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ARALIACEZ. 
Seven-nerved-leaved Ivy. Tree or shrub. 
19 H, Tursacr’ysts (D. C. 1. c.) stem arboreous ; leaves on 
long petioles, acute at the base, membranous, glabrous, of one 
colour; some of them are undivided, and others are trifid at 
the apex: with the lobes or segments entire and acuminated : 
having the recesses between the lobes rounded. h.S. Native 
of New Granada, in hot places near Turbaco, where it is called 
Arbol de Guaco. Aràlia Turbacénsis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer. 5. p. 3. Flower and fruit unknown. 
Turbacolvy. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 
20 H. vi’scoror (D. C. 1. c.) stem arhoreous? leaves petio- 
late, rather coriaceous, glabrous, rounded at the base, shining 
above, and of a rusty-purplish colour beneath: some of them 
undivided and I-nerved, and others are 3-nerved and trifid at 
the apex: having the lobes somewhat acuminated,. the interme- 
diate one the longest; racemes panicled; heads globose. h. 
S. Native of New Granada? Aralia discolor, H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 4, Flowers and fruit not sufficiently known. 
Discoloured-leaved Ivy. Tree or shrub. 
21H. ARGENTATA (D. C. 1. c.) stem arboreous, unarmed ; 
leaves petiolate, coriaceous, glabrous and shining above: but 
marked by silvery dots beneath ; some of which are undivided and 
I-nerved, and others are 3-nerved and trifid at the apex : having 
the lobes or segments somewhat acuminated : the intermediate 
lobe remotely serrated ; racemes panicled ; heads of flowers glo- 
bose. k. S. Native of New Granada, in cold parts. Aràlia 
heterophylla, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 698. Aràlia ar- 
gentàta, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 4. t. 414. Styles 
8, conniving. Petals white. 
Silvery-dotted Ivy. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 
22 H. crassine’rvia (D. C. l.c.) stem arboreous? leaves 
petiolate, acute at the base, coriaceous, glabrous above and 
shining, densely beset with rusty dots beneath: some entire, 
ovate-oblong, and others 3-lobed and somewhat acuminated ; 
racemes panicled; heads globose. h. G. Native of South 
merica, along with H. argentdta. Aralia crassinérvia, H. B, 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 5. Styles 5-6, conniving. 
Thick-nerved-leaved Ivy. Tree. 
_ 28 H. oprusr’zoza (D. C. 1. c.) stem arboreous ? leaves pe- 
tiolate, truncately rounded at the base, 5-nerved, coriaceous, 
glabrous and shining above, but beset with fuscescent dots be- 
heath, 5-cleft : segments obtuse, ovate-oblong ; racemes pani- 
cled; heads of flowers elliptice-globose. h.S. Native in tem- 
Perate places towards Loxa, at the altitude of 3300 feet. Aralia 
obtusiloba, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 5. Willd. in 
Schultes, syst. 6. p. 699. Petals white, glabrous. Styles 4, 
conniving. 
Blunt-lobed-leaved Ivy. Tree or shrub. 
24 H. ancura‘ris (D. C. prod. 4. p. 263.) stem arboreous ; 
Caves 5-angled, obtuse, tomentose beneath ; flowers capitate. 
h.S. „Native of South America, Humb. et Bonpl. Aràlia 
angulàris, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 698. 
Angular-leaved Ivy. Tree. 
25 A. prataniròLIa (D. C. l. c.) stem arboreous; leaves 
petiolate, coriaceous, glabrous above and shining, but clothed 
with rusty tomentum beneath, truncate at the base, 7-nerved, 
T-cleft at the apex : lobes or segments oblong, acuminated, quite 
entire; racemes panicled ; heads of flowers globose. h. G. 
Native of Peru, on the western declivity of the Andes. Aralia 
platanif lia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 5. p. 6. t. 415. 
Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 699. Tree 15-20 feet. Styles 
4-5. Petals white, tomentose on the outside. 
