210 UEXAISDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



is at liie same time, by its affinity, as well as comiTion fc- 

 semblance to Podophyllum allied in some measure to the 

 Fapaverace.^; to which this last genus ought to be 

 referred. 



Species. 1. T). cyviosa. An American genus of a sin- 

 gle sjjecies, indigenous to the high mountains of North 

 Carolina. 



305. CAULOPIIYLLUM. Michaux, 



Culix S to 6-leaved, leaves small, unequal;, 

 and caducous. Petals 6, uns^uiculate, opposite 

 the calix. LepantJda 6, seated upon the claws 

 of the petals, carneous, subreniform, margin 

 .glutinous. Anthers growing to the filaments, 

 cells opening by so many vertical elastic valves. 

 Drupe stipitate, by abortion 1 -seeded. 



Scarcely distinct from Leontice. Stem 2-leaved, leaves 

 twice or thrice pseudo-ternate, ultimate segments 3-lobed; 

 flowers in a small racemose panicle. (Calix bracteiform, 

 3 to 6-leaved. small and unequal, 2 or S of the Jeaves 

 often wanting. Petals ovaie-lanceolate, unguiculate, mar- 

 gin reflected, 3 to 5-nerved. Lepanthia about one third 

 the length of the petals, unguiculate, narrow reniform, 

 with a carneous and glutinous margin. Anthers as in all 

 ihe Berberidks, having the cells closed by vertical 

 membranaceous valves, which oj)ening elastically Irom 

 the base, spring upwards in an erect or horizontal posi- 

 tion remaining attached to the summits of the antlicrs. 

 Style cxcentric, short; stigma like a crooked transverse 

 pubescent line. Germ ovate, ventricose, 2-seedtd, seeds 

 seated upon the base of the ovarium; mature fruit dru- 

 paceous cartilaginous, 1-secded; drupe stipitate.) 



Species. 1. C. Thnlictr aides. In shady woods through- 

 out the Atlantic and western states. Near Philadelphia, 

 but rare. 



A genus of a single species. 



306. BERBERIS. L. (Barberry.) 



Calix 6-lcaved. Petals 6, each bearing 2 

 glands upon the claw. Stijle none. Stigma 

 umbilicate. Berry 1 -celled, 2 to 4-seeded. (Fi- 

 laments of the stamina sensitive; springing 

 forward with elasticity on being touched near 

 the base.) 



