ffr BERBEBIDACEAE. 153 



Gioiiwstcr— Repaupo (He.^). Saiew— Ditches at Salem (He.)- Mercer- 

 Trenton (C). ^ , 

 New Castle— Near Edgemoor. ^ 



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19. FICARIA Huds. 



1. FiCARiA FiCARiA (L.) Karst. Lesser Celandine. M. p. 430. Escaped 

 from gardens. Spring. 

 Fhiladelphia—Wissahiekon (Je.) (Me.) (St.), West Park in Nurseries 

 (VP.). i>eto ware— Lansdowne (Mac). 



20. OXYGRAPHIS Bunge. 

 1. OxYGBAPHis Cymbalaria (Pursh.) Prantl. Seaside Crowfoot. M. p, 

 430. Sandy shores. Summer. 

 ^«o«<ic— Atlantic City (He.). Ocean— Point Pleasant (Br.) (Te.). 

 Monmouth— Ocean Grove, Brielle, Manasquan, Shark River (C). 



21. THALICTRUM L. Meadoav Rue. ., 



P"'ilaments filiform or slender, not wider than the anthers. 



Flowers strictly dioecious; lower stem leaves distinctly petioled. 



1. T. dioicum. 

 Flowers polygamous; leaflets usually glandular or waxy; stem leaves 

 almost sessile. 2. T. purpurascens. 



Filaments spatulate, often wider than the anthers; plant not glandular. 



3. T. polygamum. 



1. Thalictrum dioicum L. M. p. 431. Rocky woods. Spring. 



2. Thalictrum purpurascens L. M. p. 431. Dry uplands and rocky hills. 



Summer. 



3. Thalictrum polygamum Muhl. M. p. 431, Wet meadows and along 



rivulets. Summer. 



Family H. BERBEBIDACEAE T. &. G. Barberry Family. 



Shrubs; fruit baccate. 1, Berber is. 



Herbs. 



Anthers opening by valves. 



Pericarp early bursting, leaving two large, naked, stalked seeds, 

 resembling berries. 2. Caulophyllum. 



Fruit capsular, half circumscissile. 3. Jeffersonia. 



Anthers longitudinally dehiscent; fruit baccate; stamens 6-18. 



4. Podophyllum. 



1. Berberis vulgaris L. Barberry. M. p. 432. Thickets. Early summer. 



PMode/p/iia — German town (Je.). Bucks — Bensalem, Mart. (Fr.), 

 Jericho Hill (Ws.). Delaware— Vamier 's Arboretum (He.) (Le.). North- 

 avipton—'Easton, Porter (B. C.) (Ca.). 



Monmouth— B.edhank, Mattawan, Sandy Hook, Oceanic, Seabright (C). 

 Middlesex — Woodbridge (C). 



New Cattle — Richardson's Mill, Canby. 



2. CAULOPHYLLUM Miehx. 

 1. Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. Blue Cohosh, Pappoose-root. 

 M. p. 432. Rich woods. Spring. 

 Philadelphia— Manaynnk. Mart. (B. C), Wissahickon (Je.), Shawmont 



