Tlex 
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AQUIFOLIACEAE 
A family of 4 genera with c. 400 species throughout the tropics and subtropics; 2 genera in 
Australia with only 1 in the NT. [Pedley, 1984] 
ILEX L. 
A genus of c. 400 species; 3 in Australia with 1 in the NT. The genus includes the Hollies of the northern 
hemisphere. 
I. arnhemensis (F.Muell.) Loes. 
Evergreen tree to 22 m. Bark smooth, pale grey. 
Stems and leaves glabrous. Stipules minute. Leaves 
alternate, simple; petioles 10-15 mm long; blades 
discolorous, entire, elliptic, rarely oblong or broadly 
oblanceolate, 53-140 mm long, 22-67 mm wide, L/B 
2.1-5.2. Inflorescences axillary, cymose. Flowers 
dioecious, 5-8-merous, actinomorphic: males in 
panicles to 40 mm long: females simple to 20 mm 
long. Sepals c. 1.5 mm long, free in upper half, 
Salacia 
flower 
|. arnhemensis 
ciliate. Petals white, oblong, 3-4 mm long, united at 
base into a short tube. Stamens as many as petals and 
alternating with them, subequalling petals, ciliate. 
Ovary superior, placentation apical-axile. Fruit white, 
thinly fleshy, indehiscent, depressed globular, 
umbonate, 4-5 mm diam. Seeds 12-16, erect, 1 per 
locule. Flowering and fruiting: June - Oct. Fig. 69 
New Guinea and northern Australia; common in 
the DR in riverine forest on sandstone. Often 
growing in water in perennial streams. 
Stackhousia 
S. intermedia 
Fig. 69 
