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ARALIACE.E.HEDERA.Calyx an elevated or toothed edge. Petals 5-10, not calyptrateand cohering. Stamens 5-10. Styles 5-10, converging,or consolidated. Berry 5-10-celled.131. H. Helix Linn. sp. pi. 292. Eng. Bot. 1. 1267. DC.prodr. iv. 261. Common all over Europe, clinging to trees,rocks and walls. (Ivy.)Stem climbing with root-like fibres. Leaves coriaceous, smooth,shining, 5-angled or 5-lobed, the upper or the old ones ovate and acute.Umbels simple, downy. Leaves austere and bitter ; berries bitter,aperient, emetic. It is mentioned as a sudorific, and was once reputedto prevent drunkenness and to dissipate the effects of wine.132. H. umbellifera DC. prodr. iv. 262. Aralia umbelliferaLam. diet. i. 225. Pseudosantalum amboinense ii. t.Rumf. 12.Mountains of Amboyna.Stem shrubby, unarmed. Leaves on long stalks, lanceolate, acuminate,distantly serrated. Peduncles 16, trifid, umbellate. Partial umbelscapitate, roundish. Yields a blackish or dull brown resin with avery powerful aromatic camphorated smell. 60

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