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THE IVY. 



tered, and BO peculiarly tinged with yellow as to appear as if slightly powdered 

 with gold-dust. Interesting and curious. 



NIGRA, The Hack-leaved ivy (syn. Willseand). A dark form of pustulata, 

 the leaves less blistered, the veins less distinctly marked, the colour much darker 

 in the summer, and in winter deepening to almost black. This variety was 

 received from Mr. Wills, of Edgbaston ; it has always been constant in its 

 characters. It is figured on page^TS, and in the coloured plate at page 62. 



Lucida. 



CONTRACTA, Contracted-leaved ivy (syn. Sagittcefolia } Taurica, Helix minor.') 

 A pretty small-growing variety in the way of Gracilis ; the leaves very variable in 

 form, many of them resembling those of the typical helix, others much Contracted 

 and approaching the outline of an arrow-head. Figured at page 73. 



