. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 5. Ilex coriacea (Pursh) Chapm. Shining Inkberry. Fig. 2790. Priiws coriaceus Pursh, F!. Am. Sept. 221. 1814. Ilex coriacea Chapm. Fl. S. States, 270. i860. S. Wats. Bibl. Index 1. 159. 187S. Ait. A glabrous shrub, 15° high or less. Leaves thick, evergreen, oval to obovate or oblong, acute at both ends, entire, or with a few small sharp teeth, I's' long, dark green and shini
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 5. Ilex coriacea (Pursh) Chapm. Shining Inkberry. Fig. 2790. Priiws coriaceus Pursh, F!. Am. Sept. 221. 1814. Ilex coriacea Chapm. Fl. S. States, 270. i860. S. Wats. Bibl. Index 1. 159. 187S. Ait. A glabrous shrub, 15° high or less. Leaves thick, evergreen, oval to obovate or oblong, acute at both ends, entire, or with a few small sharp teeth, I's' long, dark green and shining above, paler and dotted beneath,short-petioled, somewhat viscid when young; flowers clustered in the , or the staminate soli- tary, the cymes sessile; pedicels bractless, short; calyx-segments 6-9; drupe black. 3"-4" in diameter; nutlets flat, smooth. Dismal Swamp, Virginia, to Florida and Louisiana. April-May. 6. Ilex decidua \\'alt. Swamp, Meadow or Deciduous Holly. Fig. 2791. Ilex decidua Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. A shrub, or small tree, with a maximum height of 30° and trunk diameter of 8' or 10'. Twigs light gray, glabrous; leaves obovate or spatulate-oblong, i*'-3' long, 4"-8" wide, crenate, deciduous, dark green, gla- brous and with impressed veins on the upper surface, paler and pubescent beneath, especially on the midrib, acute or cuneate at the base, blunt at the apex or some- times emarginate; pedicels slender, i-flowered, sev often appearing from near the same point, bractless; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse; drupe red, depressed-globose, 2"-3" in diameter; nutlets ribbed. In swamps and low grounds. District of Columbia to Flor- ida, west to Illinois. Kansas and Texas. Wood hard, white : weight per cubic foot 46 lbs. Flowers unfolding with the leaves in May. Bearberry. Possum-haw.
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