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pet. and closely adpvessed to them. Stigmas very large.— \Vood.s 
in Scotland, rare. P. VII. S. 
Tribe V. Monotropece. 
12. Moxot'kopa Linn. 
1. Jf. Hi/pop' if i/s (L.); fl. in a di-ooping cluster, 8 stam. in 
terminal 10 in lateral fl., fr. erect, bracts and fl. glabrous ex- 
ternally. — E. B. 69. — Inner side of the pet., filaments, germen 
and style glabrous {Hypopitys glabra Bemh., DC.) ; or hairy 
{H. midtifiora Scop., DC). — Plant 6 — 8 in. high, succulent, 
simple, clothed with ovate scales, terminating in a short cluster, 
dingy yellow, turning nearly black. Fl. Tnth large scale-like 
bracts. Not parasitical. (Phytol. i. 341.) Clusters sometimes 
erect — Woods. P. MX YIII. Yellow Bird's-nest. E. S. L 
Order XLVm. AQTIIEOLIACK/E. 
Sep. inferior, 4 — 6, imbricate. Cor. regular, 4 — 6-parted, 
imbricate. Stam. inserted upon the base of the corolla and 
alternate with its lobes. Disk 0. Ovary 2 — 6-celled ; oviiles 
solitary, pendulous, with a cupshaped seed-stalk. Fr. fleshy, not 
bm^sting ; seeds stony, 2 — 6. 
1. Ilex. Cal. 4 — 5-fid, persistent. Cor. rotate, 4 — 5-fid. 
Stam. 4 — 5. Stigmas 4—5, nearly sessile. Fr. fleshy, con- 
taining 4 — 5 seeds. 
1. I lex Linn. Holly. 
1. I. AquifoUwn (L. ); 1. ovate acute spinous wavy shining, 
peduncles axillary short many-flowered, fl. somewhat umbellate. 
— E. B. 496. St. 7. 4. — A small tree. L. evergreen, often quite 
entire on the upper branches, edged with strong spinous teeth 
and terminated by a spine on the lower ones. FL white. Benies 
scarlet.— Woods 'and hedges. T. M.— ^"^I. E. S. I. 
Order XLIX. OLEACE^. 
Cal. monosepalous, divided, persistent. Cor. with 4—8 divi- 
sions, rarely 0, valvate. Stam. 2. Ovary free, 2-celled ; ovules 
in pairs, pendulous. Stigma entire or bifid. Fr. a berry, drupe 
or capsule, often 1-seeded. Albumen dense or none. 
1. LiGrsTBUJi. Fr. fleshy, a beny containing 2 seeds. Cal. 
cupshaped, with 4 minute teeth. Cor. funnelshaped ; limb 
4-cleft, spreading. Stam. 2. 
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