Nemopanthes
(from nema, a thread, and anthos, a flower; in allusion to the filiform peduncle). Mountain Holly. SYN. Nuttallia, of De Candolle. ORD. Ilicineae. A monotypic genus, the species being a very glabrous, much-branched, hardy shrub, with ornamental berries. It thrives best, in cold damp soils, in somewhat shaded spots, and is most readily propagated by means of seeds.
N. canadense (Canadian). fl. small, polygamo-dioecious, on long and slender axillary peduncles, solitary or sparingly clustered; petals four or five, oblong-linear, spreading, distinct. May. fr. a light red drupe, with four or five bony nutlets. l. alternate, oblong, deciduous, entire or slightly toothed. h. 3ft. North America, 1802. SYNS. Ilex canadensis and Prinos integrifolius. (A. F. B. ii. 503.)