Pl. ex. cal. 43. CAPRIFOLIACEJE. 261.Cornus. 491 
Root creeping; stem 4-angular, one foot high, tip 2-cut; 
umbell simple, in the fork ; involucrum 4-leaved, persisting ; 
flowers purplish ; drupe sweetish. 
VIII. 262. HISDERA. Pliny. Ivy. 
Calyx 5-toothed; corolla 5-petaled ; stamens 5, longer 
than the petals ; anthers 2-forked at bottom ; style short ; 
stigma simple; ovary 5- celled, cells 1 -seeded; berry only 
1 -celled, crowned with the calyx. — Stem shrubby, sarmen- 
tose, climbing on walls and trees ; leaves alternate, ever- 
green ; petioles dilated at bottom ; flowers umbelled, terminal. 
Hedera communis. Common ivy . 
Leaves 5-angular, 5 dobed; uppermost ovate, swelled, 
upright. 
Hedera communis major and minor. Rail Syn. 459, 1. 
Hedera corymbosa, Ger. em. 856, 1 . 
Hedera arborea sive scandens et corymbosa communis, Park. 678. 
Hedera Helix, Lin. S. P. 292. 
Climbing ivy. Berrybearing ivy. 
Walls and trees ; shrubby ; October. 
Leaves petioled, edge not in the least cut, dark green ; 
flowers green. — Root used to whet knives ; leaves nauseous, 
used in the atrophy of children, and as a cover to issues 
instead of a plaster; berries slightly acid, emetic and pur- 
gative ; gum strong smelling, attractive of fish. 
j3. sterilis. Herb trailing on the ground; leaves 3-angular; 
flowers 0„ 
Hedera Helix, Ger. em. 857, 2; Park. 678. 
Barren ivy. Creeping ivy . Ground ivy. 
D. AguiFOLiACEiE. Ovary free. 
IX. 263. ILEX. Pliny. ’ Holly. 
Calyx very small, 4-toothed ; corolla 4-petaled, soldered 
at the base; stamens 4; stigmata 4; nuculanium 1 -celled; 
pyrencc 4, streaked, 1-seeded. — Stem arborescent or shrubby; 
leaves alternate, evergreen, spinose ; peduncles axillary, 
many, 2-bracteated. 
Ilex vulgaris. Common holly. 
Leaves ovate, pointed, spinous, shining, waved ; flowers 
nearly umbelled. 
Agrifolium, Raii Syn. 466, 1 ; Ger. em. 1338. 
Agrifolium sive aquifolium, Park. 1486. 
Ilex Aquifolium, Lin. S. P. 181. 
Aquifolium vulgare, Gartner Fr. et Sem. 2, 72. 
flutter. Holme. 
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