86 FAM. 105. 



cleft or parted, hypogynous, white or greenish, deciduous; 

 stamens 4-6, inserted at the base of the corolla and alter- 

 nate with the petals; ovary 2-6 celled, with 1-2 ovules in 

 each cell; fruit a drupe with 4-8 nutlets. 



Flowers sometimes dioecious, the sterile in axillary clusters, the fertile 



solitary; corolla rotate, -------- H ex 



1. Leaves deciduous, __--_----__2 



1. Leaves evergreen, ------ ----.* 3 



2. Leaves thickish, spatulate, oblanceolate or elliptic, crenate-serrate, 



glabrous above, usually pubescent and paler beneath; flowers 

 in axillary clusters; corolla white; drupe orange or scarlet. 

 River-swamps. Spring. - I. decidua, Possum-haw, Bear-berry 



2. Leaves rather thin, broadly oval, ovate, sometimes elliptic, serrate 



above the middle, glabrous on both sides; sterile flowers clus- 

 tered, fertile ones solitary; corolla white; drupe red. Sandy 

 margins of swamps. Spring. - - - - I. Caroliniana (ambigua) 



3. Drupe black, -----------4 



3. Drupe red, _---________5 



4. Velvety-pubescent; leaves obovate to oval, crenately 2-4 toothed near 



the apex; dark green and lustrous above, paler and dull be- 

 neath; sterile peduncles many-flowered, the fertile 1-flowered; 

 flowers white. Sandy soil towards the coast. Early Summer. 



I. glabra, Ink-berry 



4. Glabrous, or nearly so; leaves obovate to oval, entire with scattered 



spiny teeth; dark green and lustrous above, paler beneath; 

 peduncles 1-flowered, the sterile ones mostly clustered, the fer- 

 tile solitary; flowers white. Swamps. Late Spring. 



I. lucida (coriacea) 



5. Leaves entire or with few appressed teeth near the apex, - - 6 

 5. Leaves crenate-serrate; — sometimes forming thickets; flowers in 



axillary clusters; corolla white, the lobes in the fertile flowers 

 longer, those in the sterile flowers shorter than the stamens. 

 Banks of lakes and river. Spring. 



I. vomitoria (I. Cassine, Walt.), Cassine, Yaupon 



5. Leaves parchment -like, oval to obovate, spine-tipped at the apex and 



spiny-toothed or entire; — bark pale; stamens longer than cor- 

 olla in the sterile flowers, shorter than corolla in the fertile flow- 

 ers; drupes red, rarely yellow. Woods, and planted. Spring. 



I. opaca, Holly, White Holly 



6. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong; — petioles usually pubescent; flowers 



in umbel-like clusters; corolla white, the lobes mostly longer 

 than the stamens; drupes sometimes yellowish-red, solitary or 

 3 in a cluster on stout pubescent pedicels. Swamps near the 

 coast, and planted. Spring. I. Cassine, L. (I. Dahoon), Dahoon, Yaupon 



6. Leaves linear, very rigid; — petioles short; — flowers solitary or few in 

 the axils; corolla white, the lobes longer than the stamens. In 

 wet pine-land. Spring. ------- I. myrtifolia 