Platanus-leaved Ivy. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 
26 H. acerròLIa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 264.) stem arboreous ; 
leaves 5-lobed, acuminated, quite entire, glabrous, shining lepi- 
dotted and of a different colour beneath. h.S. Native of 
VOL. III, 
XI. HEDERA. 393 
South America, Humb. and Bonpl. Aralia acerifdlia, Willd, in 
Schultes, syst. 6. p. 699. The rest unknown. This is the 
same as H. argentata, according to Sprengel. 
Maple-leaved Ivy. Tree. 
27 H. sarropuzroria (D. C. 1. c.) stem arboreous; leaves 
petiolate, coriaceous, glabrous above, but clothed with fuscescent 
tomentum beneath, cordate at the base, 7-nerved, deeply 7- 
cleft : segments or lobes Janceolate-oblong, acuminated, narrowed 
at the base and quite entire. h. S. Native of New Granada. 
Aralia jatropheefolia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 6. 
Leaves almost like those of Mdnihot. This species approaches 
very near H. platanifolia. 
Jatropha-leaved Ivy. Tree. 
28 H. rericura‘ra (D. C. I. c.) stem arboreous; leaves pal- 
mately 7-lobed, hoary beneath, and reticulately wrinkled : lobes 
oblong, acuminated, quite entire. kh. S. Native of South 
America, Humb. et Bonpl. Aralia reticulata, Willd. in Schultes, 
syst. 6. p. 699. 
Reticulated-leaved Ivy. Tree. 
29 H. cnemropuy’ iia (D. C. l. c.) stem unknown ; leaves 
palmately 5-cleft, cream-coloured beneath: lobes or segments 
acuminated, toothed; heads of flowers disposed in racemes, 
clothed with villous tomentum. h.S. Native of South Ame- 
rica. Aralia palmata, Willd. herb. Aralia cheiropbylla, Spreng. 
syst. 1. p. 953. í 
Hand-leaved Ivy. Tree or shrub. 
30 H. rrorreu noa (D.C. 1. c.) stem arboreous ; leaves pe- 
tiolate, glabrous above, but clothed with canescent tomentum 
beneath, 7-9-parted: segments or lobes acuminate, remotely 
and sharply toothed; racemes panicled ; heads elliptically glo- 
bose. h.S. Native of New Granada, in temperate parts, at 
the altitude of 3600 feet. Aralia floribiinda, H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 6. t. 416. Aralia Humboldtiana, and A. 
incisa, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 699. ex Kunth. Styles 
short, connivent, somewhat diverging after flowering. Leaves 
so deeply parted as nearly to be compound. 
Bundle-flonered Ivy. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 
31 H. sca’nvens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 264.) stem shrubby, 
prickly ; leaves 5-lobed, on long petioles ; umbels simple, la- 
h. J. G. Native of China, Aràlia palmata, Lour. coch. 
p- 187. but not of Lam. Aralia scandens, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 
419. Prickles on the stem bent backwards. Flowers white. 
The bark is used in dropsy and cutaneous disorders. 
Climbing Ivy. Shrub cl. 
§2 Leaves compound; leaflets divided to the top of the pe- 
tiole, digitately or palmately disposed. 
32 H. verruernea (D. C. l. c.) stem arboreous; leaves on 
long petioles, digitate ; leaflets 7, petiolate, oblong, acuminately 
cuspidate, rounded at the base, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous 
above, but clothed with fine tomentum beneath : when young 
clothed with rusty wool; racemes panicled; beads somewhat 
elliptically globose. h. S. Native of South America, in the 
province of Quito, between Paramo de Saraguru and Ona, at 
the altitude of 3600 feet. Aralia ferruginea, H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 7. Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 701. 
Rusty-leaved Ivy. Clt. 1826. Tree, 
33 H. Xauape’nsis (D. C. 1. c.) stem arboreous ; leaves on 
long petioles, digitate ; leaflets 5-7, glabrous, shining above, 
but dotted beneath, Janceolate-oblong, acute, narrowed at the 
base, and quite entire, rather coriaceous; racemes panicled ; 
heads of flowers nearly globose. h. G. Native of Mexico, 
on the mountains near Xalapa, at the altitude of 2000 feet. 
Aralia Xalapénsis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 8. 
Aralia digitata, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 701. ex Kunth, 
Petals EN Styles joined in one, 
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