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ARALIACE^E. XI. HEDERA. 



bose. Jj . w . H. Native of the Canary Islands, where it has 

 been probably introduced, and is called Peptta de St. August'm. 

 This is probably nothing but the Irish ivy of the gardens. 

 Corymbose-fiov/ereH Ivy. Shrub cl. 



3 H. POLYACA'NTHA (Wall. cat. no. 4907.) stem beset with 

 short, conical prickles ; leaves glabrous, 5-lobed, cordate at the 

 base : lobes serrated ; panicle large, pubescent ; umbellules 

 many-flowered, furnished with woolly scales at the base of the 

 pedicels ; flower buds white from pubescence, Jj . H. Native 

 of Nipaul. 



Many-sp'med Ivy. Tree. 



4 H. ARBOREA (Svvartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 518.) stem arboreous, 

 unarmed ; leaves oval, acuminated ; racemes terminal ; umbels 

 pedunculate ; pedicels longer than the flowers. (7 . S. Native 

 of Jamaica and Porto Rico. Aralia arborea, Lin. amcen. acad. 

 5. p. 369. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 51. Leaves feather-nerved 

 at the base, not 3-nerved, as in H. capitata. Flowers almost 

 umbellate ; umbellules girded by short scarious involucels. 

 Berry hexagonal. 



Tree Ivy. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



5 H. PE'NDULA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 512. icon. t. 9.) 

 stem arboreous, unarmed ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, entire ; um- 

 bels almost capitate ; peduncles very long, drooping. (7 . S. 

 Native of Jamaica, on the higher mountains. Willd. spec. 

 1179. Schultes, syst. 5. p. 509. Petals oblong, spreading. 

 Style short. Berry 5-seeded. 



-Pewdtt/ous-umbelled Ivy. Clt. 1824. Tree 12 to 15 feet. 



6 H. UMBELLI'FERA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 262.) stem frutescent, 

 unarmed ; leaves on long petioles, lanceolate, acuminated, rarely 

 serrated ; peduncles umbellate, trifid ; umbellules capitate, 

 nearly globose, ^ . S. Native of Amboyna, on the mountains. 

 Pseudo-santalum Amboinense, Rumph. amb. 2. p. 54. t. 12. 

 Aralia umbellifera, Lam. diet. 1. p. 225. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 

 697. There is a yellow gum issues from this tree, which be- 

 comes blackish on drying, and is sweet scented, which is called 

 Saruru in Amboyna. Flowers whitish. 



Umbelliferous Ivy. Tree. 



7 H. CUNEA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 262.) stem arboreous, un- 

 armed ; leaves petiolate, broadly oblong, acute, quite entire, 

 cuneated at the base, membranous, glabrous, with pinnate nerves : 

 the 2 lower nerves parallel with the margins, rising from an acute 

 angle ; umbels terminal, of many rays ; heads half globose, 

 fj . S. Native of Brazil, where it was collected by Schott. 

 Aralia umbellata, Pohl. in litt. but not of Lam. 



Cuneate-]eaved Ivy. Tree small. 



8 H. NUBIANS (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 514.) stem arbo- 

 reous, unarmed; leaves elliptic, acutish, coriaceous, entire; 

 umbels nodding, hemispherical ; peduncles erectish. f? . S. 

 Native of the south of Jamaica, on the tops of the Blue Moun- 

 tains. VeryYikeH.pendula, but the peduncles are shorter, the 

 petioles terete, and the petals reflexed. Style short, 5-angled. 



jDroo/tt'ng-umbelled Ivy. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



9 H. RAMIFLORA (D. C. prod, 4. p. 262.) stem arboreous, 

 unarmed ; leaves petiolate, acute, quite entire, membranous, 

 glabrous, hardly cuneated at the base, with pinnate nerves : the 

 2 lower nerves parallel to the margin, and rising from an acute 

 angle ; racemes few, rising from the old branches ; umbels semi- 

 globose. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, where it was collected by 

 Schott. Aralia ramiflora, Pohl. in litt. Flowers 15-16 in each 

 umbel, pedicellate. 



