RANALES. 



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move quickly toward the pistil when touched at their bases by an in- 

 sect searching for the honey secreted by glands upon the petals (Figs. 

 551-52). 



B. CanndeTisia, of the Southern States, is much like the foreign spe- 

 cies. 



FIGS. 650-3. ILLUSTRATIONS or BEBBERIS VULGARIS. 



FIG. 550. 



FIG. 551. 



FIG. 552. 



FIG. 553. 



Fig. 550. Flower diagram. 



Fig. 551. Pistil, with a petal and stamen. Magnified. 



Fig. 552. Upper side of a petal, showing its two glands. Magnified. 



Fig. 553. Vertical section of ovary. Magnified. 



Several evergreen species from the Rocky Mountains and Oregon, 

 and one from Japan, are cultivated under the name of Mahonia. 



Podophyllum peltatum, the May Apple of the Eastern United States, 

 produces an edible, plum-shaped fruit. Its poisonous rootstocks are 



FIGS. 554-8. ILLUSTRATIONS OP MENISPERMUM ONADEXSE. 



FIG. 554. 



FIG. 555. 



FIG. 556. 



FIG. 557. FIG. 558. 



Fig. 555. Fruit. Magnified. 

 Fig. 557. Seed. Magnified. 



Fig. 554. Diagrnm of male flower. 

 Fig. 556. Section of fruit, Magnified. 

 . Fig. 558. Section of seed. Magnified. 



used somewhat in medicine. A second species occurs in the Him-' 

 alayas. 



Caulophyttum tlialictroides, of the Eastern United States and also of 

 Japan, is interesting on account of its young ovaries bur-ting open and 

 allowing the ovules to develop into naked drupe-like seeds. 



