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1. Hedeea. Cal. superior, limb of 5 teeth. Pet. 5 — 10, 
not cohering at the apex. Stam. 5 — 10. Styles 5 — 10, 
connivent or combined into one. Berry 5-celled and 5- 
seeded, crowned with the calyx. 
1. Hed'era Linn, em., Don. Ivy. 
1. H. Helix (L.) ; 1. coriaceous ovate or cordate and 5-lobed, 
lobes angular, umbels simple downy erect. — E. B. 1267. — 
Climbing by means of rootlike fibres. L. of the flowering 
branches ovate-oblong, acute, entire. Berries black. Embryo 
like that of Cornacsne. — Rocks, old walls, hedges. Sh. X. XI. 
E. S. I. 
Order XXXIX. CORNACE^. 
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 the calyx. Seed 
pendulous, solitary. Embryo in the axis of fleshy perisperm 
and as long as it. — Leaves opposite, exstipulate. 
ill. CoRNUS. Calyx-limb superior, of 4 teeth. Pet. 4. Stam. 
4. Style 1. Drupe with a 2-celled and 2-seeded nut. 
1. Cor'nus Linn. 
1. C. sanguinea (L.) ; arborescent, branches straight, 1. ovate 
cuspidate green on both sides, cymes flat without an involucre. 
—E. B. 249. St. 52. 3. -Shrub 5—6 feet high. Old bark red- 
dish. Fl. many, white, in terminal cymes. Fr. dark purple. 
L. mostly opposite, strongly veined, acutely cuspidate, rounded 
below. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. Dog-ivood. E. I. 
2. C. siiecica (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. all opposite sessile ovate, fi. 
umbellate shorter than the 4-leaved petal-like involucre. — E. B. 
310. *S'^. 52. 1. — Flowering shoots about 6 in. high, annual, 
springing from the procumbent or subterranean creeping woody 
leafless stems. Fl. dark purple with yellow stamens, in a small 
solitary terminal umbel with an inv. of 4 ovate white 1. tipped 
with purple. Fr. red. — Moist alpine moors. P. VII. E. S. 
