Obdeii 6.— the BERBERIDS. 



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Order VI.— BERBERIDACE^. The Berberids. 



• Herbs and shrubs^ with alternate leaves and perfect flowers, with 

 sepals imbricated in the bud in 2 or more rows ; 

 petals opposite the sepals,^lso imbricated in two or more rows;- 

 stamens opposite to the petals, the anthers usually opening by two lids; 

 (mary 1-celled, solitary and simple, forming a capsule or berry. 



Mg. 375. Section of the flower of Jeffersonla. 



Fig.Zli. A leaf of the same. 



' Analysis of the Genera. 



§ Herbs, anthers opening by two valves hinged at top a 



§ Herbs, anthers opening by 2 slits tengthwise b 



§ Shrubs, with yellow flowers and acid berries. Bee'beeis. 1 



. Stamens 8. Fruit 2, driipe-lilse, soon-naked seeds. ' Cohosh. Leon'tioe. 



. Stamens 6. Fruit a 2-4-seeded berry. ' Umbrella-leaf. Diphtllei'a. 



. Stamens 8. Fruit a capsule opening by a lid. Tmin-leaf. Jefeekso'nia. 2 



b Stamens 9-18. Flower 1, with 2 leaves. May Apple. Podophyi'lum. S 



1. BEE'BEKIS. Barberry. 



Sepals 6, obovate, colored, the 3 

 outer ones smaller. Petals 6, round- 

 ish, with two glands at the base of 

 each, inside. Stamens 6. Stigma ses- 

 sile, disk-like, on the top of the ovary. 

 Berry oblong, sour, 1-celled, 2-3-seed- 

 ed.^Fine, hardy shrubs, with the 

 wood, inper bark, and flowers yellow. 



Fig. 37T. a, Flower of Berberis vulgaris; &, the pistil (magnified), with the ovary cut open; 

 c, e, petals with stamens opposite ; 9, a berry ; 3S0, a seed cut open, showing the embryo. 



