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2. Ilex CafTme. Dahoon^ or Carolinian Holly ^ 



This grows naturally in Carolina, rifing with an 

 upright branching ftein to the height of eighteen or 

 twenty feet. The bark of the fteni is of a brown 

 colour, but that of the branches and young {hoots 

 green and fmooth. The leaves are fpear-fhaped, 

 above four inches long and one and a quarter broad 

 toward the bafe, of a light green colour and thick 

 confiftence, with their upper parts fawed on the 

 edges, each ferrature ending in a fmall ftiarp fpine. 

 The flowers come out in thick clufters from the fides 

 of the branches, they are white and like thofe of the 

 common Holly, but fmaller, and are fucceeded by 

 fmall roundilli red berries, 



3. Ilex canadenfis. Canadian^ or Hedge-hog 



Holly. 



The leaves of this kind are not fo long as thofc 

 of the Common Holly, but are armed with ftronger 

 fpines {landing clofer together, their upper furfaces 

 are alfo fet very clofe with fhort prickles, from 

 whence it obtained the name of Hedge-hog Holly. 

 It grows naturally in Canada. There are faid to be 

 two varieties of this with variegated leaves, one of 

 which is yellow, the other white. 



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Clafs 5. Order i. Pentandria Monogynia. 



nPHE Empakment is one leaved, five cleft, ere6l, fharp point- 

 ed, very fmall, and permanent ; the diviljons are acute and 

 coloured. 



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