chrysogo- 

 num, L. 



48 BF.RBEFvIDACE^. (BAKBERRY FAI^IILY.) 



B. cliry§ogoniiin, L. If ^urf-ud-dih. — Leaves pin- ^m. 

 jiatisect, segments sessile, obovate-cuneate. 3-6 fid at apex, 

 opposite, or in whorls of 4 at the lower part of the leaf. 

 Stem loosely panicled with scales at the base of the 

 branches. Capsnle ovate-oUonr/, 0.01 m. long — Early Spring 

 — Fields, Syria and Palestine to 1,000 m. Root used as a 

 remedy for Epilepsy. 



2. L.E01VTICE, L. Lion's Leap. 



Sepals 6, bracts 0. Petals 6, with a stipitate scale at 

 inner face of base. Stamens 6. Style short, stigma obtuse, 

 indistinct. Ovules 2-4 basilar Capsule inflated, seeds 

 globular — Glabrous herbs, with root as in last, and leafy 

 stem. 



L<. leoiitopetalum, L. 21 Kkamirat AdJidr. Leaves 

 Mternatisect, leaflets ovate or obovate, rarely subcordate. 

 Inflorescence a large, dense, leafy panicle. Bracts oblong, 

 much shorter than the pedicels. Capsule round-ovate,0. 02 m. 

 to 0.03 long — Early Spring — Fields, Syria and Palestine to 

 1,000 m. Root used as a remedy for Epilepsy. jBoniardia 



Var. obloiigifoliuni, Post. Leaves 2-3-ternatisect. 

 Leaflets oblong, obtuse, truncate or retuse, cuspidate — Aintab. 



3. BERBERI^, L. Barberry. Berderis. 



Sepals 6, bracteolate. Petals 6, concave, with two glands at inner 

 aspect of base. Stamens 6. Stigma peltate. Berry with 2-3 subbasilar^ 

 erect seeds — Shrubs with 3-5-parted thorns. 



B. cretica, L. 5 Low. Leaves flrm, nearly sessile, obovate- 

 elliptical, entire, or slightly serrate, hardly as long as 3 -parted thorns. 

 Racemes few-flowered, corymbose, shorter than leaves. Berries ellip- 

 soid, hlaclc — Summer — Lebanon and Antilebanon, above 1,200 m. B. 

 cratcBgina, B. C. is a variety of this species with longer leaves and 

 exserted racemes. 



Order IIL I^YMPH^ACE^E. (Water-Lily Family.) 

 Aquatic perennial herh^, with submerged root-stocks^ 

 and floating or emersed cordate or peltate leagues ^ and floating 

 or emersed flowers y the ovules p)arietal^ and the einhryo en- 

 closed in a small sac at the end of the albumen, next to the 

 hilum. — Flowers regular, axillary, solitary. Torus fleshy, 

 urn-shaped, enclosing carpels. Sepals 4-5, inserted at base 

 of torus. Petals numerous, inserted in many rows into the 

 torus. Stamens indefinite, in many rows inserted into the 

 torus ; anthers adnate. Fruit berry-like consisting of the 

 fleshy torus, enclosing carpels, which adhere to it and one 

 another. 

 1. l^YlflPII^A, L Water-Lily. Water-Nymph. Ul-IIaiidMn. 

 Sepals 4, green outside, nearly free. Petals destitute of a nectar- 

 bearing pore, inserted over the whole torus. Stamens inserted on the 



