. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Ilex vomitoria Ait. Cassena. Yaupon. Emetic Holly. Fig. 2788. Ilex Cassine Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. Not L. 1753. Ilex "vomitoria Ait. Hort. Kew. i : 170. 1789. A shrub, or small tree, with maximum height of about 25° and trunk diameter of 4'-6'. Petioles and young twigs puberulent; leaves ovate-oblong or elliptic, i'-ii' long, 4"-9" wide, obt
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Ilex vomitoria Ait. Cassena. Yaupon. Emetic Holly. Fig. 2788. Ilex Cassine Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. Not L. 1753. Ilex "vomitoria Ait. Hort. Kew. i : 170. 1789. A shrub, or small tree, with maximum height of about 25° and trunk diameter of 4'-6'. Petioles and young twigs puberulent; leaves ovate-oblong or elliptic, i'-ii' long, 4"-9" wide, obtuse at both ends, crenate, glabrous, evergreen, pale beneath, dark green above; petioles i"-2" long; staminate cymes several-flowered, short-peduncled; fertile cymes ses- sile, 1-3-flowered: pedicels longer than the petioles; calyx-lobes obtuse; drupe globose, red, 2"-3" in diameter; nutlets ribbed. In low woods, Virginia to Florida, west to Arkansas and Texas. Naturalized in Bermuda. Wood hard, nearly white; weight per cubic foot 45 lbs. Appalachian, Caro- lina, or South-sea tea. Indian black-drink. Evergreen cassena. May. 4. Ilex glabra (L.) A. Gray. Inkberry. Evergreen Winterberry. Fig. 2789. Prinos glaber L. Sp. PI. 330. 1753. Ilex glabra A. Gray. Man. Ed. 2, 264. 1856. A shrub, 2°-6° high. Young twigs and petioles finely puberulent; leaves coriaceous, evergreen, dark green and shining above, paler and dotted beneath, oblanceolate or elliptic, i'-2' long, .s"-g" wide, gen- erally cuneate at the base, obtusish and few-toothed at the apex, or sometimes entire; petioies 2"-4" long; sterile cymes several-flowered, slender-pedun- cled; fertile flowers generally solitary, sometimes 2 or 3 together; calyx-segments acutish or obtuse; drupe black, 2"-^" in diameter; nutlets not ribbed. In sandy soil. Nova Scotia ; eastern Massachusetts to Florida, west to Louisiana, mainly near the coast. Appa- lachian tea. Gall-berry. Dye-leaves.
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