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3. Hedera nutans. Alpine Ivy. 
Arborescent unarmed, leaves elliptic subacute 
coriaceous, umbels nodding hemispherical, pedun- 
cles subterminal sub-erect. 
Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. 514 . 
IlilB. Highest mountains. Blue mountain peak. 
PL. April. 
Stem 10-15 feet in height, with the branches bent or 
twisted in an irregular manner. Leaves sub-opposite, 2 
inches in length : petioles of nearly the same length as the 
leaves. Umbel simple, hemispherical, an inch and a half 
in breadth peduncled : peduncles arising from the bifur- 
cation of the branches, 1 .V to 3 or 4 inches in length. In- 
volucre none. Receptacle convex above, concave beneath, 
with the margin toothed : pedicels 1-flowered, half an 
inch or more in length. Calyx pentagonal, subentire. 
Petals 5, slightly cohering at the base, ovate, acute, with 
a longitudinal ridge on the inner surface, terminating in 
an incurved apicula, reflexcd, deciduous. Filaments subu- 
late : anthers large. Style short, pentagonal : stigma 
obtuse. 
4. Hedera capitata. Sessile-flowered Ivy. 
Arborescent unarmed, leaves elliptic acumi- 
nate, nerves pinnated with the lowest pair arising 
with an acute angle, raceme terminal compound, 
umbels capitate on long foot-stalks, flowers ses- 
sile. 
Aralia capitata, Jacq. Amer. 39. t. 61. — Hedera capi- 
tata, Smith, Icon. pict. rar. I. 4. t. 4. — Swartz, FI. Ind- 
Occ. 516. — DC. Prod. IV. 262. 
II il B. Common. 
F L. May, June. 
A tree about 12 feet in height ; branches long, subsim- 
ple. Leaves at the ends of the branches, 3-4 inches in 
length, 3-nerved, glabrous, shining above, with the pet- 
ioles of unequal length, some of them being an inch, and 
others 6-7 inches in length. Racemes at the bifurcation of 
the branches, erect, compound : rachis subterete. Heads 
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