16 UERDEUIDACK.K. (liAUDliURY lAMII.Y.) 



more, liypogynous. Anthers 2 - 4-ccllc(l, opening longitudinally. Ova- 

 ries 3-8, drupaceous in fruit. Seed and embryo curved, the latter large, 

 in thin albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. COCCULUS. ?cp.il3, pptals, and stamens 6- Anthers 4-rcllcd. 



2. MEXISPEUMUM. Sepals and petals 4 -8. Stamens 12 - 24. Anthers 4-cellcd. 



3. CALYCOCAKPUM. Sepals 6. PetaU none. SUmens 12. Anthers 2-celled. 



1. COCCULUS, DC. 



Flowers clioocious or pol3-gamous. Sepals and petals 6, each in two rows. 

 Stamens 6 : antlicrs 4-ccIled, ahortive in the fertile flower. Ovaries 3-6, 

 1-ccllcd, 1-ovuled. Stigma suhulatc, recurved. Drupe baccate, campylotropous. 

 Nut renifonn, rugose. Seed conformed to the cavity of the nut. Embryo semi- 

 circular. — Leaves ovate or slightly cordate, entire or angularly 3-lobed. 



1. C. Carolinus, DC. — "Woods and thickets, Florida to North Carolina, 

 and westward. June -August. — Pubescent. Stem twining, to°-15° long. 

 Leaves very acute, rather rigid. Racemes of the fertile flowers simple, of the 

 sterile compound. Flowers white. Drupe red. 



2. MENISPERMUM, L. Moonseed. 



Flowers dioecious. Sepals and petals 4-8. Stamens 12-24: anthers 

 4-cellcd. Ovaries 2-4. Stigma dilated, spreading. Otlier%vise as in Cocculus. 

 — Leaves rounded, angular or lobcd, slightly cordate and peltate at the base. 

 Flowers white, panicled. 



1. M. Canadense, L. — Banks of rivers, cJiicfly in the upper districts. 

 July. — Stem twining. Sterile panicles elongated. Drape black. 



3. CALYCOCARPUM, Nutt. 



Flowers dioecious. Sepals 6. Petals none. Stamens 12: anthei-s 2-celled ; 

 those of the fertile flower abortive. Ovaries 3, 1-ovulcd. Stigma radiate, many- 

 cleft. Druijc oval. Nut smooth, excavated on tlic inner face. Knd)ryo curved, 

 foliaccous. — Leaves round-cordate in outline, palmately 3-5-lobed. Flowere 

 whitish, in comjiound racemes. 



1. C. Lyoni, Nutt. ( Menispermum Lyoni, Purs/i.) — Banks of tlic Apa- 

 lachicola River, Florida, to Tennessee. May and June. — l'ul)escent. Stem 

 twining 20° -50° high. Leaves 4' - 7' wide, with acuminate lobes, the lateral 

 lobes wavy or angled. Drupe 1' long, globose. 



Oiinr.n o. BERBERIDACEyT:. (BARr.F.niiY Family.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with alternate, petiolale, mostly diviib'il leaves, and 

 perfect, rej^ular hypopynous flowers. Sepals and petals in two or more 

 rows of 2-4 each, imbricated in tiie bud, deciduous. Stamens opposite 



