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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY, 
leaves are 3-4 inches long, lJ-2 inches broad, on a petiole 
6 lines long: the drupe is oval, 2^ lines long, 2 lines diam., 
supported on a 4-lobed calyx, and crowned with a prominent, 
pulviniform, 4-lobed stigma; it encloses four nuts*. 
Var. Gardneriana, noh.-, — Ilex Paraguayensis, Hook, {in parte) 
Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 35. tab. 1 ; — ramulis opacioribus, foliis 
non fuscescentibus, coriaceis, supra nervis venisque reticulatis 
subconspicuis, ad costam profunde sulcatis, subtus pallidiori- 
bus. An species distincta? — Prov. Rio de Janeiro in Mon- 
tibus Organensibus (Gardner, no. 346), v. v. 
This plant is well represented by Sir Wm. Hooker, in the 
drawing above cited, under the name of Ilex Paraguayensis, var. a. 
It is a small tree, about 15 feet in height : its leaves are 2^-3 inches 
long, 15-18 lines broad, on a nearly terete slender fuscous petiole 
5-6 lines long ; their margin is much reflexed, with a very acute 
uncinate gland on the apex of each tooth, close to the sinus : the 
under side, viewed through a lens, presents a similar minutely 
granulated surface, and is quite epunctate. My specimen has no 
fruit ; but that in the Hookerian herbarium had a single drupe, 
which is of a globular form, 2^ lines diam., crowned with a 
depressed, pulvinate, 4-lobed stigma, as shown in the plate 
referred to. 
3. Ilex-gigantea, Bonpl. MSS., n. sp.; — arbor excelsa, glaberrima, 
ramulis subrugosis, junioribus angulatis, lenticellatis ; foliis 
cuneato-oblongis vel obovatis, apice rotundatis vel retusis, 
hinc brevissime acutis aut mucronatis, integerrimis, margine 
incrassato valde revoluto, crasso-coriaceis, supra nitidulis, 
costa nervisque omnino immersis, subtus glauco-ferrugineis, 
epunctatis, nervis gracillimis paulo prominulis ; petiolo cras- 
siusculo,canaliculato ; racemulis $ axillaribus, e basi 3-4-floris, 
petiolo dimidro brevioribus ; drupis globosis, Isevibus, piperis 
magnitudine, stigmate majusculo mammseformi 4-lobo pro- 
minente coronatis; nucibus 4. — In sylvis ad S® Cruz, prov. 
Rio Grande, et ad ripas fl. Parana, prov. Entrerios. — Bonpland, 
nos. 2330, 2374, et 2479. 
This is certainly a very distinct species, apparently allied to 
I. integerrima, Reiss. It forms a very lofty tree, with a copious 
rounded head ; its leaves are very thick, coriaceous, very smooth, 
nerveless and polished above, with entire, very rounded and re- 
volute thick margins, cuneate at base, very opake beneath, with 
inconspicuous nervures; they are 3 inches long, lf-1^ inch 
broad, on a thick, broad, and somewhat marginated petiole 
5 lin. long ; the pedicels of the fruit are barely 3 lines long ; 
* This plant is represented in Plate 63. 
