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(Julf ; iPuget Sound ; Japan ; B. Ind. ; Australia. 2. Cabomba. 

 Sep. 3. Pet. 3. Sta. 6. Ova. 2-4. Kipe carpels 1-3-seeded. Sub- 

 merged Ivs. opp., dissected; floating Ivs. alt., entire. Fls. small, in 

 axils of floating Ivs. 2 or 3 spec. Am. C. carolinidna, fls. white, 

 pet. yellow at base. Lvs. small. Ponds, still waters, N. C, Tenn., 

 S. to Gulf. 



Ord. 156. Lardizabalacea.— Fls. cf, c? ?, or J^ § ?, in sol. or 

 fascicled racemes, 6-merous ; pet. sometimes 0; brown, purple, or 

 green. Ova. 3, or 6-9; distinct, sessile, 1-celled. Ov. oo, rarely few. 

 Kipe carpels baccate, indehisc. or rarely dehisc. ; often edible ; sds. 

 buried in the pulp. Lvs. alt., compound, exstip. Ev. twining or 

 rarely erect Shrubs. 7 gen., 13 spec, both worlds. 1. Stauntonia. 

 (^ 9. Pet. 0. 2 spec, S. sinensis, China; S. hexaph0la, Japan. 

 2. Decaisnea insignis, monotypic ; (f' g $ ; pet. ; follicles filled 

 with edible pulp. Erect shi-ub. Himalayas. 3. Parvatia Bruno- 

 nidna, monotypic ; (^ ? ; pet. 6. High-climbing. Khasia Mts. 4. 

 Holboellia. ^ ; pet. 6, minute. Scandent. 2 spec. Ind. H. lati- 

 fblia, berries edible. 5. Akebia. ^p. High-climbing ; fls. fragrant. 

 4 spec, Japan, China. 6. Boquila irifolidta, BdQDlL-HLANCO ; mono- 

 typic. (f 9- Small, trailing; fls. white, sol. or two or four, axil. ; 

 terries edible. Chili. 7. Lardizabala. (j^ ?; c? racemed, $ sol. 

 High-climbing, ornamental ; berries edible. 2 spec, Chili. L. biter- 

 ndta, best known. 



Ord. 157. Berberidacese.— Fls. §; reg., rarely achlam;yd. Infl. 

 various. Sep. 3-4-9, distinct. Pet. = or double the sep. Sta. = or 

 double the pet. Stig. peltate or 2-lobed ; rarely unilateral. ' Carpel 

 sol. (3 in Berberidopsis), 1-celled, c»-ovuled. Berry or boll. Lvs. 

 compound, or 1-foliolate or palmilobed. Herbs or Shrubs ; juice watery. 

 Both worlds. 12 gen., 123 spec. Types given : 1. Podophyllum, 

 May-Apple. Pet. .6-9. Berry fleshy, large. Lvs. lai-ge, pinnate- 

 lohed and peltate. Q|. ; rhiz. creeping ; st. annual, 2-leaved ; fl. large, 

 nodding, axil, between the lvs. 2 spec, one in Himalayas ; the other, 

 P. peltdtum, common in U. S. Beri'y yellow, edible ; fl. white. 2. 

 Jeffersonia. Sep. 4, large, petaloid ; pet. 8, narrow. Lfts. 2, on a 

 long petiole from a QJ. rhiz. Scape with 1 large white fl. Pyxidium, 

 half dehisc. (fls. rarely in 3's or 5's). 2 spec ; 1 in Asia (Mantchuria) ; 

 the other, J. diph^lea, TJ. S., common. 3. Diphylleia cymbsa, Um- 

 BRBLLA-iiBAP ; monotypic ; fls. 6-merous, small, cymose ; rhiz, Qj. ; 

 If. rad., long-petioled, peltate; fl.-stem 2-leaved; cyme term. Berries 

 small, blue. TJ. S., Japan. 4. Caulophyllum thalictroides, Cohosh, 

 Pappoose Koot ; monotypic. Fls. 6-merous. Stig. unilateral. Ova. 

 thin, early burst by the two growing sds., and perishing. Sds. fleshy, 

 blue, drupe-like ; funiculus stalk-like. Rhiz. Qj. ; rad. If small, 3- 

 ternate ; st. Q, naked, terminated by a large 3-ternate If and a panicle 

 of small green fls. Can. to Car., Tenn. 5. Lebntice. Sep. 6, petaloid ; 

 pet. 6, smaller. Boll bladderj'-inflated, indehisc. Fls. small, yellow, 

 racemed. Lvs. variously cut. Khiz. Qj.. 3-4 spec, Eur., Asia. L. 

 Leontopetalwm, Lion's Leaf, Lion's Tuenip. Lvs. large, long- 

 petioled. Rt. tuberous, saponaceous. S. and E. Eur., Asia. 6. 

 Nandina domestica, monotypic Fls. 6-mei'ous, in term, panicles. 

 Berries red, globose. Lvs. .3-ternate. Ev. shi'ub, 6° high. China, 

 Japan. 7. B6rberis, Barberry. Sep. 6-9, colored. Pet. 6, bi- 

 glandular at base. Stig. peltate. Fls. yellow, racemed. Berries bright 



