52 BERBERIDACE.E. (p.AUBERRY FAMILY.) 



3. CAIiYCOCARPUM, Nutt Ccpseed. 



Sepals G. Petals none. Stamens 12 in the sterile flowers, short: anthers 

 2-celled. Pistils 3, spinille-shaped, tipped with a radiate many-eleft stigma. 

 Drupe not incurved ; but the thin crustaeeous putamcn hollowed out like a cup 

 on one side. Embryo foliaceous, heart-shaped. — Flowers greenish-white, in 

 long racemose panicles. (Name composed of kuKv^, a cup, and Kupnos, fruit, 

 from the shape of the shell.) 



1. C. Ly6ni, Xutt. (Mcnispcrmum Lvoni, Piirsh.) — Rich soil, S. Ken- 

 tucky and southward. May. — Stems climbing to the tops of trees. Leaves 

 large, thin, deeply 3 - 5-lobed, cordate at the base ; the lobes acuminate. Drupe 

 nn inch long, globular, greenish ; the shell crested-toothed on the edge of the 

 cavity. 



Order 5. BERBEKIDAcEtE. (Barberry Family.) 



Shrubs or herbs, u-ith the sepals and petals bath hubricatcd in the hud in 

 two or more roivs of 2-4 each ; the hypogynous stamens as many as the 

 petals and opposite to them: anthers openincj by 2 valves or lids hinged at 

 the top. (Podophyllum is an exception, and Jefiersonia as respects the 

 sepals in one row.) Pistil sinijle. Filaments short. Style short or none. 

 Fruit a berry or a pod. Seeds few or several, anatropous, with albumen. 

 Embryo small, except in Berberis. Leaves alternate. 



• Petals and stamens 6. Fruit fcvr-seeded. 



1. Berberis. Shrubs, with yellow flowers and wood ; a pair oT glandular spots on the base of 



each petal. Fruit a berry. 



2. Cnnloiiliylluin. Herb, with pxeenish flowers: petals thick, much shorter than the 



sepals. Ovary soon bursting ; the two seeds left naked. 



3. Dipliylleia. Herb with white flowers; petals much longer than sepals. Berry 2-4- 



seeded. 



*# Petals 6-9 Stamens 8-18. Fruit many-seeded. Herbs. 



4. Jeffersonia. Petals and stamens usually 8 : anthers opening by uplifted valves. Pod 



opening by a lid. 



5. Podophyllnm. Petals 6-9. Stamens 12-18 : anthers not opening by uplifted valves. 



Fruit a large beiry. 



1. BERBERIS, L. Barberry. 



Sepals 6, roundish, with 2-6 bractlcts outside. Petals 6, ol)ovate, concave, 

 with two glandular spots inside above the siiort. claw. Stamens 6. Stigma 

 circular, flcpresscd. Fruit a 1- few-seeded berry. Seeds erect, with a crusta- 

 eeous integument. — Shrubs, with yellow wood and inner bark, yellow flowers 

 in drooping racemes, .sour berries, and 1 -9-foliolatc leaves. Stamens irritable. 

 (Derived from Birbenj.i, the Arabic name of the fruit.) 



1. B. vclgXrls, L. (Common Barbi:rrv.) Leaves scattered on the fresh 

 shoots of the sea.son, mostly reduced to sharp triple or branched spines; from 

 Avhich the next season proceed rosettes or fascicles of obovate-oblong closely 

 bristly-toothed leaves (the short petiole jointed!), and drooping mnuy-fiowered 

 racenies; petals entire; berries oliloiiy, scarlet. — Thickets and waste grounds in 



