. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. Tl%^\\Fi Ilex paragiia- p h r" k , when un- «_^LI_^ "bstnicted in its . _ .- iSS^^H growth, usually at- tains a height of twenty or thirty feet, with a trunk sometimes a loot or more in diameter. In places, however, where the leaf is regu- larly gathered, it becomes stunted, f
. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. Tl%^\\Fi Ilex paragiia- p h r" k , when un- «_^LI_^ "bstnicted in its . _ .- iSS^^H growth, usually at- tains a height of twenty or thirty feet, with a trunk sometimes a loot or more in diameter. In places, however, where the leaf is regu- larly gathered, it becomes stunted, from the branches being cut every two or three years, but not oftencr, owing to an opinion that this time is requisite to .season the leaves, which remain, during winter, upon the trees. The hark of the trunk is smooth, shining, and whitish; and the boughs, which spring up- wards like those of the laurel, arc letify and tufted. The leaves are elliptic, cuneiform, from four to five inches long; thick, glossy, crenated, of a dark-green above, and paler below. The petioles arc of a dark-red, and about half an inch in length. The flowers, whicli appear in October and November, in its native country, are produced in umbels ol thirty or forty florets each, with four whitish petals, and with the same number ot stamens. The berries are red, very smooth, about the size of small peas, and containing four nuts or seeds. Varietiiis. The two following races usually considered as species, and described under the name of Ilcv gongonha, may be regarded only as varieties ol the same plant;â j ^ i ^ 1. I. p. PAiivii'OLiuM. Stnall-leaved Paragumj Tea «v?'.nu-'T'r"'!'^''''V NrrdP<tragnay Tea. Both of those varieties die cultivated m the botanic garden at Rio Janeiro, and are somewhat exten-. ,*â¢! â ' * f. 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
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