﻿BARBERRY 
  FAMILY 
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  2. 
  A. 
  alba 
  Miller. 
  BANEBERRY. 
  Stem 
  erect, 
  smooth 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  

   18-24 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  large 
  and 
  spreading; 
  leaflets 
  thin. 
  Racemes 
  

   very 
  broad. 
  Petals 
  slender, 
  truncate. 
  Pedicels 
  red, 
  thickened 
  in 
  

   fruiting; 
  berries 
  white. 
  In 
  rich 
  woods, 
  more 
  common 
  S.* 
  

  

  34. 
  BERBERIDACE^;. 
  BARBERRY 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Herbs 
  or 
  shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  simple 
  or 
  compound, 
  

   usually 
  without 
  stipules. 
  Sepals 
  petal-like. 
  Petals 
  hypogy- 
  

   nous, 
  distinct, 
  their 
  number 
  some 
  multiple 
  of 
  2, 
  3, 
  or 
  4, 
  never 
  

   of 
  5. 
  Stamens 
  usually 
  one 
  opposite 
  each 
  petal 
  ; 
  anthers 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  opening 
  by 
  2 
  uplifted 
  lids 
  (the 
  stamens 
  of 
  Podophyllum 
  

   are 
  exceptional). 
  Pistil 
  1, 
  1-celled; 
  ovules 
  2 
  or 
  more. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  

  

  berry 
  or 
  capsule. 
  

  

  I. 
  PODOPHYLLUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial. 
  Stem 
  simple, 
  smooth, 
  erect, 
  12-15 
  in. 
  tall, 
  bear- 
  

   ing 
  2 
  leaves 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  flower 
  between 
  them. 
  Sepals 
  

   6, 
  falling 
  off 
  as 
  the 
  flower 
  opens. 
  Petals 
  6-9, 
  obovate. 
  Sta- 
  

   mens 
  twice 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  petals 
  ; 
  anthers 
  splitting 
  open 
  

   lengthwise. 
  Pistil 
  1 
  ; 
  stigma 
  large, 
  flat, 
  sessile. 
  Fruit 
  berry- 
  

   like, 
  1-celled, 
  many-seeded.* 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  peltatum 
  L. 
  MAY 
  APPLE. 
  Rootstock 
  rather 
  large. 
  Leaves 
  

   orbicular, 
  shield-shaped, 
  5-9-lobed 
  and 
  toothed, 
  smooth, 
  9-12 
  in. 
  

   wide. 
  Flowers 
  1-2 
  in. 
  wide, 
  on 
  a 
  peduncle 
  1-2 
  in. 
  long. 
  Stamens 
  

   prominent; 
  anthers 
  opening 
  longitudinally. 
  Fruit 
  1^-2 
  in. 
  long, 
  

   oval, 
  fragrant, 
  edible 
  ; 
  each 
  seed 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  pulpy 
  covering. 
  

   In 
  rich 
  woods. 
  The 
  roots 
  and 
  leaves 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  medicine.* 
  

  

  II. 
  CAULOPHYLLUM 
  Michx. 
  

  

  A 
  perennial 
  smooth 
  herb, 
  1-2^ 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaf 
  large, 
  single, 
  

   sessile, 
  thrice 
  compound 
  in 
  threes, 
  borne 
  high 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  stem; 
  

   there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  large, 
  very 
  compound 
  basal 
  leaf. 
  Flowers 
  

   racemed 
  or 
  panicled, 
  yellowish-green. 
  Sepals 
  6, 
  with 
  3 
  bract- 
  

   lets. 
  Petals 
  6, 
  gland-like, 
  somewhat 
  curved 
  inward 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  

   much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  sepals. 
  Pistil 
  2-ovuled, 
  the 
  ovary 
  soon 
  

   bursting 
  open 
  and 
  leaving 
  the 
  2 
  blue 
  seeds 
  to 
  ripen 
  naked. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  thalictroides 
  Michx. 
  BLUE 
  COHOSH, 
  PAPPOOSE 
  ROOT. 
  Whole 
  

   plant 
  purplish 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  bloom 
  when 
  young. 
  Flowers 
  

   appearing 
  before 
  the 
  leaf 
  is 
  fully 
  developed. 
  Rich 
  woods. 
  

  

  