The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . lbluish flowers,in which thecorolla is scarcely ex-sertedfromthecalyx, and onlytwo of the sta-mens are per-fect. It em-braces about adozen species, ex-clusively coniinedto North andSouth best-knownspecies is H. pule-fjioides, the Amei -lean pennyroyal,which has thepleasantly pun-gent odor andtaste of the genusspecially devel-oped, and is ingreat repute as aremedy for coldsand as an emmen-agogue. hedert, adv. AMiddle Eng-lish variant ofhither. Hedera (
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . lbluish flowers,in which thecorolla is scarcely ex-sertedfromthecalyx, and onlytwo of the sta-mens are per-fect. It em-braces about adozen species, ex-clusively coniinedto North andSouth best-knownspecies is H. pule-fjioides, the Amei -lean pennyroyal,which has thepleasantly pun-gent odor andtaste of the genusspecially devel-oped, and is ingreat repute as aremedy for coldsand as an emmen-agogue. hedert, adv. AMiddle Eng-lish variant ofhither. Hedera (hede-ril), ». [L. (Linnasus, 1753), alsoedera, ivy: see imder </<;<!.] A genus of dico-tyledonous polypetalous woody ?vines, climbingby rootlets, belonging to the natui-al order Ara-Jiacew series Hctlerew. it is characterized byhaving the styles connate into a cone or short column, theleaves simple or pinnate, the umbels paniculate, and thepedicels continuous with the flowers. The genus as tliuslimited embraces oidy two species, one of which. //. Helix,the common ivy, now cultivated in all lands, is indigenous. Pennyroyal tlieiieoma futegioides).a, flower; b, leaf. Hedera to most temperate and subtropical old-world regions ofthe northern hemisphere, from the Canary Islands to .la-pan. The other species, //. Awitraliana, the Queenslandivy, differs chietiy in having pinnate leaves. Tlie West In-dian trees that have been placed in this genus by someauthors are now referred to .^L-UiiuphitUuin : while the so-called Hed<ra of the Hawaiian Islands, called Chdrudni-dron by Hillebraud, belongs more properly to the genusPanax. Besides the value of a species of this genus as anornamental vine, it yields hederic acid, which has medi-cinal properties, and the hemes are emetic. A decoctionof the leaves liyes hair black. The genus is found in afossil state from the )iiddle Cretaceous to the Quaternaiyof Europe, the arctic regions, ami the United States, morethan 20 fossil s
Size: 1053px × 2373px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubjectatlases, booksubjectenglishlanguage
