OBDER 6. BERBERIDACE^E. 27 



Jtt, Canadense L. St. climbing; Ivs. 5-7-angled or lobed, peltate, the petiole in- 

 serted near the base ; rac. compound ; petals 6 7, small, v Thickets : common. 

 8 12f. Drupes black, resembling grapes, ripe in Sept. MB. in July. 



2. COCCULUS, DC. (Diminutive, from Lat. coccum, a berry.) Fls. 

 $ $ . Sep., pet., and stam. 6. Anth. 4-celled. $ Ov. 3 to 6. Drape glo- 

 bular-compressed, nut curved as in Menispemium. " Fls. in axillary 

 panicles, suicill, greenish. 



C. Carolinlanus DC. S. HI. to Fla. 10 15f. Lvs. ovate or cordate, entire or lobed. 

 Dinpes red, 13 together, as large as a pea. June, July. 



3. CALYCOOARPUM, Nutt CUP-SEED. (KdA.v, a cup, napTtd?, 

 fruit.) Sep. 6. Pet. 0. $ Stam. 12. Anth. 2-celled. $ Stam. 6, abor- 

 tive. Ov. 3. Stig. fimbriate-radiate. Drupe oval, with the putamen 

 deeply excavated in front and cup-shaped. "> Fls. greenish-white, in long 

 axillary panicles. 



C. Lyoni Nutt. Ga. to Ky. Vine 20 30f. Lvs. 6 & diam., lobes acuminate ; drupe 

 1', oval, greenish. Fls. small, 2" diameter. June. 



ORDER VI. BEKBERIDACE^E. BERBERIDS. 



Herbs or shrubs with alternate leaves and with perfect, hypogynous, 

 regular flowers. Sepals and petals imbricated in bud, each in one or-seve- 

 ral rows. Stamens as many as the petals, and opposite to them, rarely 

 more. Anthers opening mostly by valves, hinged at top. Pistil 1. Style 

 short or none. Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds several, albuminous. 

 Illust. 49, 91, 92, 189, 364, 403, 426. - 



Shrubs, with bristly-serrate leaves, yellow flowers and acid berries BERBERIS. 1 



Herbs. * Anthers opening by 2 valves hinged at the top., .(a) 



a Stamens 6. Fruit 2, drupe-like, soon-naked seeds CAULOPHYLLUM. 2 



a Stamens 6. Berry 1-4-seeded. Petals white, larger than sep DIPHYLLEIA. 3 



a Stamens 8. Pod opening by a lid. Petals 8 JEFFERSONIA. 4 



4 Anthers opening by slits. Stamens 918 PODOPHYLLUM. 5 



1. BERBERIS, L. BERBERRY. (Name from the Arabic.) Calyx of 

 6 obovate, spreading, colored sepals, with the 3 outer ones smaller. Co- 

 rolla of 6 suborbicular petals, with 2 glands at the base of each. Fil. 6, 

 flattened. Anth. opening by uplifted valves. Style 0. Berry oblong, 1- 

 celled. Seeds 2 or 3. J> with yellow wood and yellow fls. Figs. 91, 92, 403. 



1 B. vulgarls L. Spines (reduced Ivs.) 3-forked ; Ivs. simple, serratures terminated 



by soft bristles ; raceme pendulous, many-flowered ; pet. entire ; berries oblong. N. 

 States. 6 !)f. Rac. 12-flowered. Berries red, very tart. May, June. 



2 B. Canadensis Ph. Lvs. repandly-toothed, teeth with short, soft bristles ; rac. 



few (6-8)-flowered ; pet. notched ; berries oval. Mts. Va. to Ga. 2 3f. May^tfune. 



3 B. AQUipdLiuM Ph. Lvs. pinnate ; Ifts. 711, coriaceous, polished, evergreen, 



spinulous-toothed ; clusters erect, crowded. Oregon. 3 5f. Berries globular. April. 



2. OAULOPHYLLUM, MX. COHOSH. (KavkoS, stem, (pvXkov, leaf ; 

 the stem appearing as the stalk of the compound leaf.) Cal. of 6 green. 



