ORDER 6.—THE BERBERIDS. 153 
Orver VI—BERBERIDACEHX. The Berberids. 
Herbs and shrubs, with aiternate leaves and perfect flowers, with 
sepals imbricated in the bud in 2 or more rows; 
petals opposite the sepals, also imbricated in two or more rows; 
gtamens opposite to the petals, the anthers usually opening by two lids; 
ovary 1-celled, solitary and simple, forming a capsule or berry. 
Fig. 375. Section of the flower of Jeffersonia. Fig. 876. 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 lengthwise....b 
§ Shrubs, with yellow flowers and acid berries. Ber’Beris. 1 
a Stamens 6. Fruit 2, drupe-like, soon-naked seeds. Cohosh. Leon’t1cz. 
a Stamens 6. Fruit a 2-4-seeded berry. Ombrella-leaf. DreuYiixr’a. 
a Stamens 8. Fruit u capsule opening by a lid. Twin-leaf. Jurrerso’Nia, 2 
b Stamens 9-18. Flower 1, with 2 leaves. May Apple. Poporpay.’Lum. 3 
1. BER’BERIS. Barberry. 
Sepals 6, obovate, colored, the 3 
outer ones smaller. Petals 6, round- 
ish, with two glands at the base of 
each,inside. Stamens6. 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, inner bark, and flowers yellow. 
Fig. 317. a, Flower of Berberis vulgaris; }, the pisti] (magnified), with the ovary cut open 
¢,¢. petals with stamens opposite; 9, 8 berry; 380, a seed cut open, showing the embryo. 
