20. 



44 BAEBEURr FAMILY. 



1. ASIMIITA, PAPAW of TJ. S. (Creole name.) Petals gi-eeni.,h ot 

 yeUoivish, becoming dark dull pui-ple aa they' enlarge; the 3 inner small. 

 Pistils few in tlie centre of the globular head of anthers, • making one or 

 more large, oblong, ))ulpy fruits, sweet and eatable when over-ripe in autumn. 

 Plowers in early spring preceding the leaves. 

 A. triloba, Cojimox Pai'AW (wholly different from the true Papaw of W. 



Ind.), is a shrub or small tree, wild AV. & S. and sometimes planted, with obo- 



vate-lanceolatc leaves, and banana-shaped fruit 3' - 4' long._ 



A. parvifl6ra is a small-flowcrcd, and A. grandiflora a laf-ge-flowered 



species of S. E. States, both small-fruited, and A. pygmsea is a dwarf one 



with nearly evergreen leaves far South. 



4. MENISPERMACE^, MOONSEED FAMILY. 



Woody or partly woody twiners, with small dioecious flowoi's; 

 their sepals and petals much alilie, and one before the other (usu- 

 ally 6 petals before as many sepals) ; as many or 2 - 3 times as 

 many stamens; and 2 — 6 pistil?, ripening into 1-seeded little stone- 

 fruits or drupes ; the slone curved, commonly into a wrinkled or 

 ridged ring ; the embryo curved with the stone. Leaves palmate 

 or peltate : no stipules. Anthers commonly 4-lobed. 



1. COCCULUS. Sepals, petals,. and stamens each G. 



2. MENISPEKMUM. Sepals and petals or 8. Stamens in sterile flowers 12 • 



1. COCCULUS. (Name means a little berry.) Only one species in U. S. 



C. Carollnus, Carolina C. Somewhat downy ; leaves ovate-or heart- 

 shaped, entire or sinuate-lobed ; flowers greenish, in summer ; fruits red, as 

 large as peas. Froni Virginia S. & W. 



2. MElflSPERMUM, MOONSEED. (Name from the shape of the 

 stone of the frait. ) Only one species, 



M. Canad^Dse, Casabian Moonseed. Almost smooth; leaves peltate 

 near the edge ; flowers white, in late summer ; fruits black, looking like small 

 grapes. 



5. BERBERIDACE^, BARBERRY FAMILY. 



Known generally by the perfect flowers, having. a petal before 

 each sepal, and a stamen befoie each petal, with anthers opening 

 by a pair of valves like trap-doors, hinged at the top (Lessons, 

 p. 114, fig. 236), and a single simple pistil. But No. 6 has nu- 

 merous stamens, 5 and 6 have more petals than sepals, and the 

 anthers of 2 and 6 open lengthwise, in the ordinary way. There 

 are commonly bracts or outer sepals behind the true ones. All blos- 

 som in spring, or the true Barberries in early summer. 

 * Shi-vbs or shrubby : stamens 6 : bet^ry few-seeded. 



1. BERBERIS. Flowers yellow, in racemes : petals with two deep-colored spots 



at the base. Leaves simple, or simply pinnate. Wood and inner bark yellow. 

 Leaves with sharp bristly or spiny teeth. 



2. NANDINA. Flowers white, in panicles : anthers opening lengthwise. Leaves 



twice or thrice pinnate. 



# « Perennial herbs. 

 •t- TFi/A one to three twice o?' thrice ternately compound leaves. 

 g. EPIMEDIUM Stamens 4. Petals 4 hollow spurs or hoods. Pod several- 

 seeded. Leaflets wifh brjstly teeth. 



