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1. H. Helix (Linn.) common Ivy. Helix is a Latin noun derived 

 from (helisso), to creep or encircle. Thus Hedera Helix is a creeping 

 or encircling Ivy. Engl. Bot. t. 1267. 



Locality. Hedges, woods, old buildings, and trunks of trees. 

 Sh. Fl. October, November. Fr. April. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5, Gen- 

 erally distributed. An evergreen of excessive elegance, and a 

 universal favourite, ever enfolding our hedges, rocks, ruins, and 

 trunks of trees, in a rich entangled mantle of verdure and beauty. 

 Stems every long, creeping, throwing out numerous roots by which 

 they adhere to hard substances. Leaves very shining, dark green, 

 often veined with whitish lines. Flowers small, pale green. A 

 variety called the Irish Ivy, is much cultivated on account of the 

 vastly larger size of its foliage, and its very rapid growth. 



ORDER. CORNACEiE. (DE CAND.) 

 Cornus, (Linn.) Dog-wood-Cornel-Tree. 

 Linn. CI. iv. Ord. i. 



Name. Probably from cornu (Lat.), a horn, in reference to the 

 hard substance of the wood. Yirgil mentions the wood as being 

 useful for warlike instruments — "Bona bello cornus," though the 

 modern name Dog-wood does not imply so good a reputation. 



1. C. sanguinea (Linn.) blood-red or wild Cornel, in allusion to 

 the redness of the bark. From sanguis (Lat.) blood. Engl. Bot. t. 

 249. St. 52—3. 



Locality. Woods and thickets, particularly on a chalk or lime- 

 stone soil. Sh. Fl. June, Fr. September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 

 General throughout the County. The white blossoms of the Dog- 

 wood are very conspicuous in our hedges throughout the month of 

 June, and whilst its blood-red twigs relieve the monotonous colour- 

 ing of the winter landscape, the deep purple brown of the fading 

 leaves adds to the rich tinting of our autumnal scenery. 



ORDER. LORANTHACEA (JUSS,) 

 Viscum, (Linn.) Mistletoe. 

 Linn. CI. xxii. Ord. ii. 

 Name. The name of Latin authors, derived from (ischo), the same 

 as (echo), to hold. 



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