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bose. kh. H. Native of the Canary Islands, where it has 
been probably introduced, and is called Pepita de St. Augustin. 
This is probably nothing but the Irish ivy of the gardens. 
Corymbose-flowered Ivy. Shrub cl. 
3 H. poryaca’ntua (Wall. cat. no. 4907.) stem beset with 
short, conical prickles ; leaves glabrous, 5-lobed, cordate at the 
base: lobes serrated; panicle large, pubescent; umbellules 
many-flowered, furnished with woolly scales at the base of the 
pedicels ; flower buds white from pubescence. h.H. Native 
of Nipaul. 
Many-spined Ivy. Tree. 
4 H. argòrea (Swartz, fl. ind. oce. p. 518.) stem arboreous, 
unarmed ; leaves oval, acuminated; racemes terminal ; umbels 
pedunculate ; pedicels longer than the flowers. kh.S. Native 
of Jamaica and Porto Rico. Aralia arborea, Lin. amoen. acad. 
5. p. 369. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 51. Leaves feather-nerved 
at the base, not 3-nerved, as in H.capitata. Flowers almost 
umbellate; umbellules girded by short scarious involucels. 
Berry hexagonal. 
Tree Ivy. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 
5 H. pr’npura (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 512. icon. t. 9.) 
stem arboreous, unarmed ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, entire ; um- 
bels almost capitate; peduncles very long, drooping. h. S. 
Native of Jamaica, on the higher mountains. Willd. spec. 
1179. Schultes, syst. 5. p. 509. Petals oblong, spreading. 
Style short. Berry 5-seeded. 
Pendulous-umbelled Ivy. Clt. 1824. Tree 12 to 15 feet. 
6 H. umBELLI FERA (D.C. prod. 4. p. 262.) stem frutescent, 
unarmed ; leaves on long petioles, lanceolate, acuminated, rarely 
serrated; peduncles umbellate, trifid; umbellules capitate, 
nearly globose, h.S. Native of Amboyna, on the mountains. 
Psetido-santalum Amboinénse, Rumph. amb. 2. p. 54. t. 12. 
Aralia umbellifera, Lam. dict. 1. p. 225. Schultes, syst. 6. p- 
697. There is a yellow gum issues from this tree, which be- 
comes blackish on drying, and is sweet scented, which is called 
Saruru in Amboyna. Flowers whitish. 
Umbelliferous Ivy. Tree. 
7 H. cuxea`ra (D.C. prod. 4. p. 262.) stem arboreous, un- 
armed ; leaves petiolate, broadly oblong, acute, quite entire, 
cuneated at the base, membranous, glabrous, with pinnate nerves : 
the 2 lower nerves parallel with the margins, rising from an acute 
angle; umbels terminal, of many rays; heads half globose. 
k. S. Native of Brazil, where it was collected by Schott. 
Aràlia umbellata, Pohl. in litt. but not of Lam. 
Cuneate-leaved Ivy. Tree small. 
8 H. nv‘rans (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 514.) stem arbo- 
reous, unarmed; leaves elliptic, acutish, coriaceous, entire; 
umbels nodding, hemispherical; peduncles erectish. h. S. 
Native of the south of Jamaica, on the tops of the Blue Moun- 
tains. Very like H. péndula, but the peduncles are shorter, the 
petioles terete, and the petals reflexed. Style short, 5-angled. 
Drooping-umbelled Ivy. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 
9 H. ramiriora (D. C. prod, 4. p. 262.) stem arboreous, 
unarmed ; leaves petiolate, acute, quite entire, membranous, 
glabrous, hardly cuneated at the base, with pinnate nerves: the 
2 lower nerves parallel to the margin, and rising from an acute 
angle; racemes few, rising from the old branches ; umbels semi- 
globose. h. S. Native of Brazil, where it was collected by 
Schott. Aralia ramiflora, Pohl. in litt. Flowers 15-16 in each 
umbel, pedicellate. 
Branch-flowered Ivy. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 
10 H. carira'ta (Smith, icon. pict. rar. 1. t. 4.) stem arbo- 
reous, unarmed; leaves elliptic, acuminated, entire, with pin- 
nate nerves: the 2 lower nerves rising from an acute angle; 
raceme terminal, compound ; umbels capitate, on long peduncles ; 
flowers sessile. h. S. Native of Jamaica, Guadaloupe, and 
ARALIACE. 
