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the petals when of the same number. Anthers 2-celled, opening by up- 
lifted valves (or lengthwise in Podophyllum). Fruit baccate or capsular. 
Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. 
Synopsis. 
* Anthers opening by uplifted valves. 
1. BERBERIS. Stamens 6, Leaves bristly-serrate. Shrubs. 
2. CAULOPHYLLUM. Stamens 6. Leaves compound. Herb. 
8. DIPHYLLEIA. Stamens 6. Leaves peltate, deeply 2-cleft and lobed. Herb. 
4, JEFFERSONIA. Stamens 8. Scape l-flowered. Leaves 2-parted. Herb. 
* * Anthers opening longitudinally. 
5. PODOPHYLLUM. Stamens 12 or more. Flower solitary in the fork of the two peltate, 
lobed leaves. 
1. BERBERIS, L. Barzerky. 
Sepals 6, orbicular. Petals 6, obovate, often biglandular near the base. 
Stamens 6, irritable. Stigma circular, depressed. Fruit a 1-9-seeded berry. 
Seeds erect. — Shrubs with yellow wood. Leaves bristly serrate, often reduced 
to branching spines. Flowers racemose, yellow. Berries acid. 
1. B. Canadensis, Pursh. (AMERICAN BARBERRY.) Smooth, spiny ; 
leaves obovate, bristly-serrate ; racemes nodding, 6 — 8-flowered ; petals notched ; 
berries oval, red. — Upper districts of eons and nordin.. May and June. 
— Shrub 2° - 3 high, with dotted brane. ue | 
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2. DAULOPHYLLUM, Michx. BLUE Conosn. 
Sepals 6, ovate-oblong. Petals 6, thick and gland-like, shorter than the se- 
pals. Stamens 6. Style short. Stigma minute, unilateral. Ovary thin, early 
ruptured by the two growing seeds, withering. Seeds globose, drupe-like, stalked. 
Albumen horny. — A smooth perennial herb, with large ternately-compound 
leaves, and small yellowish-green flowers in a terminal raceme or panicle. 
1. C. thalictroides, Michx. (Leontice thalictroides, Z.) — Mountains 
of South Carolina (Elliott) and northward. April. — Plant 1°-2° high, glau- 
cous when young. Radical leaf 3-ternate, on a long petiole ; those of the stem 
(mostly two) sessile, the upper one biternate. Leaflets —Á 
2-3-lobed. Panicle few-flowered.” Seeds glaucous. 
8. DIPHYLLEIA, Michx. 
Sepals 6, caducous. Petals 6, oval, flat, larger than the sepals. Stamens 6. 
Stigma circular, depressed, slightly 2-lobed. Fruit baccate,2-4-seeded. Seeds 
erect. — A smooth perennial herb, with two large, alternate, peltate, deeply. 2-cleft, 
lobed and serrate leaves, and a terminal eyme of white flowers. 
