An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . re this vine is tolerated becomeill from obscure nervous troubles, which are often considered as malarialand the value of property is in such places reduced since the localitiesacquire the reputation of being malarial. This is especially the casewith many interesting localities along the Hudson River. Family IV.—ILICACEAE. Holly FxVmily Trees or shrubs, with small white flowers in the leaf axils, gen-erally of 4 or 6 p
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . re this vine is tolerated becomeill from obscure nervous troubles, which are often considered as malarialand the value of property is in such places reduced since the localitiesacquire the reputation of being malarial. This is especially the casewith many interesting localities along the Hudson River. Family IV.—ILICACEAE. Holly FxVmily Trees or shrubs, with small white flowers in the leaf axils, gen-erally of 4 or 6 petals, 3 to 6 sepals and 4 to 6 stamens. Fruita berry-like drupe. Leaves alternate and simple. Petals oval or oblong Ilex Petals linear Ilicioides I. ILEX, L. Shrubs or small trees, with alternate leaves and with flowers, severalor solitary, appearing at the leaf-axils. Petals, in our species, 4 to 6;stamens as many as the petals (No. 5 has from 4 to 8 petals). Calyxminute of 4 or 6 divisions. Fruit a round berry inclosing 4 or 6 smallnutlets. Tlio flowers may enclose both stamens and pistils or stamensmay be found in one flower and pistils in another. SUMAC FAMILY 385. Plate 901. Rims copallina. 2. R. typhina. 3. R. Vernix. 4. R. toxicodendron. 380 CELASTRACEAE Leaves evergreen. With spiny tips at borders I. opaca Without spiny tips /. glabra Leaves falling in autumn. Flowers on short flower stalks. Nutlets ribbed 1. montkola Nutlets not ribbed. Twigs not gray /. veriicillata Twigs gray /. bronxensis Flowers on long flower stalks /. laevigata 1. I. opaca, Ait. (Fig. 2, pi. 91.) American Holly. A tree, 20 to40 ft. high, with evergreen glossy foliage, the leaves having wavy marginswith spiny tips. Flowers in axillary clusters of from 3 to 10, white, of4 petals and 4 stamens. Fruit a round berry turning red when woods, near the seacoast. April-June. 2. I. glabra, (L.) A. Gray. (Fig. 6, pi. 91.) Inkbekry. Shrub, 2to 3 ft. high, with evergreen spineless leaves which
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