12 NATURAL ORDERS AND 
Petals regular, numerous ; calyx generally 
green. 
Berry or capsule many seeded. 
Calyx of four sepals, fruit baccate ... Acraa, v. 2. p. 758. 
Calyx of five sepals, fruit capsular... Paona, v. 2. p. 772. 
Carpels indehiscent, single seeded. 
Calyx of five sepals, carpels apicu- 
lated by a short style. 
Petals six to fifteen, with naked 
ClaWE J. .dech-desdpiccdssesheodss ADONI®, Val, 0, nue 
Petals five, with tubular filiform 
CIOWS oss scossosedcteeeseceenses» MLYOSUBUS, Vis iu mane 
Petals five, with a small scale at 
the base of each .......e00e Ranuncvtvs, v. 2. p. 786. 
Petals irregular, tubular, or spurred at the 
base. 
Calyx petaloid, regular. 
Calyx of fifteen sepals .......s0s0s00040. TROLLIUS, V. 2. p. 777. 
Calyx of five to eight sepals. 
Petals spurred ....secrsereceesesseens AQUILEGIA, V. 2. p. 775. 
Petals not spurred ....s.s0eseeseeeee HELLEBORUS, V. 2. p. 7 
Calyx petaloid, irregular. 
Upper sepals elongated into a spur.. DrLpuiniom, v. 2. p. 769. 
Upper sepals concave, and helmet- 
SHAPER 9S..2s severe Cates Aconitum, v. 2. p. 770. 
ORDER Il. BERBERIDEA.—Venr. 
Perianth double. Calyx of three, four, or six oblong or oval 
pieces, often somewhat coloured, deciduous, arranged alternately in a 
double row, surrounded externally by petaloid scales. Petals hypo- 
gynous, either equal in number to the sepals, and opposite to them, 
or double the number, generally with a glandular appendage at the 
base in the inside. Stamens as many as the petals, and opposite to 
them. Anthers oblong, two celled, opening elastically with a valve 
from the base to the apex. Ovary (by abortion) solitary, one celled, 
obliquely ovate. Style very short, crowned with a sub-orbicular 
stigma. Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds one to three, attached to 
the base of the lateral placenta. Albumen between fleshy and horny. 
Embryo straight. Radical swollen at the point. Cotyledons flat.— 
Perennial shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate, aristato-serrated. 
GENERA. 
Shrubs ....secscocsccssseess'« seseseseesss DERBERIS, V. 2. p. 461. 
Sri 2%, seh secesvoeecabeses seeteneeeee I. PIMEDIUM, Vv. 1. p- 106. 
