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Cleome. L. 6. 1. 



C. dodecandra. L. Stem branched, viscid, pubescent, strong 

 odor, ternate leaves, and purplish white flowers in a raceme ; 

 pods swollen, hairy viscid ; blossoms in June, in sandy places. 

 Narcotic, anthelmintic, emetic, cathartic. 



ORDER 22. BERBERIDEiE. 



Sepals or leaves of calyx, 3 to 6, deciduous, having scales 

 around them ; petals once or twice as many as sepals, hypogy- 

 nous, with an appendage inside at the base ; stamens opposite the 

 petals, and of equal number with them ; single 1 -celled ovary ; 

 shrubby, or herbaceous, with compound leaves. Only one herba- 

 ceous genus belongs to our State. 



Leontice. L. 6. 1. 



L. thalictroides. L. Poppoose Root, and False Cohosh. 

 Stem a foot or more high, with a single, much-divided leaf, 

 and having 2 - 3-lobed leafets ; flowers small and yellowish- 

 green ; sepals and petals each 6, and a scale at the base of the 

 petals ; berries deep blue ; blossoms in April and May ; in dry- 

 ing, the plant becomes black ; it is dark-colored in its younger 

 state. Is the Caulophyllum of Mx. 



The other genus is the Barberry, so well known for its red, 

 finely acid berries. 



ORDER 24. MALVACE^. 



Calyx generally divided into 5 parts, sometimes 3, or 4, or 5 

 sepals, more or less united at the base, often with a surrounding 

 one or more leafed involucre ; hypogynous petals, usually 5 ; 

 anthers mostly very numerous, with their filaments monadelphous, 

 or in one set ; many fruit-vessels, united round a common axis, 

 and each bearing a style, form the ovarium ; leaves alternate ; 

 some of the plants herbaceous, and contain much mucilage ; used 

 as emollients ; natives of the torrid and warm temperate zones. 



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