16 BERBERIDACEZ. (BARBERRY FAMILY.) 
more, hypogynous. Anthers 2— 4-celled, opening longitudinally. Ova- 
ries 3-8, drupaceous in fruit. Seed and embryo curved, the latter large, 
in thin albumen. 
Synopsis. 
l. COCCULUS. Sepals, petals, and stamens 6. Anthers 4-celled. 
2. MENISPERMUM. Sepals and petals 4-8. Stamens 12-24. Anthers 4-celled. 
3. CALYCOCARPUM. Sepals 6. Petals none. Stamens 12. Anthers 2-celled. 
1, COCCULUS, DC. 
Flowers dicecious or polygamous. Sepals and petals 6, each in two rows. — 
Stamens 6: anthers 4-celled, abortive in the fertile flower. Ovaries 3-6, y 
l-celled, l-ovuled. Stigma subulate, recurved. Drupe baccate, campylotropous. 
Nut reniform, rugose. Seed conformed to the cavity of the nut. Embryo semi- 
circular. — Leaves ovate or slightly cordate, entire or angularly 3-lobed. 
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1. C. Carolinus, DC. — Woods and thickets, Florida to North Carolina, 
and westward. June- August. — Pubescent. Stem twining, 109-15? long. 
Leaves very acute, rather rigid. Racemes of the fertile flowers simple, of the 
sterile compound. Flowers white. Drupe red. 
2. MENISPERMUM, L. Moonszzp. 
Flowers dicecious. Sepals and petals 4-8. Stamens 12-24: anthers 
4-celled. .Ovaries 2-4. Stigma dilated, spreading. Otherwise as in Cocculus. 
— Leaves rounded, angular or lobed, slightly cordate and peltate at the base. 
Flowers white, panicled. 
_ 1. M. Canadense, L.— Banks of rivers, chiefly in the upper districts. 
July. — Stem twining. Sterile panicles ek black. 
3. CALYCOCARPUM, Nutt. 
Flowers diwcious. Sepals 6. Petals none. Stamens 12: anthers 2-celled; 
those of the fertile flower abortive. Ovaries 3, 1-ovuled. Stigma radiate, many- 
` cleft. Drape oval. Nut smooth, excavated on the inner face. Embryo curved, 
foliaceous. — Leaves round-cordate in outline, palmately 3-5-lobed. Flowers 
whitish, in compound racemes. . ; 
. t. C. Lyoni, Nutt. (Menispermum Lyoni, Pursh.) — Banks of the Apa- 
lachicola River, Florida, to Tennessee. May and June. — Pubescent. Stem 
twining 209—509 high. Leaves 4'-7' wide, with acuminate lobes, the lateral 
lobes wavy or angled. Drupe 1! long, globose. 
ORDER 5. BERBERIDACE®. (Bamsrmmr Fawr.) —— 
Herbs or shrubs, with alternate, petiolate, mostly divided leaves, and — 
_ rows of 2-4 each, imbricated in the bud, deciduous. Stamens opposit 
