Berberidaceae. 2 1 



Helleb'onis vir'idis (28), Green Hellebore. 3 — 4. Stem few-flowered, 



(40) sepals large spreading yellowish green. 



[G. ( Wharfe), M. T. W. Tb. L. C. CI. 

 Helleb'orus foe'tidus(i3). Stinking Hellebore. 2 — 4. Stem many-flowered, 



(41) sepals erect tipped with purple. [G. {Feizor)^ L. F. C. CI. 

 H. niger is the ' Christmas Rose ' of Gardens. 



:^.—AQUILEGIA. 



AQUILE'GIA VULGA'RIS (57). Columbine. 5—7. Leaves biter- 

 (43) nate, sepals 5 petaloid, petals 5 spurred, stamens many, carpels 5, 

 flowers purple. Woods and thickets. Common in gardens. 



XI.—ACONITUM. 



Aconi'tum Napel'lus (7). Monkshood. 7—9. Sepals 5 petaloid irregular 



(45) the upper hood-like, petals 2 with long claws covered by the hood-like 

 sepal, leaves palmate. A deadly poison. Co)nmon in Gardens, 

 Roots sometimes mistaken for horse-radish. [G. [Bolton Woods), St. 



:l\\.—eranthis. 



ERAN'THIS HYEMA'LIS. Winter Aconite. 1—3. Radical leaves 

 (42) orbicular 3— 5-partite, petiole long, scape bearing an involucre of 2 

 sessile lobed bracts, sepals petaloid yellow deciduous, petals small 

 2-lipped, fruit of numerous follicles. Cojjimcn in Gardens. [M. L. 



Xin.—ACT^A. 



Actae'a spica'ta (5). Baneberry, Herb-Christopher. 5. Sepals deciduous, 



(46) petals minute, stamens many, carpel solitary, sligma sessile, leave« 

 triternate, flowers small white in crowded racemes, fruit an oblong 

 berry nearly black. [G. {Ingleborough, Pettyghent, Malham Cove). 



ORDER 2. — Berberidaceae. 



Calyx polysepalous inferior, sepals 3 — 6 petaloid. Corolla polypetalous 

 hypogynous, petals equal in number to the sepals or double as many. Stamens 

 hypogynous as many as the petals and opposite to them, anthers 2-celled 

 opening by valves. Carpel l. Style short. Fruit a berry. 



BER'BERIS VULGA'RIS (77). Common Barberry. 5—6. Sepals 6 

 (48) coloured deciduous, stamens 6, flowers yellow in pendulous racemes, 



stamens sensitive when touched, berries orange, spines 3-forked, leaves 



pbovate serrate. Plantations- 



