PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Hedera. 67 



Petals inversely heart-shaped. E. E. 1289. R. vul- 

 garis, fructu rubro. G. E. 1593. 



Hedges, tMckeU. Sb, 



Shrub. April. 



Bushy shrub. Ls. deciduous, on long foot-stalks, five-lobed, doubly 

 saw-toothed. Bract, egg-shaped, concave, short. FI. nearly 

 flat, yellowish-green. Berry globular, red, shining, acid. 

 Fruit of a cold chmate, thriving ill in the south of Europe. 



Berry also pale pink, or white. Red beiT. for jelly. Equal weights 



of picked currants, and pure sugar put over the fire become an 



agreeable jelly from the liquor that separates. 



(R. alpinum. Near Bristol Hot Wells. Tur, 



(Ribes nigrum. Black G. Oversley, Warwickshire. P?i.) 



*R. Grossularia. Common Gooseberry. Prickles one, 

 two, or three, under each bud. Branches otherwise 

 smooth, spreading. Stalks single-flowered. Bracteas 

 close together. Segments of the calyx bent back, 

 shorter than the tube. E. B. 1292. /3. R. Uva crispa. 

 E. B. 2057. Sb. 84. Smooth Gooseberry. Uva 

 crispa. G. E. 1324. 



Hedges, thickets, waste ground. 0. In Cowley Field, Heading- 

 ton. White wood. Sb. 



Shrub. April. 



Ls. three-lobed, Berr. pendulous, rough. Var. |3. Fr. smooth. 



HEDERA. Ivy.' 



H. Helix. Common I. Leaves near the flower egg- 

 shaped, others five-lobed, umbel upright. E. B. I267. 

 C. fas. 1. 16. H. corymbosa, and Helix. G. E. 



857. 



Woods, hedges, old buildings. 

 Shrub. September, October. B.v. 



Stem and branches long, flexible, creeping ; those attaching closely 

 to trees or walls, by numerous short fibres, somewhat com- 

 pressed. Upper branches round. Ls. evergreen, dark, veined 

 with white ; lowermost five-lobed, uppermost egg-shaped, all 

 stalked. Fl. gi'eenish- white, many, in umbels. Ser?-?/ globular, 

 black. 



Whole plant aromatic. From the old stems bruised, a fragrant 

 resin. 



When trailing on the ground, Is. three-lobed, and no fruit pro- 

 duced. Almost every one acquainted with this common and 



' An. Sax. 

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