IV] BERBERIDACE^E 45 



In Epimedium (Fig. 46, D) the Follicle-Wke monocarpic 

 fruit splits down the two sides so that one of the valves 

 carries the placenta and seeds along the middle of its 

 inner face ; while in Jeffersonia (Fig. 46, B) we have a 

 similar fruit splitting transversely to the long axis. In 

 Leontice (Fig. 46, E) we have a similar fruit splitting 

 irregularly at the apex, or by throwing off a lid-like 

 apical portion of the carpel. In Achlys (Fig. 46, F) the 

 seed is reduced to one, and the fruit is an Achene. In 

 others {Berberis, Fig. 46 G, Podopliyllum, Fig. 46 A) the 

 single carpel has several seeds and ripens to a fleshy 

 Berry. 



