Ilex

(i'lēks.) (Bot.) The Holly, a gen. of shrubs and trees, O. Aquifoliaceæ, inhabiting America, Europe, and Asia, and characterized by having an inferior calyx with small teeth; a corolla which is monopetalous but scarcely so, it being divided into deep spreading concave segments; stamens inserted upon the corolla and alternate with its segments; a four-or five-celled ovary, with nearly se ile stigmas; and a berried fruit containing one-seeded nuts, the parts being all in fours or fives. The species are very numerous. Ilfracombe, (il'frah-koom,) a seaport, and watering place of England, co. Devon, on the Bristol Channel, 41 m. N.W. ofExeter. Pop. 4,000. [s. 477]