16 ISERBERIUACK^. (uAnnEKRY FAMILY.) 



more, hypogylious. Anthers 2 - 4-eellcd, opening longitudinally. Ova- 

 ries 3-8, drupaceous in fruit. Seed and embryo curved, the latter large, 

 in thin albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. COCCnLUS. Sepals, petals, and stamens 6. Anthers 4-celled. 



2. MENISPEttMUM. Sepals and petals 4-8. Stamens 12-24. Anthers 4-celled. 



3. CALYUOCARFUM. Sepals 6. Petals none. Stamens 12. Anthers 2-celled. 



1. COCCULUS, DC. 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous. Sepals and petals 6, each in two rows. 

 Stamens 6 : anthers 4-cclled, abortive in the fertile flower. Ovaries 3-6, 

 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Stigma subulate, recurved. Drupe baccate, campylotropous. 

 Nut rcniform, rugose. Seed conformed to the cavity of the nut. Embryo semi- 

 circular. — Leaves ovate or slightly cordate, entire or angularly 3-lobed. 



1. C. Carolinus, DC. — Woods and thickets, Florida to North Carolina, 

 and westward. June-August. — Pubescent. Stem twining, 10°-15° long. 

 Leaves very acute, rather rigid. Racemes of the fertile flowers simple, of the 

 sterile compound. Flowers white. Drupe red. 



2. MENISPEEMUM, L. Moosseed. 



Flowers dicecious. Sepals and petals 4-8. Stamens 12-24: anthers 

 4-celled. Ovaries 2-4. Stigma dilated, spreading. Otherwise as in Cocculus. 

 — Leaves rounded, angular or lobcd, slightly cordate and peltate at the base. 

 Flowers white, panicled. 



1. M. Canadense, L. — Banks of rivers, chiefly in the upper districts. 

 July. — Stem twining. Sterile panicles elongated. Drupe black. 



3. CALYCOCAEPUM, Nutt. 



Flowers dicecious. Sepals 6. Petals none. Stamens 12 : anthers 2-celled ; 

 those of the fertile flower abortive. Ovaries 3, 1-ovulcd. Stigma radiate, many- 

 cleft. Drupe oval. Nut smooth, excavated on the inner face. Embryo curved, 

 foliaccous. — Leaves round-cordate in outline, palmately 3 - 5-lobed. Flowers 

 whitish, in compound racemes. 



1. C. Lyoni, Nutt. (Menispermum Lyoni, PursA.) — Banks of the Apa- 

 lachicola River, Florida, to Tennessee. May and June. — Pubescent. Stem 

 twining 20° -50° high. Leaves 4' - 7' wide, with acuminate lobes, the lateral 

 lobes wavy or angled. Drupe 1' long, globose. 



Order 5. BERBERIDACE^. (Barberry Family.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with alternate, petiolate, mostly divided leaves, and 

 perfect, regular hypogynous flowers. Sepals and petals in two or more 

 rows of 2 - 4 each, imbricated in the bud, deciduous. Stamens opposite 



