608 HEDERA 



Var. CHRYSOPHYLLA. Leaves variegated with patches of yellow, or wholly 

 yellow, or wholly green. Rather handsome when seen in good condition. 



Var. CONGLOMERATA. A dwarfed, very slow-growing form, the leaves 

 small and crowded. 



Var. DELTOIDEA. Leaves very distinct in shape, triangular in main outline, 

 with rounded corners and two deep basal lobes, the inner edges of which 

 overlap. Of stiff habit, and assuming a bronzy tint in autumn. 



Var. LOBATA MAJOR. Leaves five-lobed, chiefly distinguished by the very 

 large, narrowly ovate, pointed middle lobe. 



Var. MARGINATA. This name has been given to a set of small-leaved 

 forms, all of which have white or creamy white margins, except MARG. RUBRA, 

 in which the margins become red in autumn. 



Var. MIMINA. The smallest of all ivies. Leaves closely set on the shoot ; 

 | to i in. across, three-lobed, the lobes triangular. 



Var. OVATA. A very distinct form, the leaves ovate, pointed, rounded at 

 the base, rich green and entire, or very slightly lobed even in the climbing 

 state. 



Var. PEDATA. Leaves small, very deeply three- or five-lobed, the lobes 

 narrow-lanceolate, and usually from to in. wide ; dark green with whitish 

 veins. 



Var. SAGITT/EFOLIA. Leaves arrow-head shaped ; in the way of deltoidea, 

 but with sharp instead of rounded points, the basal lobes very deep. 



H. CANARIENSIS, Willdenow. 



(H. algeriensis, Hort.; H. maderensis, 



Leaf large, leathery, somewhat shallowly three- or five-lobed in the climb- 

 ing state, 2 to 6 (or even 8) ins. across, heart-shaped at the base ; in the 

 flowering state entire and rounded or tapered at the base. Fruit black, as in 

 H. Helix, from which species this differs among other respects in the starry, 

 composite hairs of the young shoots and inflorescence, having thirteen to fifteen 

 rays instead of five to eight, as in H. Helix. The true canariensis is quite 

 distinct from H. hibernica, with which it has been associated ; it is sometimes 

 known in gardens as " canariensis nova." Native of Canary Islands and 

 N. Africa. 



Var. AZORICA. A vigorous variety, with leaves 3 to 6 ins. across, vivid 

 green, five- or seven-lobed ; lobes ovate, blunt-pointed. The quite young wood 

 and leaves are covered with a thick tawny felt. Introduced from St Michael, in 

 the Azores, by the late firm of Osborn of Fulham. 



H. CHRYSOCARtfA, Walsh. 



(H. poetarum, Bertolini^) 



Fruits yellow. Leaves of the climbing state triangular or broadly ovate 

 with a heart-shaped base, shallowly lobed or entire ; those of the fruiting state 

 small, often diamond-shaped, and not lobed. 



Native of S. Europe from Italy to Greece. 



H. CINEREA, Hibberd. HIMALAYAN IVY. 

 (H. Helix Var. himalaica.) 



A well-marked species found in various parts of the Himalaya. Leaves 

 triangular-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, 2 to 4^ ins. long, i to 2^ ins. 

 wide ; often with two lobes near the base, and several large bluntish teeth 



