364 39. coEisTACiLa;. 



1, H'EBBjii. Zmw, Ivy. 



1. H. Helix (L») ;tl. coriaceous ovate or cordate and S-lobed, 

 lobes angular, umhiels, simple downy erect. — Climbing by means 

 of rootHke fibres. L. of the flpwering branclies ovate-oblong, 

 acute, entire. Berries Hack. Embryo like that of Cor««ee«i — 

 Ivy found in Ireland requires further examination. It has been 

 supposed to be H. canariensis. Seerm J. of B. iii. t. 32. — Rocks, 

 old walls, hedges. Sh, X. XI. ' E. S. I. 



Order XXXIX. COENACE^. 



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-celled. Style filiform. Fruit a drupe, 

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

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

 Leaves I opposite. 



1. CoKNug. Calyx-ljmb superior, of 4 tefeth. Pet. 4. Stam. 4. 

 Style 1. Drupe with aS-celled ahdS-seeded nut. 



1. CoeVijs Linn. 



1. C. sanguiir^ea (L.) j arborescent, branches straight,!, ovate 

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

 —St. 52. 3.— Shrubs— 6 feet high. Old bark reddish. Fl.many, 

 white, in terminal eyittiss. -'FK^dafk purple. L.- jnostly oppo- 

 site, strongly veined, acutely cuspidate, rounded below.— I^edges ' 

 and thickets, BKY^.. , Pog^wQod. E.I. 



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

 Umbellate shorter than the A-leaved petat-lAe involucre. — St. 62. 

 1. — Flowering shoots about 6 in. high, annual, springing from 

 the procumbent or subterranean creeping woody leafless stems. 

 FL dark purple with yellow stamens, ma small solitary terminal 

 umbel with an iijy. of 4 ovate yellow 1. tipped with purple, Fr. 

 red. — Moist alpine pastures. P. VII. E. S. 



Division III. COROLLIFLOEiE. 



Pet. united. Stamens fepipetalous ; except in Erieacea and 

 p^rt of Plantaginaeeep which have hypogynous, and Campanu- 

 lacecf which hasiepigyaous sta^nens. — Orders XE. — LXni, * 



* Orders XL.— XLVI. and Tribe 3 of XLVII. are often regarded 

 as Calyoifloral. Their ovary is inferior. 



