NTMPHiEACEiE. If 



Californicum, T. & G. Dull blue flowers velvety: raceme close, 

 glaucum, Watsoa. Glaucous: pale blue tiowera: raceme narrow, 

 trollifolium, Gray. Smooth: leaves shining: flowers large, 

 nudicaule, T. & G. Follicles narrowed at base: 6 to 12 lines long, 

 cardinale, Hookt-r. Follicles broader at base, shorter: flowers larger. 



12. ACONITUM, Toumefort. 

 1. A- Columbiantun, Nutt. Blue fiowers or rarely white: hood beaked. 



13. ACTiEA, Linnaeus. 

 I. A. spicata, var. argaita, I'orrey. Leaves 2-3-temate: berries red. 



14. P-ffiONIA, Linn. 

 1. P. Brownii, Dougl. Leathery sepals persistent: seeds 5 or 6 lines long. 



BERBEKIDACEJE. 



Low shrubs with spiny-toothed pinnate leaves: flowers yellow ..,.. 1 



Herb: leaves radical, temately compound: flowers nodding, white ,. 9 



Herb: radical 3-foliolate leaf solitary: sepals and petals wanting 8 



1. BERBERIS, Linnaeus. 

 1. B. repens, Lindley. Leaflets 3 to 7, ovate, not shiny: not & foot hi{;h. 

 *2. B Aquifolium, Pursh. Leaflets 7 or mf>re, shiny: berries globose. 



3. B pinnata, Lag. Petiole short or leaflets at the base: fruit long-ovoid, 



4. B. nervosa, Pursh. Leaflets palraately nerved, 11 to 17. 



2. VANCOUVERLA, Morren &. Decaiane. 



1. V. hexandjra, M. & D. Panicle of white flowers on a scape. 

 Var. axirea. Flowers yellow, larger. S. W. Or. ( V. aurea, Greene.) 



3. ACHLYS, DeCandolle. 

 1. A. triphylla, DC. Scape ending in a slender spike of minute flo 



NYMPIIJCACEJE. 



Leaves elliptic-peltate, floating: stems jelly -coated ,.. ,,,. 1 



Leaves oblong -cordate, lArge: flowers large, globose, yellow 2 



