39. COKNACE-E. 181 



1. HEDERA. Cal. superior, limb of 5 teeth. Pet. 5 10, 

 not cohering at the apex. Stani. 5 10. Styles 5 10, 

 connivent or combined into one. Berry 5-celled and 5- 

 seeded, crowned with the calyx. 



1. HED'ERA Linn. Ivy. 



1. H. Helix (L.) ; 1. coriaceous ovate or cordate ando-lobed, 

 lobes augular, umbels simple downy erect. E. B. 1267. 

 Climbing by means of rootlike fibres. L. of the flowering 

 branches ovate-oblong, acute, entire. Berries black. Embryo 

 like that of Cornacece. Hocks, old walls, hedges. Sh. X. XI. 



E. S. I. 



Order XXXIX. COENACE^E. 



Cal. 4-lobed, adnate to the ovary. Pet. 4, oblong, broad at 

 the base, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube ; valvate in the 

 bud. Stam. 4. Ovary 2-ce lied. Style filiform. Fruit a drupe, 

 crowned with the remains of the calyx. Seed pendulous, soli- 

 tary. Embryo in the axis of fleshy perisperni and as long as it. 

 Leaves opposite, exstipulate. 



1. CORNUS. Calyx-limb superior, of 4 teeth. Pet. 4. Stam. 

 4. Style 1. Drupe with a 2-celled and 2-seeded nut. 



1. COR'NUS Linn. 



1. C. sanguin'ea (L.) ; arborescent, branches straight, 1. ovate 

 cuspidate green on both sides, cymes flat without an involucre. 

 E. B. 249. St. 52. 3. Shrub 5 C5 feet high. Old bark red- 

 dish. Fl. many, white, in terminal cymes. Fr. dark purple. 

 L. mostly opposite, strongly veined, acutely cuspidate, rounded 

 below. Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. Dog-wood. E. I. 



2. C. suecica (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. all opposite sessile ovate, fl. 

 Umbellate shorter than the 4-leaved petal-like involucre. E. B. 

 310. St. 52. 1. Flowering shoots about 6 in. high, annual, 

 springing from the procumbent or subterranean creeping woody 

 leafless stems. Fl. dark purple with yellow stamens, in a smaJ 

 solitary terminal umbel with an inv. of 4 ovate white 1. tipped 

 with purple. Fr. red. Moist alpine moors. P. VII. E. S. 



