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upwards. This ivy has a distinct grey tinge, the veins still paler grey, and the 

 leaves are longer in proportion to their breadth than other ivies. Fruit yellow 

 or red. Rather more tender than H. Helix, but does well on a wall. In the 

 fruiting state the leaves are entire, ovate-lanceolate, half to two-thirds as wide 

 as they are long, tapered at the base ; sometimes unequal-sided. 



H. COLCHICA, Koch. PERSIAN IVY. 



(H. Rcegneriana, Hort. ; H. amurensis, 'Hort.~) 



Leaves ovate or heart-shaped, entire or slightly lobed, 3 to 7 ins. across, as 

 much as 10 ins. long ; younger parts sometimes purplish tinted. Young shoots 

 clothed with yellowish, scalelike, starry down. This ivy is extremely distinct 

 from our native species, and is a native of the south side of the 'Caucasus 

 range and of N. Persia. In none of its forms does it ever become so deeply 

 lobed as H. Helix does, although in van DENTATA the margins have frequently 

 a few distant teeth. The finest form of H. colchica is commonly known as 

 " H. amurensis," but I can find no authority for the name. There is no ivy 

 from the Amoor region in the Kew Herbarium. H. colchica is the most 

 striking of all ivies, and climbs rapidly when once established. The " tree " 

 form makes a striking evergreen bush with uniformly ovate leaves. 



H. HIBERNICA, Kirchner. IRISH IVY. 



Leaves black green, 3 to 6 ins. across, with usually five triangular lobes. 

 A strong-growing vigorous ivy useful for ground-cover beneath trees, etc. It 

 is often called canariensis in gardens, but that species has a paler green, more 

 leathery leaf. The "tree" form makes a handsome bush. There are both 

 yellow and white variegated forms of this species, which is not quite so hardy 

 as H. Helix : said to be found wild in Ireland and the west of Scotland. 



Var. MACULATA (H. latimaculata). A form of hibernica with leaves three- 

 or five-lobed, blotched and streaked with creamy white. 



H. RHOMBEA, Siebold. JAPANESE IVY. 



A Japanese ivy of rather delicate growth, but quite hardy ; the leaves are 

 triangular to ovate, often heart-shaped at the base, usually slightly three-lobed ; 

 very dark green. One form, known in gardens as H. japonica variegata, has 

 a thin marginal line of white. 



HEDYSARUM MULTIJUGUM, Maximowicz. LEGUMINOS^E. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8091.) 



A deciduous shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, of somewhat sparse, gaunt habit ; 

 young branches erect, zigzag in growth, covered with fine down. 

 Leaves 4 to 6 ins. long, alternate, pinnate. Leaflets seventeen to twenty- 

 nine, ]- to -J in. long, \ to \ in. wide; ovate, oblong, oval or obovate, 

 pointed ; smooth above, minutely downy beneath. Racemes axillary, 

 erect, long-stalked, 6 to 12 ins. long, produced from the axil of each leaf 

 as the shoot develops. Flowers pea-shaped, rosy magenta, f in. long, 

 arranged on the upper two-thirds of the raceme on very short stalks ; 

 standard petal J in. or a little more across, with a patch of yellow at the 



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