. 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. Botany. HOLLY FAMILY. 4S7 2. Ilex Cassine L. Dahoon Holly. Fig. 2787. J lex Cassine L. Sp. PI. 125. 1753. Ilex Dahoon Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. A shrub, or small tree, with maximum height of about 25° and trunk diameter of 18'. Twigs pubescent; leaves coriaceous, evergreen, oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, 2-4' long, i'-i' wide, acutish or obtuse at the apex, acute at the bas
. 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. Botany. HOLLY FAMILY. 4S7 2. Ilex Cassine L. Dahoon Holly. Fig. 2787. J lex Cassine L. Sp. PI. 125. 1753. Ilex Dahoon Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. A shrub, or small tree, with maximum height of about 25° and trunk diameter of 18'. Twigs pubescent; leaves coriaceous, evergreen, oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, 2-4' long, i'-i' wide, acutish or obtuse at the apex, acute at the base, entire, or with a few sharp teeth, glabrous and dark green above, pale and usu- ally pubescent beneath, especially on the strong midrib; petioles 3"-4" long: staminate cymes several- or many-flowered; peduncles and ped- icels pubescent; fertile cymes commonly 3-flo\v- ered; calyx-lobes acute, ciliate; drupes red, globose. 2"-3" in diameter, on pedicels of about the same length. In low woods, southern Virginia to Florida, rear the coast, west to Louisiana. -â Mso in the Bahamas and Cuba. Wood soft, light brown; weight per cubic foot 30 lbs. Yaupon. May. Hex myrtifdlia Walt., with smaller linear to linear-oblong'leaves not over !'-<'. long, has nearly the same range, and is probably a race of this Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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