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l'LEX* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. T etra'ndria f, Tetragy'nia. 
Natural Order. Aquifolia'ce.e, De Cand. — Lindl. Key, p. 
63. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 538. — Loud. Arb. Brit. p. 504. — Ili- 
cine.e, Lindl. Syn. p. 73. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst of Bot. p. 178. — 
Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 14. — Mack. FI. Hib. 
p. 71. — Crlastrine.e, tribe, Aquifoliace.e ; Loud. Hort. Brit, 
p. 508. — Rhamni, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 376. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 
182. — Rosales; subord. Myrtosje; sect. Ilicin.e; type, Aqui- 
foliace.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614 & 617. — Dumos^e, 
Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, small, of 1 sepal, with 
4 or 5 small teeth, permanent. Corolla (figs. 2 & 3 ) much larger 
than the calyx, wheel-shaped, in 4 or 5 deep, elliptical, spreading, 
concave segments ; or of 4 or 5 petals cohering by their broad bases. 
Filaments (see figs. 2 & 3.) 4 or 5, awl-shaped, shorter than the 
corolla, and alternate with its segments. Anthers small, 2-lobea. 
Germen roundish. Styles none. Stigmas 4 or 5, blunt, perma- 
nent, either distinct or united in one. Berry (fig. 4.) globular, 
including 4 or 5, 1-seeded nuts (see figs. 5, 6, & 7), each oblong, 
pointed, angular at the inside, rounded externally. Seed inverted ; 
albumen fleshy ; embryo in the apex. Flowers sometimes poly- 
gamous. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the 4- or 5-toothed calyx ; the wheel-shaped corolla, of 4 or 5 deep 
segments ; and the globular berry, including 4 or 5, 1-seeded nuts. 
One species British. 
I'LEX AQUIFO'LIUM. Common Holly. Hulver. Hulfere. 
Holme. 
Spec. Char. Leaves egg-shaped or oblong, acute, shining, 
wavy, spiny-toothed. Peduncles axillary, short, many-flowered. 
Flowers nearly umbellate. 
Engl. Bot. t. 498. — FI. Dan. t. 508. — Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. ii. t. 59. — Linn. 
Sp. l’l. p. 181.— Hunt. Evelyn’s Silva, p. 383, with a plate. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd 
edit.) p. 446. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. i. p. 707. — Sm. Brit FI. v. i. p. 192. ; Engl. 
FI. v. i. p. 227. — Wither. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 254. — Lindl. Syn. p. 74. — Hook. Brit. 
FI. p. 72.— Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 121.— Sihth. FI. Oxon. p. 64.— Abbot’s FI. 
Bedf. p 37. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 17. — I’urt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 103. — Relh. FI. 
Cant. (3rd ed. ) p. 66. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 57. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 40. — Sylvan 
Sketches, p. 164. — FI. Devon, pp. 30 & 178. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 39. — 
Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durham, p. 10.— Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 43. — 
Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 16. — Loud. Arb. Brit. p. 505. t. 59. — 
Bab. FI. Bath. p. 11. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. p. 19. ; FI. Hibem. p. 72. — 
Jle.v vulgaris, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 491. — Agrifolium, Johnson’s Ger. p. 
1338. — Ray’s Syn. p. 466. — Aquifolium, Mill. Icon. p. 31. t. 46. 
Localities. — In woods, hedges, and on heaths, generally in dry elevated situ- 
ations ; frequent. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Figs. 2 & 3. Corolla and Stamens. — Fig. 4. Berry. — Fig. 5. The 
Nuts, after the fleshy part of the berry is removed. — Figs. 6 & 7. The Nuts 
separated. 
* So named, by C. Baviien, and Loureiro, en account of the resemblance of its 
leaves to those of the Quercus I'lex, the true I' lex of Virgil. — Loudon. 
■t Sec folio 46, note +. 
