LE 
HEDERA HELIX. 
NAT. CLASS, — DICOTYLEDONES ; ORDER, ARALIACEÆ. ART. CLASS,— 
PENTANDRIA ; ORDER,—MONOGYNIA. 
The long slender stems and branches of the Ivy 
either trail along the ground, or cling to the surface 
of trees and. walls by means of dense tufts of fibrous 
roots, which are freely emitted from the side that is 
not exposed to the light ; and when the branches 
hâve reached the limits of their support they produce 
flowers. The leaves are alternate, with long pétioles, 
and shining dark green limbs, which are for the most 
part divided into five lobes, though sometimes undi- 
vided, and rhomboidal in form. The pale greenish 
flowers are produced in rounded umbels at the extre- 
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