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BERBERIDE^. 



[chap. 



of self-fertilisation, the latter are said by H. Miiller 

 to have lost that power. 



BERBERIDE^. 



The common Berberry is the only British representa- 

 tive of this order, though Epimediiuit alpinum has 

 by some been considered to be indigenous ; as Mr. 

 Bentham thinks, on insufficient grounds. 



In the common Berberry {Berberis vulgaris), the 

 stamens (Figs. 55 f f, 56 a) lie close to the petals and 

 almost at right angles to the pistil, as shown in 



Fig. 55. Fig. 56. 



Fig. 55- — Flower seen from above. 

 Fig. 56.— Pistil with two stame.is, aiter tlie visit of an insect. 



Fig- SS- The honey-glands inn) are twelve in 

 number, situated in pairs at the base of. the petals, 

 so that the honey occupies the angle between the 

 bases of the .stamens and of the pistil. The papil- 

 lary edge of the summit of the pistil (<?) is the 

 stigma. In open flowers of this kind it is of course 



