ILEX

a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the order Aquifoliaceze, which consists of between one and two hundred species. f. a qui folium, the common holly, is found chiefly in Central Europe; it is valued as an ornamental tree and for its fine-grained, heavy, compact timber; the berries are poisonous and have violent emetic effects, JI. Paraguay ens is, the - maté plant, is val ed for its leaves, which are dried and used like common. tea, under the name of Paraguay tea. The I. so frequently mentioned by cla ical authors isQuercus Ilex, the hohm-or hollyoak, a species of Hagaces found round the edit err an ean. E ex, England; photographic material works, Pop. 80,000, watering-place and seaport, Devons hire,; ee on Bristol Channel. Pop.