vK' AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 



NOTES ON OUR LOCAL PLANTS.— IX. 



RY J. A. NIEUWLAND. 



I'amily 70. PODOPHYLLEAE DC, Syst. II, p. 31,32, (182 1). 



Podophylaccae Bartling, (jrd. ]). 251, (1831). 



vSubfamily Podophyllieae. 



ANAPODOPHVLLUM Tour., Els. p. 204, (1694), I. R. H. 

 p. 259 (1700) also Moench Metli., p 227 (^1794). Podophyllum 

 I. inn. Syst. (i7;,.s) Gen. p. 131 (1737) p. 223 (1755). 



Anapodophyllum peltatum (Linn.) Moench, 1. c. 



Podophyllum pcltaiiDii Linn. Sp. PI. p. 505 (1758). 



Lake Maxinkuckee (H. W. Clarke) No. 1942 Notre Dame. 

 Common and abundant throughout the whole region. 



vSubfamily Caulophyllicae. 



CAULOPHYLLUM L. C. Richard in Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 

 I 204 (1803). 



Caulophyllum thalictroides (Linn.) L. C. Rich., 1. c. 



Lcontice thalictroides Linn. Sp. PL, p. 312 (1753). 



No. 2703 Rum Village, South of South Bend, Ind., Laporte Co. 

 (Deam). Rather common' and quite abundant in moist woods 

 throughout the region. Found in Cass, Berrien, Lake, Laporte, 

 Marshall, Elkhart and Van Buren Cos. 



Family 71. EERBERIDEAE Vent., Tab., Ill, p. 83 (1799). 



Berberidaceae T. and G. N. Am. Fl., p. 49 (1839). 



BERBERIS Cuba, Hort. Sanit. (15th Cent.), also Jacob de 

 Manliis in Brunfels Herb. Viv. Ic. p. 174 (1531), Tour., Els. p 

 487 C1694), p. 614 1700). Amhihcrhcris Galen (?) Amirbaris, 

 Avicenna (?) Oxyacanthos Dioscorides (?) Crespinus Matthioli, 

 Rucllius, Tragus, Fuchs. Bcrheris Dodonaeus (1557) Turner, 

 Gesner, Lacuna, Lonicer, Lobelius, Castor Durante, Cusa, Rauwollf, 

 Camerarius, etc. Oxyacav.tha Ruellius but not Diosc. tests C. 

 Bauhin Pinax, p. 454 (1623). 



Berberis vulgaris Bcllonius, Cult., (1553). also Clusius, Ber- 

 ber is diiineterun: Tour., Els. 1. c. Berberis officinaruni Ruellius 

 Diosc, p. 77 (1547). Berberis vuliiaris Linn. Sp. PI., p. 330 (1753). 



The cultivated \aricty with purplish leaves was found to 



