 

 and Eisenbeiss references contain the complex nomenclatural history. = 

 /. mariesii Veitch ex Dallimore; var. mariesii Veitch ex Dallimore; 

 f. mariesii (Bean ex Dallimore) Hu; /. nummularioides and var. 

 nummularioides in Bean, 8th ed., not /. nummularia Franchet & Savatier 

 or NUMMULARIA. 



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