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a r b o r e t u m e t f r u t i c e t u m b r i t a n n i c u m .
Ampeldpsls iedepàcea.
and July. Berry black or dark blue; ripe
in October. Decaying leaves deep purple
or red, o r yellowish red.
Variety.
1 ri. _h.^ 2 hirsùta Tor. & Gray. A.
hirsùta Donn; Cissus /lederàcea
^ hirsuta Pursh.— Leaves pubescent
on both sides, leaflets ovate. The
plants o f this variety in British gardens
do not die off o f so intense a
ci'iinson as the species.
Stem attaching itself to trees and walls liv
expansions of the extremities o f th e tendrils
Panicle many-flowered. Petals at first some!
vriiat cohering, a t length spreading. Berrv
about as large as a small pea, the peduncles
and pedicels bright crimson ; and the foliage
in autumn, before it dies olF, o f a deep crimsoii.
Ih e most vigorous-growing and generally
ornamental climber in Europe. I t thrives in
almost every sod and situation from Warsaw
to Naples, and in town, as well as in the
country.
Sytwnyme s. Ultis arb ò rea Willd. S a e i i i, u à P- ®3. ; D o n ’s Mill., I p 694
itacemes’ p e .U .n cX » ! ¡ X i d T d f b l f b m ' “ B e l Z f E b b “
August. Berry black ; ; Ju n e to
ripe in October. Decay-’
ing leaves purplish red,
sometimes yellowish red.
Stem upright, o r somewhat
twining, glabrous.
Panicle short, spreading,
and without tendrils. Berry
globose, depressed, as large
as a small pea, blackish
when n p e , slightly hairy.
( Por. and Gray. ) A very
handsome climber, o f easy
culture, and much admired
for the beauty o f its foliage.
Compared with A. /lede-
racea, it is of slow growth isc .
the shoots in the cliTnate o’f T i i ■
a season. London being seldom more than 18 in. or 2 ft. in
Torrey and Gray{ p Z Z ; ' ^ Z t w e i Z n o t ’ J«®‘:ribed in
^ .c o rd à ta Michx. (th e CfissLs s L ' p " ,7®" ^ tro d u c ed .
Wdldenow) IS described in the first Pei soon, and Pitis indivisa o f
a very douhtful species we k a v e Z t l l ^, Z consider it
O.Don, Fitis capreolàta D Don ? I A Í ' 7 ‘'‘“"Jgemeiit. A. capreolà a
having been yet introtluced ’ ‘ I’c tiy a Dec., are also omitted, as not
1. C. O R IEN TA 'L IS . The oriental
Cissus, or I v y Vine.
Identification. L am . 111. p. 332. D o n ’s Mill., 1.
p. 694.
Engravings. L am . III., t. 84. fig. 2. ;
Spec.Char.,4c. Leaves bipinnate,smooth ;
leaflets ovate, serrated. (Doris Mill.)
A deciduous climber. Levant. Stem
5 ft. to 10 ft. Introd. in 1818. Blowers
yellowish green ; Ju n e and July.
Berry, ?.
We have only seen th e plant bearing
this name in the collection o f Messrs.
Loddiges, from which our figure is taken,
and which, as it does not agree very well
with the specific character, is perhaps
n o t the true plant. A t all events, the
plant figured is handsome, and as vigorous
and hardy as Ampélopsis bipinnàta. 190. Cissus orientàlis.
O r d e r X V I I . X A N T H O X Y L A 'C E Æ .
O r d . C h a r , Flowers unisexual, regular. Calyx in 3— 5 divisions. Petals
th e same number, longer than th e calyx ; æstivation generally twisted.
Stamens equal in number to th e petals ; in th e female flowers wanting or
imperfect. Ovary with as many carpels as there are petals. Fruit either
berried or membranous. — Trees or shrubs, chiefly natives of warm climates.
(Lindl.)
Leaves compound, alternate or opposite, without stipules ; abruptly or
unequally pinnate ; with pellucid dots. Floivers axillary or terminal ;
grey, green, o r pink. — The species in British gardens are comprised in
three genera, which are thus contradistinguished ; —
Xantho'-TTLUm L. Flowers bisexual. Carpels 1—5, 2-valved. Leaves
abruptly and impari-pinnate.
P t e ' l e a L . Flowers bisexual. F ru it compressed, 2— 3-celled ; cells winged.
Leaves o f 3 leaflets, rarely o f 5 leaflets.
Aila'ntus Desf. Flowers polygamous. Carpels 3—5, membranous. Leaves
abruptly or impari-pinnate.