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bebberidace^:. (barberry family.) 
^ 1 ^ Seeds covering the thick lateral placenta, inclosed in 
P} is, all forming a mass which fills the cavity of the fruit 
enmal, with creeping rootstocks and thick fibrous roots. 
Stems 2-leaved, l-flowered. (Name from « foot, and 
. ° V l a ea f’ ^ rom a fancied resemblance of the 5 - 7-parted leaf 
to the foot of some web-footed animal.) 
lobes Thl™ eU *t llm ’ L Stamens 12 -18; leaves 5 - 9-parted; the 
the aocT er wedge-shaped, somewhat lobed and toothed it 
min ‘.V woods, common. May. — Flowerless stems ter- 
an umhrplT ^ t?P’ rount ^» ^ ~ 9-lobed leaf, peltate in the middle, lit* 
stalk fi W 3 ' F1 °, WeriDg Stems beari "S 2 one-sided leaves, with tbe 
fork npnrl "om * 16 ,^ nner ec, g e 5 the nodding white flower from the 
•4 =«. *■ * **** 
Oedek 6. CABOMBACEiE. (Water -SHIELD FaMILT.) 
Aquatics, like Water-Lilies; but. the sepals, petals, si* 
, and pistils much fewer ( definite) in number, all dis¬ 
tinct and separate. (The principal technical characters as 
m the genus below.) 
BRASE^IA, Schreber. Water-shield. 
neSr 18 . 3 ? *’ Persistent - P l >^Ple inside. Petals 3-4, 
Pistils?- lfi , amenS 12-36 : filam ents filiform : anthers innate- 
1 ~ 2 in * ° rm j ng dub-shaped indehiscent pods. 
small inoln ’ , a tached to the dorsal suture ! Embryo pendulous. 
Z mZ Z p m a PeCUliar bag > a ‘ ‘he end of the alien ne, 
petioled central?"? herb ’ “ ponds - Leaves alternate, long- 
“iUary,’ dXpu^.^a^/ °" the Water ' **** 
2 F l-wame of uncertain origin.) 
coated witfi cl!??!]? 111 ?' < Ir y dr °peltis, Michx.)—la\j. — Stalk? 
jetty. Leaves entire, 2'-3' across. 
Order 7. AEEUMBIACEJE. (Nelumbo Familt.) 
formZl aq acor iCS \ Iike Wate, " Lilies > hut the pistils distinct , 
cavities of the Ifhft Z'*' ^ se P aratel H imbedded «» 
itary filled win th °i top ' s,ta P ed receptacle. Seeds sol- 
fi h the lar S e highly developed embryo : 
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