POPULAK FLORA. 



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4. MOONSEED FAMILY. Ora.r Ml'-XlsrKinrArK.E. 



Woody climbers, with nltornale leaves nii«l siimll dicKoiona flowers (as shown in Fij,'. 167, 

 168) ; the sei>als and petaln each 4 or 6 and both iff t\n' same colour, and a lew 1 -.-needed 

 Itistils, becoinin'4 small drtiiu's in fruit, with a moon-sliaped or kiiliiev-shapetl stone. We 

 liavt' two ,L;eneta of one sjiecies each, the first cnnunon at the North, the second at tlie 

 South. 



1. Stiiiiiens 12 to 20: pistils 2 to 4. Flowers white: leaves rounded and angled Hhield-shaped. 



Fruit blue-black, (^fitiispcrmum) M(k>nskki). 



2. Stamens 6, one before each petal. Flowers greenish : leaves heart-shaped. (C6ccutns) COCCL'LUS. 



5. BARBERRY FAMILY. Ocdw BKRBERIDACE.E. 



Ri-adily distiiif^nii.s'iied (wiih a single exception) by having the sepals and petals in fours, 

 fiixes, or eiglits (not in live.~), 

 and with juf^t the s;iiiie number 

 of stamens as petals, one before 

 mch petal (on tiie receptacle), 

 tlie anthers oponin;.,' by an 

 uplifted valve or dcjor on each 

 side. Pistil only i. Harm- 

 less, except the May- Apple (also 

 calh'd Manduakk), which has 

 ratherpoi.sonousroots,although 

 the fruit is innocent and eat- 

 able. Having only cue species 

 of each genus, we may ascert.iiu 

 them by the following key : — 



'J6j. Shout: 2C6. cliistor of leavos .111 J rai'i>iiv. 'JOT. oiilarged flower 

 sjiri'ail oiH'ii ; 'JtiS. a petal more iiiaKTiinrit ; and, 'Jtiy. a btaineii, 

 with the anther opuuiui;, uf the comiuou Kurberry. 



Shrubs with yellow bark and wood, and yellow flowers. Stamens and petals 6, 



Leaves appearing simple, in a cluster above a blanching thorn, which is 2c,s 



an altered leaf of the year before. Berries red, {Birheris) B.xhbkrry, 



Leaves scattered, pinnate, evergreen; no thorns. Berries blue, {Mahonia) * Mahoma, 



Herbs, with perennial roots, all with compound or deeply lobed leaves. 



Flowers yellowish-green, small. Stamens and petals 6. Leaves decompound, from 



the root and also at the top of the stem, {Caulophyllum) COHOSH, 



