Plate LXIX.—Rhus Vernix.
| 1. Winter buds. |
| 2. Branch with sterile flowers. |
| 3. Sterile flower. |
| 4. Branch with fertile flowers. |
| 5. Fertile flower. |
| 6. Fruiting branch. |
AQUIFOLIACEÆ. HOLLY FAMILY.
Ilex opaca, Ait.
Holly. American Holly.
Habitat and Range.—Generally found in somewhat sheltered situations in sandy loam or in low, moist soil in the vicinity of water.
Maine,—reported on the authority of Gray's Manual, sixth edition, in various botanical works, but no station is known; New Hampshire and Vermont,—no station reported; Massachusetts,—occasional from Quincy southward upon the mainland and the island of Naushon; rare in the peat swamps of Nantucket; Rhode Island,—common in South Kingston and Little Compton and sparingly found upon Prudence and Conanicut islands in Narragansett bay; Connecticut,—mostly restricted to the southwestern sections.
Southward to Florida; westward to Missouri and the bottom-lands of eastern Texas.