306 REVISION OF THE NATURAL ORDER HEDERACEX. 
an inmate of our gardens, it having been found on the Caucasian 
coast of the Black Sea, by. Mr. Reegner, formerly Curator of the 
Botanic Gardens of Odessa. Thus it found its way into our gardens, 
occurring here and there under the (I believe unpublished) name of 
Hedera Regneriana. The only two popular accounts of this plant 
are given by Wallich and C. Koch. In Nepal it is called Sagooke or 
Gooke (i. e. the climber), * and is," says Wallich (Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 
515), one of the most common, as well as the most noble productions 
of Nepal, where it grows to a majestic size, and extends over trees 
androcks." In Transcaucasia, on the contrary, it is more stunted than 
the European Ivy, having reached its western geographical limit ; **and," 
says C. Koch (* Wochenschrift,’ 1859, p. 76), “I have never seen it 
ascend the tops of the numerous Beeches of that country, whilst the 
common Ivy climbed to the highest branches. 
Though there are several important peculiarities to distinguish the 
three species, the most ready way to make sure of them is to look 
at the character furnished by the hairs and scales. They are largest in 
H. Heliz, where they may be seen distinctly with a common pocket 
lens; but in the two other species it requires a greater magnifying 
power to make their nature quite intelligible. 
Pilis pedicelli et calycis stellato-6 Ot relists” (5X v er JE EINE. 
Pilis pedicelli et calycis stellato-13-15-radiatis . . . H. Canariensis. 
Squamis pedicelli et calycis bilobis, lobis 1-10-fdis » « H. Colchiea. 
l. H. Heliz, Linn. Sp. 292; Koch, Synops. Fl. Germ. p. 321; 
porters Engl. Bot. t. 1267; De Cand. Prodr. iv. p. 261, ex parte. 
. communis, S. F. Gray, Natural Arrang. of British Plants (1821), 
p. 491.—Europe. 
Var. a. melanocarpa, Seem., baccis nigris. Engl. Bot. t. 1267. 
—Hedera Heliz, var. vulgaris, De Cand. Prodr. l.c.—Common in 
Northern Europe, and varying with white and yellow blotched leaves. 
Or does the white-leaved form belong to the following variety and the 
yellow-leaved to y. chrysocarpa ? Has any one ever seen them in fruit ? 
ar. B. leucocarpa, Seem., baccis albis.—In Germany, rare. 
Var. y. chrysocarpa, Ten. in Carnel, Fl. Tosc. p. 300, non De Cand. 
—Baccis flavis. Hedera chrysocarpa, Walsh in Trans. Hort. Society of 
London, vi. 42 (1826). H. poetarum, Bertol. Prelectiones rei Herb. 
p. 78 (1827). H. poetica, Casp. Bauh. Pin. 305. H. Dionysias, J. 
Bauh. Hist. Ic. Hedera chrysocarpos, seu Dionysiacos veterum. 
