Plex.caL 43. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 261.Cornus. 4-91 



Root creeping ; stem 4-angular, one foot high, tip 2-cut ; 

 umlell simple, in the fork ; involucrum 4-leaved, persisting ; 

 Jlowers purplish ; drupe sweetish. 



VIII. 262. HEDERA. Pliny. %. 



Calyx 5-toothed; corolla 5-petaled; stamens 5, longer 

 than the petals; anthers 2-forked at bottom; style short i 

 stigma simple ; ovary 5-celled, cells 1 -seeded ; berry only 

 1 -celled, crown'ed with the calyx. — Stem shrubby, sarmen- 

 tose, climbing on walls and trees ; leaves alternate, ever- 

 green ; petioles dilated at bottom ; Jloivers umbelled, terminal. 



Hedera communis. Common ivy. 



Leaves 5-angular, 5-lobed; uppermost ovate, swelled, 

 upright. 



Hedera communis major and minor, Raii Syn. 459, 1. 



Hedera corymbosa, Ger. em. 856, 1. 



Hedera arborea sive scandens et corymbosa communis, Park. 678. 



Hedera Helix, Lin. S. P. 292. 



Climbing ivy. Berrybearing ivy. 



Walls and trees ; shrubby ; October. 



Leaves petioled, edge not in the least cut, dark green ; 

 Jlowers green. — Root used to whet knives ; leaves nauseous, 

 used in the atrophy of children, and as a cover to issues 

 instead of a plaster ; berries slightly acid, emetic and pur- 

 gative ; gum strong smelling, attractive of fish. 



|3. sterilis. Herb trailing on the ground; leaves 3-angular; 

 Jlowers 0, 



Hedera Helix, Ger. em. 857, 2; Parfc, 678. 



Barren ivy. Creeping ivy. Chround ivy. 



D. AguiFOLiACEiE. Ovary free. 



IX. 263. ILEX. Pliny. Holly. 



Calyx very small, 4-toothed ; corolla 4-petaled, soldered 

 at the base; stamens 4!', stigmata 4t; nuculajitum 1-celled; 

 pyren(B 4, streaked, 1-seeded. — Stem arborescent or shrubby; 

 leaves alternate, evergreen, spinose ; peduncles axillary, 

 many, 2-bracteated. 



Ilex vulgaris. Common holly. 



Leaves ovate, pointed, spinous, shining, waved ; Jlowers 

 nearly umbelled. 



Agrifolium, Raii Syn. 466, 1 ; Ger. em, 1338. 

 Agrtfonum sive aquifolium. Park. 1486. 

 Hex Aquifolium, Lin. S. P. 181. 

 Aquifolium vulgare, Gevrfner Fr. et Scm. 2, 72. - 

 Hulver. Holme, 



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