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< I.l\ BERBERIDAC] .ids. 



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Diagnosis. / 



Shrubs or I rennial plants, for the most part hairless, l ui . 



mpound, usually without stipuli I 



i ceo 



or panicled. Sepals 3- 1-6, deciduous, in ;i doul 

 loid scales. Petals \\\ y<^\ nous, either equal to th< » pals in numl 

 or twice as many, sometunes with an appendage at d 

 equal in number to the petals, and opposite t.> them; anthers with I 

 with a valve from the bottom to the top. Carpel solitary, 

 lateral; stigma orbicular ; ovules anatropal, attached t>> the 

 pairs, ascending or suspended. Fruit berried or ca| sul - - 



branous; albumen between fleshy and horny ; <•■ 

 the axis of the albumen. 





tal adheriii d of the fruit; ;. >..... lad 



ulfolium 



