SYNOPSIS. 



BEBBEEIS, or BARBERRY, has its name from the Arahir 

 licrhni/n. wliich prohahly means a yooselierry. The EugUsli uame is Iroui 

 the Freueh. Is.O., ISi ihrruhina'. LiNNiEAK : 6, He.nindrlii ; \, Mminfiiju'iu. 

 —The phiuts of tliis onler are herbs or shruhs, witli alternate, simple nr 

 divided leaves, flowers yellow or white, regnlar, and usnally with sensitive 

 stamens that spring to the centre and discharge their- pollen on the stigma 

 when tlic filaments are touched at the liase with a pin. The T)erberries and 

 their relatives are widely distributed, generally in the temperate regions ; 

 they are partial to cool moist climates, and are mountainous plants in regions 

 where the iilaius and valleys are too warm for them. j>. 1. 



LILIUM. — 8ee .synopsis. p. U. 



ERYTHRONIUM, from crylhns, red, in atlusiou to the colour 

 of the flowers and leaves of the species fir.st discovered. X-(.>., l/iliai'iu. 

 LlXN.TvAN : 6, Ilexdiiilriri : 1, .Vni/i,i/)/j/'ni. p. !l. 



PASSIFLORA, the Passion Flower, from //r^.sv.V., suffering, and, //.,.<, 

 a flower. X.O., I'as.si//n,'tic('U\ or Passionworts. Linn.^ax ; 16, Moiiailclplii'i : 

 '1. 1% id>nHlrni, — A noble order of herbaceous or half-shrubby plants, mostly 

 trojucal, climbing, with alternate leaves and hermaphrodite fii)Wcrs rif 

 lieculiar construction and often distinguished I13' resplendent colouring. The 

 conspicuous outer i;)ortion of the flower of the passiflora, which, at a flrst 

 glance, maj^ be regarded as the corolla, is really the calyx, but being coloru-ed, 

 it may for a time deceive one. The narrow 2:)etals that fornr a ring of rays 

 constitute the true corolla. In some species, as, for example, I'lf^fi'iflorn 

 nctij/ia, the petals are f ur-nished with a series of threads. The stamens and 

 stigmas are conspicuous in the centre and declare themselves as such. The 

 order includes not only" the true passion flowers, but tlie tacsonias and some 

 less distinctive genei'a. The best known of all tliese is TacsLUiia Van Yolxemi, 

 a grand greenhouse climber producing crimson flowers. Amongst the 

 jiassifloras the best known is J', cirriilcn^ a hardy plant in all the southern 



