ORDER 6. BEHBERIDACE.E. 27 



ML Canadense L. St. climbing; Ivs. 5-7-angled or lobed, peltate, the petiole in- 

 serted near the base; rac. compound; petals 67, small. ^ Thickets: common. 

 8 12f. Drupes black, resembling grapes, ripe in Sept. Fie. in July. 



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

 $ $ . Sep., pet., and stam. 6. Anth. 4-celled. $ Ov. 3 to 6. Drupe glo- 

 bular-compressed, nut curved as in Menisperniuin. *> Fls. in axillary 

 panicles, small, greenish. 



C. Carolinlanus DC. S. 111. to Fla. 10 15f. Lvs. ovate or cordate, entire or lobed. 

 Djnpes red, 13 together, as large as a pea. June, July. 



3. OALYCOCARPUM, Nutt. CUP-SEED. (KdXvt,, a cup, KapitoS, 

 fruit.) Sep. 6. Pet. 0. $ Stam. 12. Anth. 3-celled. ? Stam. 6, abor- 

 tive. Ov. 3. Stig. fimbriate-radiate. Drupe oval, with the putamen 

 deeply excavated in front and cup-shaped. Fls. greenish-white, hi long 

 axillary panicles. 



C. Lyoni Nntt. Ga. to Ky. Vine 20 30f. Lvs. 6 & diam., lobes acuminate ; drupe 

 1', oval, greenish. Fls. small, 2" diameter. June. 



ORDER VI. BERBERIDACE^E. BERBERIDS. 



Herbs or shrubs with alternate leaves and with perfect, hypogynous, 

 regular flowers. Sepals and petals imbricated in bud, each in one or sever 

 ral rows. Stamens as many as the petals, and opposite to them, rarely 

 more. Anthers opening mostly by valves, hinged at top. Pistil 1. Style 

 short or none. Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds several, albuminous. 

 Illust. 49, 91, 92, 189, 364, 403, 426. 



| Shrubs, with bristly-serrate leaves, yellow flowers and acid berries BEKBKRIS. 1 



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



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



o Stamens 6. Berry 1-i-seeded. Petals white, larger than sep DIPHYLLEIA. 3 



a Stamens 8. Pod opening by a lid. Petals 8 JEFFERSONIA. 4 



* Anthers opening by slits. Stamens 918 PODOFHYLLUM. 5 



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

 6 obovate, spreading, colored sepals, with the 3 outer ones smaller. Co- 

 rolla of 6 suborbicular petals, with 2 glands at the base of each. Fil. 6, 

 flattened. Anth. opening by uplifted valves. Style 0. Berry oblong, 1- 

 cellecl. Seeds 2 or 3. *> witn yellow wood and yellow fls. Figs. 91, 92, 403. 



1 B. vulgarls L. Spines (reduced Ivs.) 3-forked ; Ivs. simple, serratures terminated 



by soft bristles ; raceme pendulous, many-flowered ; pet. entire ; berries oblong. N. 

 States, fi 9f. Rac. 12-flowered. Berries red, very tart. May, June. 



2 B. Canadensis Ph. Lvs. repandly-toothed, teeth with short, soft bristles ; rac. 



few (6-8)-flowered ; pet. notched ; berries oval. Mts. Va. to Ga. 2 3f. May, June. 



3 B. AQUIFOLIUM Ph. Lvs. pinnate ; Ifts. 711, coriaceous, polished, evergreen, 



spintilous-toothed ; clusters erect, crowded. Oregon. 3 5f. Berries globular. April. 



2. CAULOPHYIiLUM, MX. COHOSH. (Kavho 1 ;, stem, cpvKkov, leaf; 

 the stem appearing as the stalk of the compound leaf.) Cal. of 6 grefwi 



