. 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 I'AMILY. 489 8. Ilex verticillata (L.) A. Gray. Vir- ginia W'interberry. Black Alder. Fever-bush. Fig. 2793. 13- Berol. 394- 1809. Ilex verticillala A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 264. 1856. A shrub, 6°-25° high. Twigs brown, glabrous or slightly pubescent; leaves oval, obovate or oblong-lanceolate, 2-3' long, about 1' wide, acute or acuminate at the , acute or obtus
. 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 I'AMILY. 489 8. Ilex verticillata (L.) A. Gray. Vir- ginia W'interberry. Black Alder. Fever-bush. Fig. 2793. 13- Berol. 394- 1809. Ilex verticillala A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 264. 1856. A shrub, 6°-25° high. Twigs brown, glabrous or slightly pubescent; leaves oval, obovate or oblong-lanceolate, 2-3' long, about 1' wide, acute or acuminate at the , acute or obtusish at the base, rather thick and coriaceous, dark green and nearly glabrous above, pubescent, at least on the veins beneath, sharply serrate; staminate cymes clustered, 2-ia-flowered, the fertile 1-3- flowered ; pedicels 2-bracted ; calyx-lobes obtuse, ciliate; drupes bright red (rarely yellow or white), clustered so as to appear verticillate, about 3" in diameter; nutlets smooth. In swamps. Connecticut to Florida, west to Wis- consin and Missouri, perhaps extending further north. The leaves turn black in autumn. Striped, white or fal. 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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