262 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Illecebrum. 



ft 



flower-scale of 1 leaf. 



Schmied. l-Blackw. 277 -Fuchs. 1%7-Trag. 977~Mattk 



167-7. -#• i- & 47-Lomc. u 4-3. l-Dod. 7^-Lob. ic. ii. 



206. 1, obs. 617. 2~Ger.em. l32+~Park. 1560. 1. 



2?Wj woolly. Calyx bent back* Bunch none. Fruit-stalk 

 woolly. Flower-scale egg-shaped, embracing the fruit-stalk, 

 generally with 3 divisions. Flower single, pendant. Leaf -stalk 

 fringed with knobbed hairs, A triple thorn beneath the buds. 

 Linn. 



Smooth Gooseberry. Woods and hedges. Parker's Piece, Gir- 

 ton, Shelford, Ditton, Harston church-yard, and Triplow, Cam- 

 bridgeshire. Relhan. — [Road between Newport and the Light- 



Wight 



v J 



S. Apr. May 



HE'DERA. Petals 5, oblong : berry 4 or 5-celled, 



3 to 5-seeded ; juiceless, encircled by the 

 calyx. 



He'lix. H. Leaves, some egg-shaped, others lobed. 



Curt. -Fl. dan. \Q2J~Sheldr. l03~Blackw. 188-7V«£. 801- 

 Ger. 708. 2 and l-Fuchs. 7&, and723-J. B. ii. 111. 

 1 and2-Dod. 413. 1 and 2-Lob. obs. 336. 2, and 337' l 

 -Ger. em. 857. 1 andl-Park. 6? 8. 1, and 679. \-Mattb> 

 624 and 625. 



When it trails on the ground its branches are small and weak, 

 and its leaves with 3 lobes. Curt. In which state it does not 

 roduce fruit, and has been called Barren or Creeping Ivy* 

 tokes. — But when it climbs up walls or trees it grows much 

 stronger, and the leaf changes to egg-shaped. Curt. Leave* 



glossy. Bloss. greenish white. Berries black. 



Common Ivy. Woods, hedges, and old buildings. S. Oct. 



- 



ILLECEBRUM. Calyx 5 leaves, like gristle: bloss. 



none: summit simple: caps. 5-valved, 1 -seeded. 



* The roots are used by leather-cutters to whet their knives upon. 

 Its ever-green leaves adorn our walls, and cover ^he naked trunks of trees.^ 

 Apricots and peaches covered with ivy during the month of February, have 

 been observed to bear fruit plentifully. Phil Trans. No. 475. The leaves 

 have si nauseous taste. HaJler says they are given in Germany as a S P***P C 

 in the atrophy of children. Common people apply them to issues. *** 

 berries have a little acidity. They purge and vomit. In warm climates 

 a resinous juice exsudes from the stalks. Horses and sheep eat it. (>oa 

 and cows refuse it. Linn.— Sheep are fond of it. Sr. — And in severe wea- 

 ther it is stripped off the trees as food. Mr. Holl^f, 



