2. BEEBEEIDACE^. 3. NrMPH^ACE*. 15 



15. P-«;o'nta Linn. Psgony. 



[* P. Coral'Una (Retz.) ; 1. biternate, leaflets ovate entire 

 glaucous beneath, caps, downy recurved from the base. — B. B. 

 1513. R. iv. 128.— Roots fleshy, knobbed. Herb 2 feet high. 

 H. large, crimson with yellow anthers. — On the Steep Holmes 

 Island in the Severn. P. V. VI.] E. 



Order II. BEEBEEIDACE.^. 



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

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

 valves attached at the top and turning upwards. Carpel 1, 1- 

 celled; seeds attached to the bottom or on a lateral 'placenta, 

 albuminous. — Stipules usually wanting. 



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

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



[2. Epimeditjm:. Sep. 4, deciduous. Pet. 4. Nectaries 4, 

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



1. Bee'beeis Linn. Barberry. 



1. B. vulgaris (L.) ; spines 3-parted, 1. obovate ciliate- 

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

 49. iJ. iii. f. 4486.— Height 6— 8 feet. Fl. yellow. Berries red, 

 oblong, slightly curved. Filaments curiously elastic. — ^Hedges 

 and thickets. Sh. V. VI. E. S.PI. 



2. Epime'ditjm: Linn. Barrenwort. 



[E. alpinum (L.) ; rhizome producing leaves and stems, stem- 

 1. twice temate. — E. B. 438. R. iii. f. 4485. — Lts. ovate-heart- 

 shaped, 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. NTMPK/EACE^. 



Sep. 4 — 6. Petals many, seated with the many stamens upon 

 a fleshy disk more or less completely surrounding the ovary. 

 Stigma peltate. Fruit many-celled ; seeds many, in a gelati- 

 nous ariL Embryo in a bag on the outside of the base of the 

 albumen. — St. prostrate, submersed. L. floating, falsely peltate. 



