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or ten feet, dividing into feveral branches, furnifhecf 
with oval leaves irregularly notched on their edges, 
and fmooth on their upper Tides, 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 
oft. 
H E D E R A. 
I V Y. 
Clafs 5. Order 1. Pentandria Monogynia* 
T^HE Calyx confifts of an Involucrum of a fimple umbel, very 
x fmall and many toothed. 
And an Empalempnt very fmall, five toothed and furrounding 
the germen. 
The Corolla has five petals, oblong and fpreading, with incurved 
tops. 
The Filaments are five, awl-fliaped, ere£t and the length of the 
corolla. The Anther a are bifid at the bafe, and incumbent. 
The Germen is top ihaped, furrounded by the receptacle. The 
Style is fimple and very ihort. The Stigma is fimple. 
The Seed-veJJel is a globofe berry of one cell. 
The Seeds are five, large, on one fide gibbous, on the other 
angled. 
We have but one Species Native of America , viz. 
Hed era quinquefolia. American Ivy , or 
Virginian Creeper . 
This hath a diming item, attaching itfelf to any 
neighbouring fupport, and rifing often to the height 
of thirty, forty or fifty feet, fending off branches, 
furnifhed with leaves compofed of five lobes joined 
at 
