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2. COCCULUS, DC. (Diminutive, from Lat. coccum, a berry.) 

 Fls. $ $ . Sepals, petals and stamens 6 ; anthers 4-celled ; ? ovaries 

 3 to 6 ; drupe globular-compressed, nut curved as in Menispermum. 

 Fls. in axillary panicles. 



C. Caroliniamis DC. In woods along rivers, S. 111. to Ga. St. round, slender, 

 trailing. Lvs. pubescent, at length glabrous above, broadly ovate or cordate, 

 mucronate, entire or sinuate-lobed, sometimes hastately 3-lobed, 2' to 3' diam., 

 petioles half as long. Fls. very small, greenish. Pet. of the sterile fls. with 

 inflected auricles at the base of each. Drupes red, 1 3 together, 2" wide, the 

 nut curved almost into a circle and finely crenated. Jn., Jl. 



3. CALYCOCARPiM, Nutt. CUP-SEED. (Gr. Kdkv%, a cup; 

 KapTTbg, fruit.) Sepals 6 ; petals 0; $ stamens 12, anthers 2-celled ; 



$ stamens 6, abortive ; ovaries 3 ; stigma fimbriate-radiate ; drupe 

 oval with the putamcn deeply excavated in front and cup-shaped. Fls. 

 greenish white, in long axillary panicles. 



C. Lyoni Nutt. Ga. (Mettauer) to Ky. A slender vine, very smooth, ascend- 

 ing many feet. Lvs. large, thin, 4 8' diam., the lobes dilated above and acumi- 

 nate. Petioles long, slender. Rac. slender, 3 12' long. Fls. small, 2" diam., 

 nearly white, about 5 on each ped. Drupe 1' lonsr, oval. Jl. (Menispermum 

 Lyoni Ph.) 



ORDER VI. BERBERIDACE^E. BERBERIDS. 



Herbs or shrubs with alternate, usually exstipulate, simple or compound leaves. 

 Flowers perfect, hypogynous, imbricated in aestivation. Cdlyx of 2 6 deciduous 

 sepals, in 1 or 2 rows, often with petaloid scales at base. Corolla of as many 

 or twice as many petals as sepals, in ons to several rows. Stam. as many as tho 

 petals and opposite to them, rarely more numerous. Anthers opening mostly by 

 recurved valves hinged at the top. Pistil one, style short or none. Ft', a berry or 

 capsule, seeds several, albuminous. (Figs. 168, 182, 253, 304, 346, 347, 444.) 



An order hard to define, including 12 genera and 100 species, some of them of widely different 

 habit and very doubtful affinities. They inhabit the temperate zones. Some genera, as 1'odo- 

 phyllum and .Teffersonia, possess catharic properties. Others, as Berberis, contain in their fruits 

 malic and oxalic acids. 



TRIBES AND GENERA. 



TKIBR BERBERIDE^E. Shrubs. Embryo long as albumen. Anth. halved BERBERIS. 1 



TRIBE N AND LNE^E. Herbs. Embryo short or minute. (*) 



* Anthers opening by 2 valves hinged at the top. (a) 



a Stamens 6. Fruit 2 drupe-like, soon naked seeds CAULOPHTLLTTM. 2 



a Stamens 6. Fruit a 2 4 seeded berry DIPHYLLEIA. 3 



a Stamens 8. Fruit a capsule opening by a lid JEFFEKSONIA. 4 



* Anthers opening by 2 slits lengthwise. Stam. 6 IS PODOPIIYLLUM. 5 



i. BERBERIS, L. BERBERRY. (Name from the Arabic.) Calyx 

 of 6 obovate, spreading, colored sepals, with the 3 outer ones smaller ; 

 corolla of 6 suborbicular petals, with two glands at the base of each ; 

 filaments 6, flattened ; anthers 2 separate lobes on opposite edges of 

 the connectile ; style ; berry oblong, 1-celled ; seeds 2 or 3. Fine, 

 hardy shrubs. 



1 B. vulgiris L. Spines (reduced Ivs.) 3-forked : Ivs. simple, serratures termi- 

 nated by soft bristles ; rac. pendulous, many-flowered ; pet. entire. A well- 

 known bushy, ornamental shrub, in hard gravelly soils. Northern States. Grows 

 3 8f high. Lvs. 1J 2' long, half as wide, round-obtuse at apex, tapering 



