154 BERBEllIDES. [Cl. 13. 



a Bractea to each tuft. Stamens and Pistils generally 

 separated, more or less completely." 



Cissampdos, Menispermum, Leccba Forsk., Epiba- 

 tcrimn Forst., and Abut a Aubl. 



Prof. DeCandolle has treated of this Order, by the 

 name of Menispermea, Svst. v. 1. 509, with the fol- 



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lowing principal characters. " Flowers separated. 

 Calyx-leaves and Petals definite, deciduous. Barren 

 Fl. with usually monadelphous Stamens, opposite to 

 the Petals, and agreeing with them in number, or else 

 numerous, in several rows, Fertile Fl. with a few 

 distinct, rarely combined, Germens. Seeds compressed, 

 generally crescent-shaped. Cotyledons remarkable, 

 in some instances, for being distant, and lodged in 

 2 different cells of the Seed. Albumen none, or very 

 small." (This agrees with Gaertner's figures and de- 

 scriptions, better than Jussieu's account, yet they are 

 not irreconcilable.) " Leaves in some genera, once, 

 twice or thrice tcrnate." 



Sect. 1. Leaves compound. Lardhabala Fl. Pe- 

 ru v., Staioitonia DeCand. and Bursaia Petit-Thuars. 



Sect. 2. Leaves simple. Spirofyermum Petit-Th., 

 Cocculus DeCand. a genus of 46 species, Pseliurn 

 Lour., Cissampefat, Afeiiispcrmum, A but a, and A 

 dc8tis of Moc and Sessc Fl. Mex. Schizandra of Mi- 

 chaux stands alone, as of spurious affinity, because of 

 a disagreement in number between the Anthers and 

 integuments of the Flower. 



Orel. 78. BERBKRIDES. " Calyx of a definite nurn- 