XI. HEDERA. 
the province of Caraccas, in subalpine places. Swarts, fl. ind, 
oce. p. 546. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 2. Schultes, 
syst. 5. p. 510. Aralia capitata, Jacq. amer. 89. t. 61. Petioles 
long, terete. Leaves cuneated at the base, 3-nerved. (Horn 
add. 125.) Flowers as if they were in a calyculate receptacle. 
Petals oblong, acute, white. Berry globose, 5-celled. Styles 
3-5, contiguous, joined at the base, at length reflexed. 
Capitate-flowered Ivy. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1823. 
to 60 feet. i 
11 H. murTrròRa (D.C. prod. 4. p. 262.) stem arboreous, 
unarmed ; leaves on long petioles, oblong-elliptic, acuminated, 
somewhat cuneated at the base, quite entire, membranous, gla- 
brous, with pinnate nerves : the 2 lower nerves remote from the 
rest, parallel with the margin, and rising from an acute angle ; 
racemes panicled, diverging: heads globose. h. S. Native of 
Brazil, where it was collected by Schott. Aràlia multiflòra, Pohl, 
in litt. 
Many-flowered Ivy. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 
12 H. Mutista'va (D.C. prod. 4. p. 262.) stem arboreous? 
unarmed; leaves oblong, somewhat serrulated at the apex, 
acute, rounded at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, shining; ra- 
cemes solitary ; flowers capitate. h.S. Native of New Gra- 
nada, at the altitude of from 8000 to 4000 feet. Aralia Mu- 
tisiana, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 1. Aralia 
heterophylla, Mut. but not of Willd. Styles 5, short, conniving. 
Mutis’s Ivy. Tree or shrub. 
13 H. ova‘ra (Wall. cat. no. 4911.) stem unarmed; leaves 
ovate, elliptic, quite entire, coriaceous, ending in a short blunt 
point, rusty beneath ; peduncles axillary, solitary, and aisle. 
umbellate ; umbellules many-flowered. k. Native o0 
Madras. 
Ovate-leaved Ivy. Shrub. f 
14 H. acuriréria (D. C. prod. 4. p. 263.) stem arboreous ; 
leaves roundish-ovate, acuminated ; umbels corymbose. | h. 5 
Native of South America. Humb. and Bonpl. Aràlia acuti- 
fòlia, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 697. 
Acute-leaved Ivy. Tree or shrub. 
15 H. avicennieroria (D. C. prod. 4. p. 263.) arboreous, 
unarmed; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute at the apex, an 
acutish at the base, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous above, put 
clothed with white tomentum beneath; corymbs branched ; 
flowers capitate. .S. Native of South America, in the ee 
vince of Quito, between Tambo de Burgay and Delay, at the 
altitude of 4000 to 5000 feet. Aralia avicennizefolia, H. B. et 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 2. t.2. Aralia tarchonanthif dlia, 
Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 698. Styles 4-5, short, connivent. 
Avicennia-leaved Ivy. Tree. 
16 H. Cumane’nsis (D. C. 1. c.) stem arboreous, 1 
leaves ovate, acuminated, cuneated at the base, quite entire; 
somewhat 3-nerved, membranous, glabrous, shining. h. he 
Native of Cumana, in shady places at Mount Cocollar, at h 
elevation of 1200 feet. Aràlia Cumanénsis, H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 3. Flowers and fruit unknown. 
Cumana Ivy. Tree. 5 
17 H. cararræròLia (D. C. |. c.) stem arboreous ; leare 
ovate, subcordate, acuminated, quite entire, glabrous ; raceme 
short, bracteate at the base; heads of flowers globose. h. $ 
Native of South America. Humb. et Bonpl. Aràlia catalpæ 
fòlia, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 697. 
Catalpa-leaved Ivy. Tree or shrub. r 
18 H. sepremne’rvia (D. C. l. c.) stem arboreous ? “U 
armed ; leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded at the base, apne 
rather coriaceous, glabrous ; racemes panicled ; heads glo 5 4 
h.S. Native of New Granada, at the altitude of 4000 ae 
Aralia septemnérvia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. pe 
Said to be hardly distinct from H. capitata. Style 1. 
Tree 50 
unarmed ; 
