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Oollett, Simla M. Fig. 27. Ilimalaijan Holly. Vern. Kcmderii, Kalncho, 

 North- West Himalaya. 



A midclle-sizecl tree, nearly glabrous. _ L. shining, elliptic-lanceolate, gener- 

 ally with large strong spinescent teeth, some quite entire. Fl. bisexual, white, 

 4-merous, ^ in. cliam.'j in axillary subglobose clusters, pedicels very short, stout, 

 bracts small. Ovary 2- rarely 3--4-celled. Drupe h in.* diam., stones usually 2. 



Himalaya, from the Indus eastward 5,000-9,500 ft. Fl. April- June. 2. I. Pernyi. 

 Francli. (China) var. manijmrenw, Loes., Manipiir (Watt), Loeseiier, Monographia 

 Aqiiifoliacearmii, i. 279. 3. I. insignis, Hook, f, (Lisa, Nep.). Bikkim 6-~8,000 ft. A small 

 tiee, branchlette stout. L. spinons-toothed or obscurely serrate, second, n., intramarginal 

 veins and tertiary nerves prominent beneath, blade 6-9, petiole J-l in. Drupes bright 

 red, subsf'ssile, stone 1-3-seeded. 



(b.) L. serrate or entire, not spinescent. 



4. I. odorata, Ham. ; Brandis, F. FL 77. 



A small tree. L. elliptic-oblong, minutely serrate, blade 5-9, petiole l-l in. 

 Fl. white, I in. diam., unisexual, J in short panicled cymes, ? in globose 

 sessile clusters. Drupes black, J in. diam. on slender pedicels as long as 

 drupes. 



Outer ranges of Noi'th-West Himalaya, Siinla to Nepal, ascending to 6,000 ft. Fl. 

 April. 5. I. sikMmensis , King, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 55 (1887), p. 265, t. 13. Sikkim, 

 6-10,000 ft., Manipur at 8,000 ft., attains 50 ft., leaf buds covered by mmierotis large 

 imbricated broadly-ovate, blunt puberulous bracts (the lowest bract leaf-like). L. 

 minutely serrate, blade 5-7, petiole |-1 in. long. Fl. dioecious, in short rounded 

 corymbs at the ends of short woody branchlets. Drupes yellow, J in. diam. on ]pedicels 

 longer than drupe. 6. I. Hookeri, King 1. c. 266. t. 14, Tongloo, Chumbi valley, 

 Sikkim, 9-10,000 ft, A small deciduous tree. L. lanceolate, serrate, blade 3-5, petiole 

 -^-1 in. Fl. polygamous, in dense sessile clusters, covered when in bud by imbricate 

 ovate orbicular bracts. Fr. -| in. diam, on short pedicels, in small clusters of 2 or 3. Two 

 species found by "Watt in Manipur with coriaceous almost entire leaves and 1-seeded 

 fruit are : 7. I. Clarkei, Loesener Monographia Aquifoliacearum i. 274, and 8. 1, moaio- 

 pyrena, Watt ; Loes. ib. 275. 



B. FL (J in panicled cymes, sometimes solitary or fasciculate, ? solitary 

 or fascicled. 



(a.) L. cj[uite entire, or nearly so. 



9. I. malabarica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t, 143. 



A small tree, <iuite glabrous. L. lanceolate, blade 3-4, petiole ^-J in. 

 Fl. y\j in. diam., (J in shortly panicled umbels, pedicels slender, ? solitary or 

 fascicled. Calyx-lobes usually 0, broad, ciliate, petals 4-C), ciliolate, style 

 stout, cylindric. Drupe ^ in., crowned by persistent stjde, ]DBdicel longer than 

 drupe. 



"Western Ghats, from the Konkan southwardsj in evergreen forests and on the banks 

 of streams, ISFilgiris, Anamalais. Fl. Feb.-Mareh. 10. I. Walkeri, Wight & Gard., 

 Palni hills, Ce^don. ^A small much branched tree. L. f-lj in. Loesener calls the Palni 

 plant I. Thtmifesii, 



(L) L. toothed or serrate. 



11. I. denticulata, Wall.; Wight 111. t. 149 ; Bedd. Sylv. t. 142. 



A very large tree. L. rigidly coriaceous, serrate, naiTOwed into a broad 

 marginate petiole, blade 2-3, petiole ^~.} in. FL 4-merous, (^ in short, sub- 

 sessile cymes, ? fascicled. Drupe | in. diam., stones 4, trigonous, woody, 

 pedicels stout, as long as drupe. 



Nilgiris and Anamalais, 6-8,000 ft. Fl. Jan.-Feb. Ceylon, upper xnountain zone* 

 Closely allied is 12. I thesBfolia, Wall. (I. gaulthermJoVm, Kurz), Khasi, Mishmi hills. 

 Tenasserim (Kurz). L. caudate-acuminate. Fl. 5-merous. Drupe J in. diam. 



13. I. GriffltMi, Hook. f. (refeiTed by Loesener to J. trifiora, Blume, from Java), Assam, 

 Khasi hilh, Malay Peninsula. A shrub or small tree, branchlets more or less pub- 

 escent. L. obtusely serrulate, blade 2-8, petiole J in. Drupe J in. diam., generally 

 solitary, pedicel longer than drupe, 14. I. embelioides. Hook. 1, Khasi hills. A small 



