. Flowers of the field. Botany. 226 CORNACE^ hairs ; flowers greenish-yellow ; berries black ; endocarp lilac.— Banks, woods, rocks, and old walls ; general.—Fl. October, No\'ember. rerennial. ^^M^^ V '^^^. Hf:DERA HjiLix {Coiumon Ivy). Ord. XXXVI. ,E. -The Dqi'.wood A small order, mostly shrubs or trees,_ inhabiting the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They have mostly pulate, opposite, simple leaves, small, pofysynimetric floiccrs, which are generally tetramerous, and i—4-chambered berry-like fruit, with stony endocarps ; sepals 4, superior, vah-ate ; peU
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 226 CORNACE^ hairs ; flowers greenish-yellow ; berries black ; endocarp lilac.— Banks, woods, rocks, and old walls ; general.—Fl. October, No\'ember. rerennial. ^^M^^ V '^^^. Hf:DERA HjiLix {Coiumon Ivy). Ord. XXXVI. ,E. -The Dqi'.wood A small order, mostly shrubs or trees,_ inhabiting the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They have mostly pulate, opposite, simple leaves, small, pofysynimetric floiccrs, which are generally tetramerous, and i—4-chambered berry-like fruit, with stony endocarps ; sepals 4, superior, vah-ate ; peUils 4—:;, epigynous ; slaiihvis 4—5, epigynous ; style single, thread-like ; stigma simjjle or lobed. The Order contains few plants of interest. The evergreen known as tlie Spotted Faurel (Aueiiba japthiiea), now common in our gardens, js a member of the Order. The spots are a disease which is only slightly transmitted by seed ; but the plant, Lieing diiecious, is larg,ely multiplied liy layers. The staminatc plant is now giown separately, or it can be grafted on the pistillate shrub, so that the red berries are now conniionly [iroduced. Beiit/uiniia jragi/era, a handsome shtub from the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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