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2. I. biflora Walt. Witp Barsam, LApy’s SLiprer, JEWELWEED, 
Snapweep, Kickine Coit. Stem 2-4 ft. high, branching. Leaves 
rhombic-ovate, 1-4 in. long. Peduncles about 1 in. long, generally 
2-3-flowered, Flowers orange color, with many pretty, large, reddish- 
brown spots. Sac longer than it is broad, ending in a recurved spur 
about } in. long. Damp, shaded ground, commoner than No.1 and 
usually blossoming earlier. 
62. RHAMNACEZ. BucxtTuorn FaMILy 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, often 3-5-nerved ; stipules 
small. Flowers small, sometimes unisexual, green or yellow. 
Calyx 4-5-lobed. Petals 4, 5, or absent, inserted on a disk at 
the throat of the calyx, very small, hooded, usually with 
claws. Stamens 4—5, inserted with the petals and opposite 
them, often inclosed by the petals; filaments awl-shaped; 
anthers small, versatile. Ovary 3-celled, 3-ovuled. 
I. BERCHEMIA Neck. 
Shrubs; stems twining or erect. Leaves alternate, promi- 
nently pinnate-veined, stipules minute. Flowers in axillary 
or terminal panicles, or rarely solitary. Calyx tube hemi- 
spherical, 5-lobed. Petals 5, sessile, concave, as long as the 
calyx. Ovary 2-celled, half inferior; stigmas 2. Fruit an oval, 
2-seeded drupe.* 
1. B. scandens Trel. Suppte Jack, Rattan Vine. Woody, often 
twining high; older bark yellowish, twigs purple, wood very tough. 
Leaves ovate or oval, acute or obtuse, cuspidate at the apex, rounded 
at the base, wavy on the margins, green above, pale beneath. 
Flowers in small panicles. Fruit purple. In moist woods and along 
streams S.* 
Il. RHAMNUS L. 
Leaves alternate, deciduous. Flowers in small, axillary 
cymes, often unisexual. Petals 4-5 or wanting. Stamens 4 
or 5, very short. Drupe, 2—4-seeded. 
1. R. lanceolata Pursh. A tall shrub. Leaves with short petioles, 
taper-pointed or somewhat obtuse, very variable in size, smooth or 
nearly so above, more or less downy beneath, finely serrate. Flowers 
