56 RAXALES 



13. Actaea. 414. 



Berry spherical, 5-7 mm. long. 1. a. arguta. 



Berry ellipsoid. 10-12 mm. long. 2. A. rubra'. 



1. Actaea arguta Nutt. 



In the northwestern part of the state. Squaw Canon. 



2. Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. 



In the northwestern part of the state. Belmont; Hat Creek Basin; 

 War Bonnet Canon. 



2. BERBERIDACEAE. 



Shrubs. 1. Berberis. 



Herbs. 



Flowers paniculate, greenish purple. 2. Caulophyllum. 



Flowers solitary, white. 3. Podophyllum. 



1. Berberis. 432. 



1. Berberis aquifolium Pursh. Oregon grapes. 



A xerophyte of the northwestern part of the state. Belmont; Harri- 

 son; Pine Ridge; Squaw Butte. 



2. Caulophyllum. 433. 

 1. Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. 



Rare in wooded ravines along the Missouri. Bellevue; Newcastle. 



3. Podophyllum. 433. 

 1. Podophyllum peltatum L. 



In woods, mostly along the ^lissouri River. Brownville; Nebraska 

 City; Nemaha; Richardson County. 



3. MENISPERMACEAE. 

 Menispermum. 434. 

 1. Menispermum canadense L, 



Common in open woods and thickets in the eastern part of the state. 

 Crete; Ewing; Fairbury; Fremont Island; Grand Island; Lincoln; 

 Peru; Ponca; Red Cloud; Washington. 



4. NYMPHAEACEAE. 



Leaves not peltate. 



Flowers yellow, petals shorter than the stamens, 1. Nymphaea. 



Flowers white, petals longer than the stamens. 2. Castalia. 



Leaves peltate, carpels contained in pits in the enlarged receptacle. 



3. Nelumbo. 

 1. Nymphaea. 406. 

 1. Nymphaea advena Soland. 



Formerly found in pond^ throughout the state, but has now been de- 

 stroyed by cattle in most places. Cherry County; Grant County; Ken- 

 nedy; South of Whitman. 



2. Castalia. 407. 



1. Castalia tuberosa (Paine.) Greene. 



In ponds in the eastern part of the state, but rapidly disappearing due 



to trampling by cattle. Nemaha County; Richardson County. 



