DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. 
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tis; amentis raasculis 
laxis; squamis acutis; 
fructibus globosis majo- 
ribus. 
sterile aments loose; 
s cales acute ; fruit glo- 
bular, large. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 7 46. Pursh, 2. p. 620. Nutt. 2. p. 235. 
Very similar to the preceding, but the stem is only 4 or 5 feet high, and 
the leaves wider, coarsely toothed, and never entire. Willd. 
This species appears to include both the varieties Media and Pumila of 
the M. Cerifera of Michaux. I have found it very difficult to ascertain any 
specific distinctions; it is, however, a smaller shrub, generally growing about 
3 feet high, and its leaves and fruit are larger. 
Grows generally in damp pine-barrens; sometimes found in very dry 
soils. 
Flowers in March and April. 
ILEX. Gen. Pe. 
Masculi. Calyx 4- 
dentatus. Corolla ro- 
tata. Stamina 4, inter 
lacinias corollae inserta. 
Foeminei. Calyx 
4-dentatus. Corolla 
rotata. Stylus 0. Stig- 
mata 21 Bacca 4- 
sperma. 
1. Opaca. Aiton. 
I. foliis ovali-lance- 
olatis, acutis, spinosis, 
glabris, planis; floribus 
ad basis ramulorum 
m 
annotinorum sparsis. 
Sterile florets. Ca- 
lyx 4-toothed. Corolla 
rotate. Stamens 4, in- 
serted in the divisions 
of the corolla. 
Fertile florets. Ca- 
lyx 4-toothed. Corolla 
rotata. Style 0. Stig- 
mas 21 Berry 4-seed- 
ed. 
Leaves oval-lanceo- 
late, acute, spiny, glab- 
rous, flat; flowers scat- 
tered at the base of the 
branches a year old. 
Sp. pi. 1. p. 708. Mich. 2. p. 228. Pursh, 1. p. 117. Nutt. 1. p. 109 
J. Aquifoiium, Walt. p> 
