THALAMIFLOR^. O 



ORD. II. BERBERIDACEJE, 



BERBERIS. BARBERY. 



B. vulgaris (common B.} Coppices, woods, and hedges. A 

 small shrub, growing to about 6 or 8 feet high, branches armed 

 with sharp thorns at the base of the leaf- tufts. Leaves ovate and 

 sharply toothed. Flowers yellow, hanging in graceful clusters. 

 Berries red, very acid. Shiphay, near Torquay. Copse by the 

 brook at Chudleigh. (E. B. t. 49.) Sh. v. vi. 



ORD. III. NYMPKZEACE.E. 

 NYMPHJEA. WHITE WATER-LILY. 



N. alba (great W.) Lakes and pools. A beautiful aquatic 

 plant, with large heart-shaped leaves, and pure white flowers 3 

 or 4 inches in 'diameter, lying on the surface of the water. Given 

 in El. D. as growing in marshes and canals at Powderham, but 

 most probably not wild. (E. B. t. 160.) P. vii. 



NI7PHAR. YELLOW W^ATER-LILY. 



N. lutea (common Yellow W.) In the same situations as 

 Nymph&a alba, but more common. Leaves heart-shaped. Flow- 

 ers yellow and rising on stalks some inches out of the water ; calyx 

 large, but the petals of the flower small and numerous. Fruit 

 roundish. In the Clyst river, near Bishop's Clyst Bridge, Fl. D. 

 (E. B. t, 159.) P. vn. 



ORD. IV. PAP AVERAGES. 



PAP AVER. POPPY. 



1. P. hybridum (round rough-headed P.} Waste and culti- 

 vated places, rather rare. Leaves stalked, once or twice pinnate, 

 with stiff and short segments. Flowers rather small, of a pur- 

 plish red. Seed- capsules, round, covered with stiff spreading 

 bristles. Fields about Torquay. In a field near Dawlish, FL D. 

 (E. B. t. 43.) A. v.-vn. 



2. P. Argemone (long prickly-headed P.) Corn-fields and 



