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compound ; leaflets 5—9, stalked or sessile, oblong-ovate, 3-6 X 
l|-3 in., toothed, sometimes lobed, abruptly pointed, lower 
surface pale. Umbels numerous, panicled or racemed. Flowers 
white. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals imbricate. Disk flat. Styles 
free. Fruit black, globose, ~ in. diam., 5-ribbed. (Fig. 66.) 
Theoa, Narkunda, in forest ; August, September. — Temperate Himalaya, 
8000-12,000 ft. 
2. HEDERA. The classical name for the Ivy. — Temperate 
regions of the Old World, Australia. 
Hedera Helix, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 739. A shrub, climbing 
by aerial, adhesive rootlets. Leaves simple, thick, shining, ovate, 
angular or 3-5-lobed, very variable in size, those of the barren 
stems usually more deeply lobed than of the flowering shoots. 
Umbels stellately hairy, solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3, sometimes 
panicled. Flowers yellow-green, polygamous. Calyx -limb obso- 
lete. Petals valvate. Disk conical. Styles united in a very 
