4 9 t ì ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM.
L U. II. 1 vulgàris Dee. (Eng. Bot., t. 13G7. ,
and our fig. 908.) has the pedicels
clothed with stellate down, and the fruit
black. This is the commonest form of
the ivy, throughout Europe, in a wild
state; and there are varietie.s of it with
white and yellow variegated leaves, in
gardens.
S- H. H. 2 canariénsis Dec. ; 11. canariénsis
Willd. Berol. Mag. ii. p. 170. t. S. f. 1.;
the Irish Ivy, or Giant Ivy, of British
gardens; has the pedicels scaly with pu-
hescence. Floral leaves subcordate ;
those of the creeping branches S-lobed
and larger than those of the common
ivy. Fruit ? red, or black. Canary
Islands. Introduced in ? 1800, or before.
L H. H. ? 3 chrysocàrpa. Dec., H. poètica
fo'Troré.rpos Dalech., H. Dionysias .7. Bauh., H.
HéiK WalL, IS a native of the North of India, with yellow fruit.
I t differs from the common ivy in its yellow fruit, and in being of
more gigantic growth ; in the leaves being more cuneated at tlie
base; and m the pedicels being scaly. Hort. Society’s Garden.
The Farieties in British Gardens, additional to the above, a re : —
r i t ' i f ’ t ? f t tirflntcis Lodd. Cat. The Si7i,«--striped Ivy.
7 i l ' 11' o /" ‘‘w aureis Lodd. Cat. The Golden-slúpcd Ivy.
a h ' tl % f ' f t * f t ' - The palmate, or Hand-shaped, Ivy.
a- tl. U. 7 arborescens Lodd. Cat. The arborescent, or Tree, Ivy. — Dm
variation is mere y an extension of the flowering slioots, fthicli are
entire-leaved, and take an ai-borescent character ; and, when a portion
oi them IS cut off, and has rooted as a separate plant, it will sometimes
produce an upright bush, which will retain its arborescent form for
many years. Sooner or later, however, it resumes its native habit,
and tto-ows out rambling, or creeping, shoots, with S-lobed leaves
like the common ivy.
an if DtoSrides'* Tlieophrastiis, Pliny, Virgil,
.1 b u t thrives best when somewhat
k t Í f t 'fo sub-varieties, are th e best
kinds for supporting themselves on waUs, especially when y o u n g ; a t which
pe, lod tlie giant ivy seldom throws o u t rootlets, though it does so sSbseqiiently.
O r d e r X X X V I I . . f f A M A M E L I D A 'C E Æ .
Obd Ch a r . Calyx 4-lobed or repandly toothed. Petals 4, linear, rarely
wanting ; æstivation mvolutely valvate. Stamens 8, short, those opposite
2 o " T ’ I -fi r ' Z Styles 2 - 3 . Capsule 2?ellecl,
2-valved. Ovules bifid. Albumen h o r n y . The flowers are s o m e t im e s dice!
C lo u s, a n d s o m e t im e s p o ly g am o u s . (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate, bistipulate, deciduous ; toothed or serrated.
Flowers yellow or white. - Shrubs, deciduous ; natives of North America.
iÎAMAME'L is L Calyx 4-lo!ied, furnished with 3—4 scales outside. Capsule
coriaceous, 2-celled, ‘
F o t h e r g i ' l l ^ L. Calyx campanulate, S—7-toothed. Anthers in the form
of a horseshoe. Capsule 2-lobed, 2-celled.
X X X V I I . i /A M A M E L ID A 'c E Æ ; ÍT A M A M B 'l IS .
G e n u s 1 .
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/fAM AME 'L IS L . T h e H a m a m e l i s , or W ych H a z e l .
L in . Syst. Tetrândria Digÿnia.
Identification. Lin. Gen., 169. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 268. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 396.
Synonymes. Trilòpus Müh. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 8 App. ; Hamamelide, Ital.
Derivation. J/amamèlis is a name by which Athenaeus speaks of a tree which blossomed a t the
*"same time as the apple tree ; the word being derived from hama, together with, and mëlis, an
apple tree. The modern application seems to be from the //amamèlis having its blossoms accompanying
its fruits {mêla) ; both being on the tree a t the same time.
Gen. Char. Calyx 4-Iobed, adhering to the ovarium at the base, furnished
with 2—3 scales on the outside. Petals 4, long, alternating with the teeth
ofthe calyx. Stamens 4, alternating with the petals. Ovarium free at tlie
apex. Capsules coriaceous, 2-celled, 2-valved. Arils 2 in each capsule.
Seed oblong, shining. (Don’s Mill.)
Leaves simple, alternate, bistipulate, deciduous ; ovate or^ cuneated,
feather-nerved, nearly entire. Flowers nearly sessile, disposed in clusters,
in the axils of the leaves, girded by a 3-leaved involucrum. Petals
yellow. — Shruhs or low trees, deciduous ; natives of North America ;
interesting from producing their flowers in the autumn, which remain on
daring the winter.
Si Î I. v i r g i 'n i c a L. The Virginian Hamamelis, or Wych Hazel.
Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 268. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 396. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.
Synonymes. Hamamelie do Virginie, Fr. ; Virginische Zaubernuss, Ger. ; Pistacchio nera della
Virginia, Ital.
Engravings. N. D u Ham., 7. t. CO. ; Bot. Cab., t. -598. ; and our jîg. 909.
Spec. Char.y 4c. Leaves obovate, acutely toothed, with
a small cordate recess at the base. (Don’s Mill.) A
deciduous shrub, Canada to Florida ; in dry and
stony situations, but frequently near water. Height
20 ft. to 30 ft. with a trunk 6 in. or more in diameter.
Introduced in 17.36. Flowers yellow; beginning
of October to the end of February.
Vaiieties.
^ Y a . V. 2 parvifolia K u tt.— Leaves smaller, oblong
ovate, and a more stunted habit than
the species. Penns}lvania, on moimtains. In
British gardens, when planted in peat soil, this
forms a very handsome little shrub ; and is
peculiarly valuable from being densely covered
with fine yellow flowers throughout the winter.
Sfe t H. V . 3 macrophylla. .ff. macrophylla-
— Leaves nearly orbicular, cordate, coarsely h. urginica,
and bluntly toothed, and scabrous from dots beneath. Western
part of Georgia, and North Carolina, on the Katawba Mountains,
introduced in 1812, and flowers from May to November.
In British gardens, it has been but little cultivated, notwithstanding the singularity
of its appearance in autumn and winter ; when it is profusely covered
with its fine rich yellow flowers, which begin to expand before the leaves of
the previous summer drop off, and continue on the bush throughout the
winter. After the petals drop off in spring, the persistent calyxes remain on
till the leaves reappear in April or May. I t will grow in any light free soil,
kept rather moist; and it is propagated by layers and by seeds; which last,
though rarely produced in Britain, are frequently sent to this country from
America. They ought to be sown immediately on being received, as they are
often two years before they come up.
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