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1.1. Opaca. a large tree, with dense, irreijular branches. Leaves alter- 

 nate, oval-lnncoolate, acute, spiny, dentate, irlabrous, corinceous, shiiiinc on 

 the upi>er surface, wrenninl. Flowrrs clustered, on short peduncles. Cahx 

 widi -4 minute teein. Corolla small, rotate, 4-clefu FniU scarlet, 4-5eeded. 



Holly. 

 White. April— May. Dry, rich soils. 30-40 feet. 



2. I. Dahoon. a smnll shrub, with lonpr, virgate branches. leaves alttr- 

 nate, oblonir-lnnceolnte, coriaceous, glabrous, spmy wiien young, often entire 

 when old. Floirers in axillary, paniculate clusters. Corolla sniajl. Birry 

 red, persistent. Dahoon Holly. 



White, ^t' May. Common. 4-12 feet 



3. I. LicrsTRiNA. A shrub with expanding branches. Leaves narrow, 

 lanceolate, cuiicate, usually entire, coriaceous, perennial. Flowers generally 

 solitary. Fruit red, scattered. 



White. !:• y^ay — June. Swamps. 6-10 feet. 



4. I Myrtifolia. a shrub, with expanding, rigid branches, pubescent 

 when young. Z^tiir.< alternate, perennial, linear-lanceolate, glabrous, occa- 

 Bonally with a few sharp serratures. Sterile dowers generally by threes, fer- 

 tile ones solitary, axillary. 



White, h. May— June. Around ponds. 10-20 feeL 



5. I. Cassixa. a shrub with erect, virgate branches, branclilets e.xpand- 

 i- ' . scent when young, //eaue* alternate, oval, obtuse, serrate, glabrous, 

 < F/ouvr* in axillary clusters; peduncles generally 3-riowered, pu- 

 besct nt. Corolla with obtn«e segments. Fruit globose, 4-celled, scarlet. 



White, 'j- March — April. Loopc soils, near i\)e ocean. 6- 15 feet. 



6. I. Prinoides. a small shrub, with virgate branches. Leaves janceo- 

 laie, cuneate ; peduncles several flowered, one of them abortive, the others 

 fcrulc. 



White. ^:- April— May. Near Culloden, Georgia. 



Gexxjs IL PRINOS. 



Ca/yj* 4-8-cleft. Coro//a 4-8 -parted. Stamens AS. Fhio- 

 ers dicEcious, with ilie rudiraeiU of a pistil, fertile florets. Style 

 none. Stigtna 4-8-cleft. Fruit baccate, 4-8 seeded. 



1. p. Ambiguts. a small shrub, branches terete, somewhat virgate.— 

 Leaves deciduous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at each end, slightly serrulate, 

 pub^^sceni underneath, on short petioles. Floicers with the sterile ones clus- 

 lerrd, axillary, fertile ones generally solitary, or 3-4 in each axil; segments 

 of the calyx sometimes 5, and of the corolla the same number. iStigma 4-5 

 furrowed. Fruit red, with 4-5 seeds. 



White. 1^ April — May. Southern Georgia. 3-4 feet. 



2. P. Verticillatus. A large shrub or small tree. i>aoM deciduous, on 

 short petiolr«, oval, acuminate, finelv serrate, pubescent underneath. Flow- 

 ers wirh thf fortile ones clustered, a.xillary, umbellate. Stamens 6. Calyx and 

 Corel Fruit ri^d. Black Alder. 



^^ .. - ':. April— -May. Fertile soils. 10-20 feet. 



3. P. iNTEtiRiFOLiA. A Small tree. Leaves deciduous, oval, entire, on 

 ■hor' ' -, mucronate, glabrous, fertile flowers solitary, on long peduncles. 



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4. P. La5CEolatus a shrub. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, serrulate, 

 p!.-\br,)iis, acute; fertile florets scattered, generally in pairs. Calyx Sc Corolla 



-terilc florets clu'»fered. Stamens 3. 

 V- .i.^t. 1;. June. Middle Carolina, Georgia. 6-8 feet. 



5. P. Glabeb. A small shrub, with many expanding branches. Leaves 

 perennial, lanceolate, cuneate, alternate, glabrous, shining, somewhat serrate 



