H e d e r a H e l i x . I v y
I dera ■Linneei Gen. PL Pentandria Monogynia. Petala quinque oblonga. Bacca quinquelperma
calyce ciiiéla. f
Reit'i Syn. A rbores et F rutices fructü flori petaloidi contiguo.
^DERA Helix foliis ovatis lobatifque. Lynn. Syß. Vegetab. p. 202. Sp. PL 292. FL Suède, p. 75,
“ïnERA foliis fferilibus trilobatis, fru&iferis ovato-lanceolatis. Haller hiß. helv. n. 826.
f 15ERA Helix. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. n. 271. Hudfon Fl. Angl. p. 85.
*DERA arborea. Bauhin. Pin. 305.
fDERA poetica. Bauhin. Pin. 305.
^DERA major fterilis. Bauhin. Pin. 305.
TqERA hum» repens. Bauhin. Pin. 305.
IDERA arborea five feandens et corymbofa communis. Parbinfon 678.
CpERA Helix Ger. Em. 858. Raii Syn. 459. Climbing or Berried Ivy-: alfo Barren or Creeping Ivy.
T;US in arboribus hujus fpeciei fenefeentibus cor-1 TRUNK : the trunk in trees of this fpecies, which
\ tice rimofo cinereo veftitur, in novellis 1 amis | are old, is covered with an alfo-coloured ehopviridis
aut purpureus cernitur, fibril-las e latere1? ped bark ; in the young branches it is of a I interior! exerit, quorum opeproXimis arboribus | green or purple colour ; from the infide of the
aut parietibus innixus alta petit. ? trunk a great number of fmafl fibres are thrown
I out, by the affiftance of which it fupporta
$ itfelf on the neareft walls and trees, and climbs
i • .■ aloft/
lauam maxime varia, dum planta répit plerum-| LEAVES as various as poffible ; while the plant creepa
j que trilobata, quinquelobata etiam occurrunt ; ? they are in general trilobate, fometimes q.uin-
I adminiculis dereli&is, ovatafiunt; glabra, ni ten-1 quelobate, leaving its fupporters, they become
I tia, nunc rubedine ornata, nunc venis alfoispi&a, y oval ; fmooth, Ihining, fometimes tin (Stored with
I prefertim in ramulis junioribus. ? red, fometimes painted with white veins, parti-
I cularly in the young branches.
S lutefeentes, in fummitatibUs caulium urhbella-1 FLOWERS yellowilh, growing on the top of the ftalks
tt ' - ' -J tim difpofiti, UmbelLæ denfæ , gl'o bo-fræ- . in thick round Um
1,1 .A : quinque, ovata, flavefeentia, patentia.
MBEL9. ■ ■
I COROLLA: Petals five, oval, yellowilh and fpread-
I ■ B H I ' ing*
§JA: Fi lament a quinque longitudine Corollas; I STAMINA : five Filaments the length of the Co-
Antherxs bafibifidte, incumben tes,jig . 1. ? rolla; A ntheras bifid at bottom, and incum-
| bent, sjig. i. .
LUM: Germen turbinatum; Stylus fimplex, ? PISTILLUM: Germen roundilh ; Style fimple and
I breviflimus: Stigma fimplex, Jig. 2. ' | verylhort; Stigma fimple, Jig. 2.
ARPIUM: Bacca globofa, nigra, intuspufpu-f SEED-VESSEL: a round Berry, externally black, in-
rea, quadrilocularis aut quinquelocularis, core-1 ternally purple, with four or five cavities, each
nata receptaculo et flylo conico brevi, loculis | containing one feed, crowned with the receptamonofpermis,
fig. 3, 4. | cle and Ihort conic Style, Jig. 3, 4.
A quinque, hinc gibba, inde angulata, Jig. 6. | SEEDS five, on one fide gibbous, on the other angular,
fg> 6.
filedera Helix begins to blow in funny afpefts towards the end of September, and according to fituation blof-
Ithrough October and November. This plant is one of thelaff blowers, and is much reforted to by bees, and
Karious fpecies, which fwarm on its branches, and feed on its blofloms, making luch a humming on funny
jpay be diftinguifhed at a confiderable difiance.
Jberries increale in bulk gradually all through the winter months, and are full formed by February ; in April
JMand turn very black, and are eaten by feveral fpecies of thrulhes, and wild pigeons. Thus does fru&ifica-
imteftly obtain in this inftanceall through the winter months,- as well as in the mofles and lichens.
are vei7 fond of Ivy, which in hard weather is a warm and whollbme food; and therefore fhepherds in fn ow y
Kut down branches for their flocks to brouze on. Cato directs that in a fcarcity of hay cattle Ihould be
flpwith ’Ivy.
jfeflor Kalm, in his travels through the greateft part of N. America, faw hut one plant of Ivy, and that j was
qpP the walls of a man’s houfe : this fpecimen was probably carried thither by fome European, who, perhaps,
itous of propagating in that new world a plant that might ftill recall to his miud thepleafing idea of his native
p> tufted with the foliage of this beautiful Evergreen.
Mi' ncients held this plant in great efteem ; theirHeroes and Poets are deferibed as wearing garlands compofed of
f e ,uPP°fihon of its preventing intoxication is of very early date: Homer therefore mentions his Bacchus as
^'vned, and often deferibes his Heroes drinkin gout of a Cup made o f the wood of Ivy (xicro-u&av). Cato tells
S l i p ! kind we may diftinguilh wine that has been adulterated with wafer, for the wine will be
?vater remain : to luch an extravagant aflertion has this grave Author been probably led by relying
tnibr S p l i l l i ^et;ween fbe vine and ivy : This cup is flill uled in fome parts of,.-the kingdom as a remedy
mow r •’ ^ut rati°nal pra&icehas not admitted any part o f the Hedera into the Materia Medica*; Ivy-
Mnd ^ t0 ^uccelst^]y applied to painful Corns.- When it trails on the ground its branches are
l^leaf h ’ an° 'tS ^eaves are divided into three lobes 5 but when it climbs walls-or trees it grows much ftronger,
% (/ C p ^ | t0 an- pv»l form : thefe different appearances induced old Botanifts to luppofe there were two or
y11 lts variegated Rate it iomerimes appears almoft White, and may perhaps be the Hedera alba
®roplj are acquainted with the beauty of Ivy whet) fuffered to run up a flake, and at length to form itfelf into
_*evei-le * ! i i g » of its branches, and the vivid hue of its leqyes, give it one of the firft places
Adies tJH U11 Rubbery ; in woods, when fuffered to grow large and rampant, this plant, by twining round
Jhereeve° 3 ^leat C^3ma^e t0 tim^er tree3» therefore.fhould be carefully deflroyed : but in ornamented Out-
Wi'oiip- rnfeeUS “® noC ab°und, a few trees covered with Ivy have a very plealing effect, and moreover induce
®leStum thickets for the lake of the berries and Ihelter.
[n ]Vy ^ 0 . y.mah.y birds build their Nefts, particularly the Black bird.
'lt ma^ ea'®-v *3e deftroyed, though it has fpread to a great height, by cutting through its
Ji it. v lews ^at the fibres which the Stalk throws out in lb lingular a manner Icrve more to lupport°than
^ °od of Ivy is made ule of by Shoemakers to give a fmooth edge to their cutting knives.