220 IVY 



(2) Not parasitic; always rooted in the ground. 



[For(b) (a) Climbing or scrambling on other plants, and 



see p. 227.] with lon g limp stems, which faU to the ground 



if removed from their support. 



(a) Climbing by means of numerous short 

 adventitious roots, put forth by the stem 

 and closely appressed to the support. Dark 

 evergreen glossy alternate leaves. Buds 

 naked; bark rugged grey. Flowers yel- 

 lowish-green in umbels; berries black. 



Hedera Helix, L. Ivy (Fig. 48). The Ivy may climb 

 to 30 feet or more, but is often non-climbing and prostrate 

 or even a lax rounded shrub (see p. 253). The simple 

 umbels and angular palmately veined and often lobed 

 leaves are very characteristic, as is also the unpleasant 

 odour when bruised. 



(/3) Climbing not by means of adherent 

 roots, but in some other manner. 



[ For (**) * Twining plants, i.e. the stems or branches 



coil themselves round the support, usually 

 from left to right. 



[For (ft) f Tall twiners, with greyish bark torn into 



see p. 222] fibres Qn old twisted stem s. Buds herba- 



ceous and opening very early. Leaves op- 

 posite and deciduous ; shoots pubescent. 

 Flowers large and fragrant ; berries red in 

 crowded clusters. 



Cortex grey-broivn and very fibrous ; twigs 

 pale yellowish or red where sunned. Leaves 

 next the inflorescence free j flowers pink. 



Lonicera Periclymenum, L. Honeysuckle. This plant 

 may climb up to 10 20 feet. It is common, and one of 



