. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . with spiny toothed margin 1. I. opaca. b. Leaves serrate but not spiny 2. I. vomitoria. 2. Leaves deciduous 3. I. decidua. 1. Ilex opaca Alton. American Holly. A medium sizednarrow topped tree 40°-50° high with light gray roughenedbark. Leaves simple, alternate, 2-4 long, evergreen, stiffand leathery with spiny margin. Flowers small, in axillarycymes. Fruit a bright red drupe which persists throughoutthe winter. Emblematic of the Christmas season. Maine to Florida, west to eastern Texas and extending upth
. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . with spiny toothed margin 1. I. opaca. b. Leaves serrate but not spiny 2. I. vomitoria. 2. Leaves deciduous 3. I. decidua. 1. Ilex opaca Alton. American Holly. A medium sizednarrow topped tree 40°-50° high with light gray roughenedbark. Leaves simple, alternate, 2-4 long, evergreen, stiffand leathery with spiny margin. Flowers small, in axillarycymes. Fruit a bright red drupe which persists throughoutthe winter. Emblematic of the Christmas season. Maine to Florida, west to eastern Texas and extending upthe Mississippi Valley to Missouri and Indiana. The wood isused for finishing wood and cabinet making. 2. Hex vomitoria Alton. Yaupon. A shrub or in our areaa small tree with small, frequently inclined trunk and numer-ous, stiff branches. Leaves elliptical to elliptical-oblong, small, The Trees of Texas 131 sparingly crenulate, thick, glossy green above, paler below,persistent. Flowers staminate and pistillate. Fruit a smallbright red globose drupe. ]\Iueh prized for Christmas decora-. Fig. 41. Ilex vomitoria (left). Her decidua (right). tion. The glossy green leaves and shining red berries give tothe tree a striking beauty. Virginia to Arkansas and Texas. Cultivated for ornament. 132 Bulletin of the University of Texas 3. Ilex decidua AYalter. Deciduous Holly. A shrub orsmall much branched tree with thin warty bark. Leaves obo-vate. thick, deciduous, notched or blunt at the apex, lightgreen, sparingly serrate, wedge-shaped at base. Flowers stam-inate and pistillate. Fruit red, or orange colored, globosedrupes. Used for decoration but less prized than the preced-ing sjjecies. In low ground, Virginia, Illinois, Kansas, Florida and Texas. OELOSTRACEAE Lindley. Euonymus L. Burning Bush. Euonymus atropurpusens. Commonly a shrub, but some-times a small tree 20-25 high and 4-6 in diameter with thingray bark, spreading branches and slender branchlets. Leavesopposite, elliptical, ovate
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