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ARBORETUM ET FKUT1CETUM BRITANNICUM. 



908. a. H. vulgfcris. 



ft. H. H. 1 vulgdris Dec. (Eng. Bot.,t. 1267. , 

 and our fig. 908.) has the pedicels 

 clothed with stellate down, and the fruit 

 black. This is the commonest form of 

 the ivy, throughout Europe, in a wild 

 state; and there are varieties of it with 

 white and yellow variegated leaves, in 

 gardens. 



fi. H. H. 2 canartcnsis Dec. ; H. canariensis 

 Willd. BeroL Mag. ii. p. 170. I. 5. f. 1. ; 

 the Irish Ivy, or Giant Ivy, of British 

 gardens ; has the pedicels scaly with pu- 

 bescence. Floral leaves subcordate ; 

 those of the creeping branches 5-lobed 

 and larger than those of the common 

 ivy. Fruit ? red, or black. Canary 

 Islands. Introduced in ? 1800, or before. 



A. H. H. ? 3 chrysocarpa, Dec., H. poetica 



C. Bauh., H. chrysocarpos Dalech., H. Zhonysias J. Bank., H. 

 Helix Wall., is a native of the North of India, with yellow fruit. 

 It differs from the common ivy in its yellow fruit, and in being of 

 more gigantic growth; in the leaves being more cuneated at the 

 base; and in the pedicels being scaly. Hort. Society's Garden. 

 The Varieties in British Gardens, additional to the above, are : 



i. H. H. 4 fbliis argenteis Lodd. Cat. The Silver-striked Ivy. 



i- H. H. 5 fbliis aurcis Lodd. Cat. The Goldcn-siriped Ivy. 



fl- H. H. 6 digitdta Lodd. Cat. The palmate, or Hand-shaped, Ivy. 



i- H. H. 7 arborescens Lodd. Cat. The arborescent, or Tree, Ivy. This 

 variation is merely an extension of the flowering shoots, which are 

 entire-leaved, and take an arborescent character ; and, when a portion 

 of them is cut off, and has rooted as a separate plant, it will sometimes 

 produce an upright bush, which will retain its arborescent form for 

 many years. Sooner or later, however, it resumes its native habit, 

 and throws out rambling, or creeping, shoots, with 5-lobed leaves 

 like the common ivy. 



A variety with white berries is mentioned by Theophrastus, Pliny, Virgil, 

 and Dioscorides. 



The ivy will grow in any soil or situation, but thrives best when somewhat 

 shaded. The common British variety, and its sub-varieties, are the best 

 kinds for supporting themselves on walls, especially when young; at which 

 period the giant ivy seldom throws out rootlets, though it does so subsequently. 



ORDER XXXVII. #AMAMELIDA V CE,E. 



ORD CHAR. Calyx 4-lobed or repandly toothed. Petals 4, linear, rarely 

 wanting ; aestivation involutely valvate. Stamens 8, short, those opposite 

 the petals barren. Ovarium half-inferior. Styles 2 3. Capsule 2-celled, 

 2-valved. Ovules bifid. Albumen horny. The flowers are sometimes dioe- 

 cious, and sometimes polygamous. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, bistipulate, deciduous ; toothed or serrated. 

 Flowers yellow or white. Shrubs, deciduous ; natives of North America. 



JHAMAME^LIS L. Calyx 4-lobed, furnished with 3 4 scales outside. Capsule 



coriaceous, 2-celled, 

 FOTHERGI'LL/I L. Calyx campanulate, 5 7-toothed. Anthers in the form 



of a horseshoe. Capsule 2-lobed, 2-celled. 



