16 2. BERBERIDACEJE. 3. NYMPE^EACE2E. 



1513. R. iv. 128. Roots fleshy, knobbed. Herb 2 feet high. 

 Fl. large, crimson with yellow anthers. On the Steep Holmes 

 Island in the Severn. P. V. VI.] E. 



Order II. BERBERIPACE^E. 



Sep. 3 or 4 or 6 in a double row. Pet. the same or double 

 that number. Stani. opposite to the petals. A nth. opening by 

 valves attached at the top and turning upwards. Carpel I, 1- 

 celled ; seeds attached to the bottom or on a lateral placenta, 

 albuminous. Stipules usually wanting. 



1. BEBBERIS. Sep. 6, deciduous. Pet. 6, each with 2 glands 

 at the base within. Stam. 6. Berry 2 3-seeded. 



[2. EPIMEDIUM. Sep. 4, deciduous. Pet. 4. Nectaries 4 ; 

 cupshaped. Stam. 4. Caps, podlike, many-seeded.] 



1. BER'BERIS Linn. Barberry. 



1. S. vulgdris (L.) ; spines 3-parted, 1. obovate ciliate- 

 serrate, racemes pendulous many-flowered, petals entire. E. B. 

 49. R. iii. f . 448(1 Height 68 feet. Fl. yellow. Berries red, 

 oblonor, slightly curved. Filaments curiously elastic. Hedsres 

 and thickets. Sh. V. VI. E. 8.7 1. 



2. EPIME'DIUM Linn. Barrenwort. 



\_E. alpinum (L.) ; rhizome producing leaves and stems, stem- 

 1. twice ternate. E. B. 438. R. iii. f. 4485. Lts. ovate-heart- 

 shaped, serrate. Pan. shorter than the 1. and appearing to grow 

 from the petiole. Fl. red with yellow nectaries. Subalpine 

 woods. Not a native. P. V.] E. S. 



Order III. NYMPH^EACE.E. 



Sep. 4 6. Petals many, seated with the many stamens upon 

 a fleshy disk more or less completely surrounding the ovary. 

 Stigma peltate. Fruit many-celled ; seeds many, in a gelati- 

 nous aril. Embryo in a bag on the outside of the base of the 

 albumen. St. prostrate, submersed. L. floating, falsely peltate. 



1. CASTALIA. Cal. of 4 sepals. Pet. many, seated together 

 with the stamens upon a fleshy disk enveloping the germen 

 and passing gradually into them. Berry many-celled, many - 

 seeded Stigma sessile, of many rays. 



