2. BERBERIDACE^. 3. NYMPH^ACEjE. 13 



15. P^ONiA Linn. Peeony. 



*1. P. corallina (Retz.) ; 1. bitemate, leaflets ovate entire glau- 

 cous beneath, caps, downy recurved from the base. — E.B. 1513. 

 R. iv. 128.— Root fleshy, knobbed. Herb 2 feet high. Fl. large, 

 crimson with yellow anthers. — On the Steep Holmes Island in 

 the Severn. P. V. VI. E. 



Order II. BERBERIDACE^. 



Sep. 3, 4 or 6, in a double row. Pet. the same or double that 

 number. Stam. opposite to the petals. Anth. opening by valves 

 from the bottom to the top. Carpel 1, 1-celled, seeds attached 

 to the bottom or on a lateral placenta. 



1. Bbrberis. Sep. 6, deciduous. Pet. 6, each with 2 glands 

 at the base within. Stam. 6. Berry 2 — 3-seeded. 



[2. EpiMBDiuM. Sep. 4, deciduous. Pet. 4. Nectaries 4, 

 cupshaped. Stam. 4. Caps, podlike, many-seeded.] 



1. Berberis iiMW. Barberry. 



1. B. vulgaris [\j.); spines 3-parted, 1. obovate ciliate-serrate, 

 racemes pendulous many-flowered, petals entire. — E. B. 49. 

 R. iii. f. 4486. — Fl. yellow. Berries red, oblong, slightly cuiTcd. 

 Filaments curiously elastic. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. V. VI. 



2. Epimedium Linn. Barren-wort. 



[1. E. alpinum (L.); root-leaves 0, stem-1. twice temate. — 

 E. B. 438. R. iii. f. 4485. — Lts. heartshaped, serrate. Pan. shorter 

 than the 1. and appearing to grow from the petiole. Fl. red with 

 yellow nectaries. — Subalpine woods. Not a native. P.V.] E. S. 



Order III. NYMPHJEACE.E. 



Sep. 4 — 6, passing gradually into the petals, and these into 

 the many stamens, all inserted on a fleshy disk more or less com- 

 pletely surrounding the ovary. Stigma peltate. Fruit many- 

 celled : seeds many, in a gelatinous aril. Embryo in a bag on 

 the outside of the base of the albumen. 



1. Nymph^a. Cal. of 4 sepals. Pet. many, inserted together 

 with the stamens upon a fleshy disk enveloping the germen. 

 Berry many-celled, many-seeded. Stigma sessile, of many 

 rays. 



