ORDER 6. BEKBERIDACEJS. 2 r / 



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

 serted near the base ; rac. compound ; petals 6 7, small. V Thickets : common 

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



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

 5 $ . Sep., pet., and stam. 6. Anth. 4-celled. 9 Ov. 3 to 6. Drupe glo 

 bular-conipressed, nut curved as in Menisperinum. *> Fls. in axillarj 

 panicles, small, greenish. 



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

 Diupes red, 1 3 together, as large as a pea. June, July. 



3. CALYCOCARFUM, Nutt. CUP-SEED. (KdXv^, a cup, MapnoS, 

 fruit.) Sep. 6. Pet. 0. $ Stam. 12. Anth. 3-celled. 9 Stam. 6, abor 

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

 deeply excavated in front and cup-shaped. *> Fls. greenish-white, in lon 

 axillary panicles. 



C. Lyonl Nutt. Ga. to Ky. Vine 20 30f. Lvs. C & diam., lobes acuminate ; draw 

 " 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 sev- 

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

 more. AntJwrs opening mostly by valves, hinged at top. Pistil 1. Styh 

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

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



8 Shrubs, with bristly-serrate leaves, yellow flowers and acid berries RERBK KIS. ) 



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



a Stamens 6. Fruit 2, drape-like, soon-naked seeds CAULOPHYLLUM. '2 



a Stamens 6. Berry 1-4-seeded. Petals white, larger than sep DIPHYLLEIA. " 



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



* Anthers opening by slits. Stinens 918 PODOFHTLLOM. 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. ii, 

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

 celled. Seeds 2 or 3. J> with yellow wood and yellow fls. Figs. 91,92, 4C-I. 



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



by soft bristles ; raceme pendulous, many-flowered ; pet. entire ; berries cblong. TV 

 States. 6 9f. Rac. 12-flowered. Berries red, very tart. May, June. 



2 It. Canadcnsls 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. AQUIF^LIUM Ph. Lvs. pinnate ; Ifts. 7 11, coriaceous, polished, evergreen, 



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



2. CAULOPHYLLUM, MX. Conosn. (KavXa?, stem, cpvXXov, leal ; 

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



