16 BERBERIDACEjE. (barberry family.) 



more, hypogynous. Anthers 2 — 4-celled, opening longitudinally. Ova- 

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

 in thin albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. COCCULUS. Sepals, petals, and stamens 6- Anthers 4-oclled. 



2. MEN1SPERMUM. Sepals and petals 4-8. Stamens 12-24. Anthers 4-cclled. 



3. CALYCOCARPUM. Sepals 6. Tetals none. Stamens 12. Anthers 2-celled. 



1. COCCULUS, DC. 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous. Sepals and petals 6, each in two rows. 

 Stamens 6 : anthers 4-celled, abortive in the fertile flower. Ovaries 3-6, 

 1 -celled, 1-ovuled. Stigma subulate, recurved. Drape baccate, campylotropous. 

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

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



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

 and westward. June- August. — Pubescent. Stem twining, 10° -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: anther-; 

 4-celled. Ovaries 2-4% Stigma dilated, spreading. Otherwise as in Cocculus. 

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

 Flowers white, panicled. 



1. M. Caiiadense, L. — Banks of rivers, chiefly in the upper districts. 

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



3. CALYCOCARPUM, Nutt. 



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

 those of the fertile flower abortive. Ovaries.'!, 1-ovuled. Stigma radiate, many- 

 cleft. Drupe oval. Nut smooth, excavated on the inner face. Embryo curved, 

 foliaceous. — Leaves round-cordate in outline, palmately 3 - 5-lobed. Flowers 

 whitish, in compound racemes. 



l. C. Lyoni, Nutt. (Menispermum Lyoni, Purah.) — Banks of the Apa- 

 lachicola River, Florida, to Tennessee. May and June. - Pubescent Stem 

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

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



Order 5. BERBERIDACE^E. (Barberry Family.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with alternate, petiolate, mostly divided leaves, and 

 perfect, regular hypogynout flowers. Sepal- and petals in two or more 

 rows of '-' i each, imbricated in the bud, deciduous. Stamens opposite 



