CHAP. XXXIV. ^^UIFOLlA v CEiE. 7 V LEX. 519 



the authority of M. Frezier : but the species which produces that article 

 is the /. paraguariensis Lam., which will be hereafter noticed. /. vomi- 

 toria is not very common in British collections ; but there are plants of 

 it in Loddiges's arboretum, and in the garden of the London Horticultural 

 Society. Price, at New York, 1 dollar a plant, and seeds 2 dollars a quart. 



C. Leaves quite entire, or nearly so. 

 1 8. /. canarie'nsis Poir. The Canary Island Holly. 



Identification. Poir. Suppl., 3. p. 67 ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 19. 



Spec. Char., 8(C. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, flat, rather acute, entire, glossy. Flowers in axillary 

 umbels, few in an umbel. Peduncle longer than the petioles. Fruit black. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 14.) 

 Flowers white, truly dioecious. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 19.) An evergreen tree, a native of the 

 Canary Islands, introduced in 1820. The fruit of this species is said to be black. We have not 

 seen the plant. 



a 9. /. Dahoo'n Wall. The Dahoon Holly. 



Identification. Walt. Fl. Carol., 241. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 19. 



Synonyme. I. Casslne Willd. Hort. BerL, 1. t. 31. 



Engraving. Willd. Hort. Berolin., t. 3L, under the name of I. Casslne. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves lanceolately elliptical, nearly entire, almost revolute 

 in the margin ; the midrib, petiole, and branchlets villous. Flowers dis- 

 posed in corymbose panicles, that are upon lateral and terminal peduncles. 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 14.) A beautiful evergreen shrub or low tree, found in 

 open swamps from Carolina to Florida, and introduced in 1726. In British 

 gardens, it grows to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft., producing its white flowers 

 in May and June, which are succeeded by berries, which become red in 

 September. The leaves of this species are very numerous, and resemble 

 those of Laurus Borboma. In America, as already noticed under No. 7., 

 they are used in the same manner as 7Mex vomitoria. The species is scarce 

 in British gardens, and seldom ripens fruit. It is most commonly kept in 

 green-houses or pits ; but there is a plant in the open air, in the Mile End 

 Nursery, which was 20 ft. high, with a head 30 ft. in diameter. It had 

 stood there many years, without the slightest protection. Plants, in 

 London, are 2s. 6d. each, and seeds 6s. a quart; at Bollwyller, where it is 

 a green-house plant, 3 francs each ; at New York, where it requires pro- 

 tection during winter, 1 dollar. 



Variety. 



* I. D. 2 \aurifblia Nutt. has leaves large, elliptical, acutish, and pedicels elongated, and usually 

 3-flowered. It is a native of Eastern Florida, and almost evergreen. 



A pp. i. Hardy Species of Y lex not yet introduced. 



Vlex odordta Hamilt. in D. Don's Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 189., is a tree, a native of Nepal, with sweet- 

 scented flowers, which would be a very desirable addition to the species cultivated in British gardens. 

 l.cuneifdlia Lin. Spec, 181., is a native of North America, of which very little is known ; and there 

 is a variety of it (I. c. bonariensis, said to be a native of Buenos Ayres) which grows to the height 

 of 10 ft. I. Mgustrifblia G. Don, the I. angustifblia of Nuttall (Gen.. Amer., i. p. 109.), is said to be 

 an evergreen shrub of Virginia and Georgia ; and very probably is the same as /. angustifblia of 

 Willd. No. 6. I. nepalinsis Spreng. (the /. elliptica of D. Don) is a Nepal shrub, growing to the height 

 of 8 ft. As all these species are evergreens, they would form a most desirable addition to our 

 woody plants of that kind, more especially the /. odorata. 



App. ii. Species of T lex which may probably be fomid half-hardy . 



I. dipyrena Wall, is an evergreen tree or shrub of Nepal and Chinese Tartary, growing to the 

 height of 12 ft., and bearing, according to Mr. Royle, a close resemblance to the common holly, 

 especially when covered with its clusters of scarlet berries in November and December. I. excilsa 

 Wall, and I. serrhta Royle are both lofty Nepal species, certainly half-hardy, and probably quite 

 hardy. (Illust., p. 175.) I. Perado Ait., the I. mader^nsis ofLam., (fig. 187.) is a low tree of Madeira, 

 common in our green-houses ; but, according to the Nouveau Du Hamel, it is much hardier than is 

 generally imagined, and will stand the open air as well as the common myrtle. There is a plant of 

 it grafted on the common holly, in the garden of the Horticultural Society, which has stood 

 out for several winters as a standard, in the garden, without the slightest protection. I. chinensis Sims 

 (Bot. Mag., 2043., and our fig. 188.) is an evergreen tree, about 20 ft. high, from China, introduced in 

 1814. I. heterophylla G. Don is a tree of 30 ft. high, from Japan, not yet introduced, and considered by 

 some as only a variety of the common holly. I. macrophplla is a Japan tree. I. elliptica H. B. et Kunth 

 is a native of Peru ; and also I. scopulbrum and I. rupicola of the same authors : the two latter are trees ; 

 and, if they could be made to endure the open air in Britain, would be most desirable additions. 

 I. Paltbria Pers. is an evergreen shrub, a native of Peru or New Granada, on the highest moun- 

 tains ; and, in all probability, is quite hardy. I. emargindta Thunb. and I. crenata Thunb. are 

 natives of Japan. I. serrata Thunb. and I. latifblia Thunb. are also natives of Japan : the latter 

 is a tree growing to the height of 20 ft. I. myricd'tdes Thunb. et Kunth is a native of New Granada, 



