604 FLORA. 



6. Ilex, decidua Walt. Swamp or Meadow Holly. (I. F. f. 2360.) A 

 shrub, or small tree. Twigs light gray, glabrous; leaves 4-8 cm. long, 8-16 mm. 

 wide, dark green, glabrous on the upper surface, paler and pubescent beneath, 

 acute or cuneate at the base, blunt at the apex or sometimes emarginate; calyx- 

 lobes ovate, obtuse; drupe red, depressed-globose, 4-6 mm. in diameter. In 

 swamps and low grounds, D. C. and Va. to Fla., Kans. and Tex. May. 



7. Ilex monticola A. Gray. Large-leaved Holly. (I. F. f. 2361.) A 

 shrub, or occasionally forming a slender erect tree. Leaves 5-15 cm. long, 

 I.25-6 cm. wide, acuminate or acute, glabrous on both sides or somewhat pubes- 

 cent beneath, especially along the veins; petioles 8--16 mm. long ; calyx-lobes acute 

 or acutish, ciliate, not hairy; drupes red, globose-ovoid, 4-6 mm. in diameter. 

 Mountain woods, N. Y. and Penn. to N. Car. and Ala. May. 



Ilex monticola m611is (A. Gray) Britton. Leaves proportionately broader, 2.75-3.25 

 cm. long-, 2.5-5 cm - wide, broadly ovate or oval, short-acuminate, densely soft-pubescent 

 beneath, becoming glabrate with age; calyx-lobes downy-pubescent. In mountain woods, 

 Penn. to Ga. 



8. Ilex verticillata (L.) A. Gray. Virginia Winter-berry. Black 

 Ald'er. (I. F. f. 2362.) A shrub, 2-8 m. high. Twigs nearly or quite glabrous, 

 brown; leaves oval, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 5-7.5 cm. long, about 2.5 cm. 

 wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, acute or obtusish at the base, dark green 

 and nearly glabrous above, pubescent beneath, sharply serrate; staminate cymes 

 clustered, 2-10-flowered, the fertile 1-3-flowered; pedicels 2-bracted; calyx-lobes 

 obtuse, ciliate; drupes bright red (rarely white), clustered so as to appear verticil- 

 late, about 6 mm. in diameter. In swamps, N. S. to Fla., Ont., Wis. and Mo. 

 June-July. 



Ilex verticillata cyclophylla Robinson. Leaves smaller, broadly oval or nearly orbic- 

 ular, thick. Northern N. Y. to Penn. 



9. Ilex Bronxensis Britton. Bronx Winter-berry. Similar to the preced- 

 ing species, but with light gray twigs, obovate, abruptly acuminate, thinner and more 

 glabrous leaves, and larger orange-red fruit. In swamps, Me. to Mich, and N. J. 

 [/. verticillata tenuifolia Torr. ; not I. tenuifolia Salisb.] 



10. Ilex laevigata (Pursh) A. Gray. Smooth Winter-berry. (I. F. f. 

 2363.) A shrub, much resembling the preceding. Twigs glabrous; leaves oval or 

 oblong, 2.5-5 cm - l° n &> m ainly acute or acutish at each end, glabrous on both 

 sides, or sometimes villous on the veins beneath, turning yellow in autumn, finely 

 serrulate; staminate flowers solitary or occasionally 2 together, on pedicels 

 1-1.8 cm. long; fertile flowers solitary, much shorter-pedicelled; calyx-lobes acute, 

 glabrous, drupes larger than in /. verticillata, orange-red, ripening earlier. In 

 swamps, Me. to Penn. and Va. Blooms earlier than the preceding. May-June. 



2. ILICIOIDES Dumont. 



A glabrous shrub, with slender-petioled oblong deciduous leaves, and small 

 flowers. Calyx of the staminate flowers none, that of the pistillate minute, 

 4-5 -toothed. Petals 4-5. Stamens 4 or 5, free from the corolla; anthers ovoid-glo- 

 bose. Ovary 3-5-lobed, 3-5-celled; ovules I in each cavity; stigmas 3-5, sessile. 

 Drupe subglobose. Nutlets 4 or 5. [Greek, resembling holly.] A monotypic 

 genus of eastern N. Am. 



1. Ilicioides mucronata (L.) Britton. Wild or Mountain Hollv. (I. F. f. 

 2364.) A shrub, 2-2.5 m. high, with ash-colored bark. Leaves elliptic or obo- 

 vate, 1.25-2.5 cm. long, acutish or mucronate at the apex, entire, or with a few 

 small teeth; petioles 6-12 mm. long; flowers of both kinds solitary, or the stami- 

 nate sometimes 2-4 together; pedicels very slender, often 3.75 cm. long; drupe 

 red, 6-8 mm. in diameter, nutlets faintly ribbed. In swamps, N. S. to Ont., Wis., 

 Ind. and Va. May. 



