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or ten feet, dividing into feveral branches, furnifhed 

 with oval leaves irregularly notched on their edges, 

 and finooth on their upper fides, but downy under- 

 neath. The footftalks of the flowers come out fing- 

 ly upon the fmall branches, each generally fupport- 

 ing three flowers, of an herbaceous colour, and 

 making but little appearance, but remarkable for 

 being in bloom late in the fall after the leaves drop 

 off. 



H E P E R A. 



I V Y. 



Clafs 5. Order i. Pentandria Monogynia. 



'T^HE Calyx confifls of an Involucrum of a finiple umfeel, very 

 fmall and many toothed. 

 And an Empalement very fmall, five toothed and fiirrounding 

 the germen. 



The Corolla has five petals, oblong and fpreading, with incurved 

 tops. 



The Filaments are five, awl-fhaped, eredl and the length of the 

 corolla. The Anthers are bifid at the bafe, and incumbent. 



Tht Germen is top lhaped, furrounded by the receptacle'^ The 

 Style is fimple and very fhort. The Sugma is fimple. 



The Seed-veJJel is a globofe berry of oee cell. 



The Seeds are five, large, on one fide gibbous, on the other 

 angled. 



We have but one Species Native of Americay viz. 



H E D E R A quinquefolia. American Ivy^ or 

 Virginian Creeper. 



This hath a climing ftem, attaching itfelf to any 

 neighbouring fupport, and rifing often to the height 

 of thirty, forty or fifty feet, fending off branches, 

 furnifhed v^ith leaves compofed of five lobes joined 



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