16 KERliERlUACEvE. (BARBERRY FAMILY.) 



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

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

 in thin albumen. 



Synopsis. 



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



2. MENISPERMUM. Sepals and petals 4-8. Stamens 12 - 24. Anthers 4-celled. 



3. CALYCOCARPUM. Sepals 6. Petals 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. Drupe baccate, campylotropou*. 

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

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



1. C. Carolinus, 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. MOOXSKED. 



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

 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. Canadense, 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 3, 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. 



1. C. Lyoni, Nutt. (Menispermum Lyoni, Pursh.) Banks of the Apa- 

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

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

 lobes 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 hypogynous flowers. Sepals and petals in two or more 

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



