ARALIACE.E. 



HEDERA. 



Calyx an elevated or toothed edge. Petals 5-10, not calyp- 

 trate and cohering. Stamens 5-10. Styles 5-10, converging, 

 or consolidated. Berry 5-10-celled. 



131. H. Helix Linn. sp. pi. 292. Eng. Bot. 1. 1267. DC. 

 prodr. iv. 261. Common all over Europe, clinging to trees, 

 rocks and walls. (Ivy.) 



Stem climbing with root-like fibres. Leaves coriaceous, smooth, 

 shining, 5-angled or 5-lobed, the upper or the old ones ovate and acute. 

 Umbels simple, downy. Leaves austere and bitter ; berries bitter, 

 aperient, emetic. It is mentioned as a sudorific, and was once reputed 

 to prevent drunkenness and to dissipate the effects of wine. 



132. H. umbellifera DC. prodr. iv. 262. Aralia umbellifera 

 Lam. diet. i. 225. Pseudosantalum amboinense Rumf. ii. t. 12. 

 Mountains of Amboyna. 



Stem shrubby, unarmed. Leaves on long stalks, lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate, distantly serrated. Peduncles 16, trifid, umbellate. Partial um- 

 bels capitate, roundish. Yields a blackish or dull brown resin with a 

 very powerful aromatic camphorated smell. 



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