156 ajvgiosperMjE. 



red, sometimes purple, white. Lvs. 1-foliolate or pinnate, often 

 changed to spines. Shrubs, 6'-] 5° high; ev. or decid. 10(3 spec; 

 those called Mahonia (lvs. pinnate) very showy. Many fine spec, 

 temp. Eur., Asia, Am. B. vulgaris, common B. ; decid., 8° high. 

 Ova., Fig. 5, 3. Eur. B. canadensis, decid., near last, hut rac. 

 fewer-flowered; pet. notched. Decid., l°-3° high. Va., S. and W. 

 Not in Canada. B. Darwinii, ev., 6° high, hemes purple. Chiloe. 

 B. dealbdta, ev., 8° high, Mex. B. ruscifblia, ev., 5° high, Buenos 

 Ayres. B. Aguifolium, lvs. paripinnate, spiny-toothed; berries pur- 

 ple. 6' high in New Mex., Colorado; 2°-6° high in Oregon. B. 

 Fremontii, 5°-15° high ; lvs. paripinnate, spiny-toothed ; berries dark 

 blue. N. Tex., New Mex., Utah. 8. Berberidopsis cordlVma, mono- 

 typic, anomalous. Ova. with 3 parietal placentas ; ov. almost orthot. 

 Fls. long-stalked, crimson, in large pend. racemes; perianth globosej 

 parts 9-15, colored ; passing from bracts into sep. and pet. Lvs. 

 1-foliolate, spiny-toothed. Ev. climbing shrub, very showy. Chili. 



Ord. 158. MeniSpermaces. — (^ 9 or |^ § $ . Els. small, rarely 

 sol. Sep 6-4-2-10. Pet. 6-5-4-3, usually distinct; sometimes in 

 9 fl. Sta. -^^ petals, rarely co ; distinct or monadelph. Carpels usu- 

 ally 3, 1-ovuled. Drupe 1-seeded ; often showy ; sds. curved. Lvs. 

 alt., exstip. ; usually palminerved ; ent. or palmilobed or peltate ; 

 rarely compound. Climbing, handsome, slender Shrubs or Herbs ; bit- 

 ter, narcotic, often poisonous. Trop., subtrop., both worlds ; none in 

 Eur. 31 gen., 300 spec. 4 Tribes Types given : Tribe 1. 9 gen., 

 51 spec, both worlds. 1. HsTjerbaena, ev. ; fls. panicled. 8-4 spec, 

 trop. Am., Mex. Tribe 8. 4 gen., 24 spec, both worlds. 1. Cis- 

 sdmpelos, ^ '^, ev.; 18 spec, both worlds; fls. panicled; drupes 

 often scarlet. C. Pareira, Vblvbt-Lbaf. Lvs. velvety; drupes 

 scarlet, hairy ; rt. the Pareira brdva of pharmacy. W. Ind., Cent. 

 Am., E. Ind. 2. Stephania, J* ?. Fls. umbelled or panicled. Lvs. 

 usually peltate. 3 or 4 spec, ev. ; trop. Asia, E. Ind., Af., Australia. 

 Tribe 3. 8 gen., 26 spec, both worlds. 1. Menisp6rtnum, Moon- 

 seed. (^ 9- Sep. 4-8. Pet. 6-8, small. Fls. white, panicled. 

 Drupes small, black, compressed. Lvs. cordate, ent., or.palmatilobed 

 or angled. 2 spec. ; 1 in Asia; the other, M. canadense, decid., 8°- 

 12° high. Can. to Car., W. to the Miss. 2. C6cculus. J* ?, 

 (5^ § 9 • ^'^- 6-merous, small, white, racemed ; (^ racemes com- 

 pound. Shrubs, usually ev., usually climbing, .showy. 10 spec, 

 Asia, Af., Am. C. carolinus, decid., twining, 10°-15°. Drupes red. 

 Lvs. cordate or 3-angled. S. 111. to Fla. and W. Tribe 4. 10 gen., 

 20 spec. , both worlds. 1. Jateorhiza. Near Cocculus. Ev. climbei-s. 

 J. palmdia, lvs. large, deeply palmatilobed ; rt. tuberous, the Columbo 

 of pharmacy. 10° high, Mozambique ; not from Columbo, as once 

 supposed. 2. Anamirta- Cocculus, monotypic; fls. in pend. panicles. 

 Ev., climbing 20°. Sds. poisonous, used to adulterate porter. E. 

 Ind. 



Ord. 169. Anonacese. — M^V valv. or imb. Fls. g , rarely di- 

 clinous ; purple, brown, or yellow, sol. or fascicled. Sep. usually 3, 

 rarely 2; distinct or connate. Pet. 6, 2-seriate, 3 outer larger; rarely 

 4 or 3 ; rarely connate; fls. usually sol. Sta. oo, many-seriate on a 

 thick torus ; anth usually hidden by the overlapping top of the con- 

 nective ; rarely def , exposed. Pis. often fragrant. Carpels oo, rarely 

 def. or sol.; distinct, rarely coherent ; sessile on top of torus. Style 