Branch-jlotvered Ivy. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



10 H. CAPITA' TA (Smith, icon. pict. rar. 1. t. 4.) stem arbo- 

 reous, unarmed ; leaves elliptic, acuminated, entire, with pin- 

 nate nerves : the 2 lower nerves rising from an acute angle ; 

 raceme terminal, compound ; umbels capitate, on long peduncles ; 

 flowers sessile. ^ . S. Native of Jamaica, Guadaloupe, and 



the province of Caraccas, in subalpine places. Swarts, fl. ind. 

 occ. p. 546. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 2. Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 510. Aralia capitata, Jacq. amer. 89. t. 61. Petioles 

 long, terete. Leaves cuneated at the base, 3-nerved. (Horn, 

 add. 125.) Flowers as if they were in a calyculate receptacle. 

 Petals oblong, acute, white. Berry globose, 5-celled. Styles 

 3-5, contiguous, joined at the base, at length reflexed. 



Capias-flowered Ivy. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1823. Tree 50 

 to 60 feet. 



11 H. MULTIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 262.) stem arboreous, 

 unarmed ; leaves on long petioles, oblong-elliptic, acuminated, 

 somewhat cuneated at the base, quite entire, membranous, gla- 

 brous, with pinnate nerves : the 2 lower nerves remote from the 

 rest, parallel with the margin, and rising from an acute angle ; 

 racemes panicled, diverging : heads globose. fj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, where it was collected by Schott. Aralia multiflora, Pohl, 

 in litt. 



Many-florveredlvy. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



12 H. MUTISIA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 262.) stem arboreous? 

 unarmed ; leaves oblong, somewhat serrulated at the apex, 

 acute, rounded at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, shining; ra- 

 cemes solitary ; flowers capitate. Pj . S. Native of New Gra- 

 nada, at the altitude of from 3000 to 4000 feet. Aralia Mu- 

 tisiana, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen- amer. 5. p. 1. Aralia 

 heterophylla, Mut. but not of Willd. Styles 5, short, conniving. 



Mulis's Ivy. Tree or shrub. 



13 H. OVA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 4911.) stem unarmed; leaves 

 ovate, elliptic, quite entire, coriaceous, ending in a short blunt 

 point, rusty beneath ; peduncles axillary, solitary, and terminal, 

 umbellate ; umbellules many-flowered. fj . S. Native of 

 Madras. 



Ouate-leaved Ivy. Shrub. 



14 H. ACUTIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 263.) stem arboreous ; 

 leaves roundish-ovate, acuminated ; umbels corymbose. Jj. S. 

 Native of South America. Humb. and Bonpl. Aralia acuti- 

 fdlia, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 697. 



Acute-leaved Ivy. Tree or shrub. 



15 H. AVICENNIJEFOLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 263.) arboreous, 

 unarmed; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute at the apex, and 

 acutish at the base> quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous above, but 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; corymbs branched ; 

 flowers capitate. Tj . S. Native of South America, in the pro- 

 vince of Quito, between Tambo de Burgay and Delay, at the 

 altitude of 4000 to 5000 feet. Aralia avicenniaefolia, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 2. t. 2. Aralia tarchonanthif olia, 

 Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 698. Styles 4-5, short, connivent. 



Avicennia-leaved Ivy. Tree. 



16 H. CUMANE'NSIS (D. C. 1. c.) stem arboreous, unarmed ; 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, cuneated at the base, quite entire, 

 somewhat 3-nerved, membranous, glabrous, shining. Jj . S. 

 Native of Cumana, in shady places at Mount Cocollar, at the 

 elevation of 1200 feet. Aralia Cumanensis, H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 3. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Cumana Ivy. Tree. 



17 H. CATALP^EFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) stem arboreous; leaves 

 ovate, subcordate, acuminated, quite entire, glabrous ; racemes 

 short, bracteate at the base ; heads of flowers globose. Ij . S. 

 Native of South America. Humb. et Bonpl. Aralia catalpae- 

 folia, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 697. 



Catalpa-leaved Ivy. Tree or shrub. 



18 H. SETTEMNE'RVIA (D. C. 1. c.) stem arboreous ? un- 

 armed ; leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded at the base, 7-nerved, 

 rattier coriaceous, glabrous ; racemes panicled ; heads globose.- 



Tj . S. Native of New Granada, at the altitude of 4000 feet. 

 Aralia septemnervia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 3. 

 Said to be hardly distinct from H. capitata. Style 1. 



