ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM
Spec. Char., 4 c . Leaves ovate-lanceolate, sharply
serrated, fiat ; the midribs, petioles, and branchlets
glabrous. The flowers upon lateral corym-
bosely branched peduncles. (Dec. Prod.) An
evergreen shrub. Lower Carolina to Florida,
in shady swamps. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. Intro- -
duced in 1700. Flowers white ; August. Drupe
red ; ripe in December.
The fruit is rather smaller than that o f the common
holly ; it continues on the trees the most part
o f the winter, untouched by birds ; and, being o f a
bright red, and large in proportion to the leaves,
which are about the size o f those o f the common
arbutus, the plant makes a fine appearance, both m
its native country and in England. Commonly propagated
by seeds ; but it will also strike by cuttings, or it may be grafted on
the common holly.
• 6. I . a n g u s t i f o ' l ia WilM. The narrow-leaved Holly.
Identification. W illd . E n um ., 1. p . 172. ; D e c . P ro d ., 2. p . 14.;
s J w n y m J 'i lm y r V i iN i a . Walt. C a r o LH i., N . D u h ., an d L odd.
Cat. ; J. ro sm a rin ifò lia L am . III. 1. p . 356.
E n g ra v in g s . N . D u H am ., 1 . 1. 4. ; a n d o u 'f ig . 228.
spec. Char., 4c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, sawed at
the tip, rather revolute in the margin the midrib,
petiole, and branchlets glabrous. Flowers in
stalked lateral cymes. (Dec. Prod.) An evergreen
shrub. Height 6 ft. to 10ft. Virginia to Georgia,
in swamps. Introduced in 1806. Flowers
white ; June. Drupe globular and red ; ripe in
December.
A very handsome species, but not very common.
There are plants o f it at Messrs. Loddiges, and in
the H. S. Garden, under the name o f I . myrtifdlia.
i 7. / . vomito'ria Ait. The emetic Holly, -
/ . an g ustifòlia-
■ South Sea Tea.
‘p ^ ^ 9 ' f ? r C 9 . T Æ d à 7 r L ' r > k ® â o . " l ? 3 Î . F , - . ;
t ru e c è s sen e , Oassena. Ftoridn ; th e Yapon, Virginia-, th e
ev e rg re en Cassena, o r Cassioberry B ush, E n g .
E n g ra v in g s . Jac q , Icon. E a r ., t . 310.; W e n d l. H o rt.,
t. 31. ;
Mill. Ic o n ., t . 83. f. 2. ; a n d o u r /% . 229.
Spec. Char., 4 c . Leaves oblong or elliptic,
obtuse a t both ends, crenately serrated, and,
with th e branchlets, glabrous. Flowers in
subsessile lateral umbels. (D e c . Prod.) An
evergreen low tree. Carolina to Florida, along
th e sea coast. Height 10 ft. to 12 ft. In tro duced
in 1 7 0 0 . Flower white ; Ju n e and July.
Dru p e red, like th a t o f th e common h o lly ;
ripe in December.
N o t very common in British co lle ctio n s ; b u t
th e re are plants o f it in Loddiges’s arboretum,
and in th e garden o f th e H o rt. Soc.
S29. /'lex Tornitóri*.
C. Leaves quite entire, or nearly so.
i «- 8. / . D a h o o 'n WaU. T h e Dahoon Holly.
Identification. W a it, f 1. C a ro l., 2 4 1 .; D e c . P ro d ., 2. p . 14.; D o n ’« M ill., 2- P iv .
Synonyme. I . Cassinc Willd. H o r t. B ero l. 1 . 1. 31
X X I . ^ Q U I F O L I A C E Æ : P R I N O S .
E n z ra v in g s . WilM. H o rt. BeroL, t. 31., u n d e r th e nam e o f I. Cassine ; o a i f ig . 230. from a p lan t
"in Loddiges’s a rb o re tum , an d 231. from th e H o rt. BeroUn.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves lanceolately elliptical, nearly entire, almost revolute
in th e margin ; th e midrib, petiole, and branchlets villous. Flowers disposed
in corymbose panicles, th a t are upon lateral and terminal peduncles.
( Dec. Prod.) A beautiful evergreen shrub or low tre e . Carolina to F lo rid
a , in swamps. H e ig h t 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1 7 2 6 . Flowers white ;
May and Ju n e . D ru p e re d ; ripe in December.
The leaves o f this species are very numerous,
and resemble th o se o f Za iiru s Borbom'a. The
(liant is rare in British gardens, and seldom ripens
231. / 'l e i HaAodn.
fruit. I t is most commonly k ep t in green-houses or p i t s : b u t th e re was a
plant in 1836 in th e open air, in th e Mile E n d Nursery, which was 20 ft. high,
with a head 3 0 ft. in diameter ; and which had stood th e re many years, witho
u t th e slightest protection.
Other Species o f I'lex are described by au th o rs as natives o f N o rth America
and Nepal, some o f which are in troduced, and may probably be found hardy,
Out we can s ta te nothing with certainty respecting them. In this genus, as
in most others containing numerous species which are n o t in general cultivation,
there is a great deal o f uncertainty. I . Cassine, I . vomitdria and I .
Dahoon are probably th e same species.
G e n u s I I I .
P R I 'N O S L . T h e P r i n o s , or W i n t e r B e r r y . Lin. Syst. H exândria
Monogynia, or Polygàmia Dioe'cia.
Identification. L in . Gen., No. 461. ; D e c. P ro d ., 2. p. 16- ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p . 20.
Synonymes. Agèria. A d a n s. F am. 2. p. 166.; Apalanche, F r. \ W in te rb e e re , Ger.
Derivation. F rom p rinos, th e Greek nam e for th e holly, which th e p re s en t genus m u ch resembles ;
or, according to o th e rs , from p r io n , a saw, o n ac co u n t of th e s e rra te d leaves o f th e species.
Gen. Char. Flowers 6-cleft, h ex an d ro u s ; usually dioecious, or polygamous
from abortion. Fruit with 6 n u ts. In othei- respects the character is the
same as th a t o f 7 'lex . (Doris M ill.)
Leaves simple, axillary, exsti[)ulate, deciduous or evergreen ; oval or
lanceolate, entire o r serra ted ; dying off o f a greenish yellow. Flowers
on axillary pedicels, usually single, small, mostly white. — Shrubs, evergreen
and deciduous ; natives o f N o rth America.
In habit o f growth th e species are all more o r less fastigiate, and send up
aumerous suckers from th e collar; but, if th e se were removed, th e plants
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