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involucre o, or o'f 1-3 leaves, petals yellow with a red 

 border, stem round ; rare ; Switzerland (St. Gallen), Tirol. 

 B. Leaves ter-pinnate or decompound; flowers white: 

 L. Siler, L. ; leaves ter-pinnate, with lanceolate entire 

 segments, glabrous, fruit linear; Switzerland, Jura, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. L. latifolium, L. ; leaf-segments 

 large, ovate, cordate at the base, glabrous or rough 

 beneath, stem terete; stony hills. L. hirsutum, L. (L. 

 Panax, Gou.); resembling the last, but leaflets small, 

 ovate, with linear segments ; dry, high ; Switzerland, 

 Carniola, Dauphiny. L. Chironium, Scop. ; bracts of 

 general involucre with white margin, stem angular, 

 furrowed, leaf- sheaths inflated; Carniola, rare. L. 

 Nestleri, Soy. (aqmlegiczfolium, DC.); general involucre 

 of 1-3 setaceous bracts, leaf- sheaths swollen ; Pyrenees. 

 L. gallicum, Bauh. ; bracts of general involucre many, 

 reflexed, linear-lanceolate, ciliate, bifid or trifid, leaves 

 decompound, stem striated ; Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



Order XXXIX. ARALIACE^E. 



Flowers usually in umbels; calyx-teeth, petals, and 



, stamens 5 each ; ovary entirely inferior ; fruit a drupe 



or berry, with one or more I -seeded cells. A rather 



large order of erect or climbing shrubs or trees, chiefly 



tropical, with only one Central European representative. 



i. HEDERA, L. 



Climbing shrubs with simple leaves ; flowers in 

 umbels ; fruit a black berry. 



H. Helix, L., Ivy ; rocks and walls. 



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