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Family 8. BERBERIDACEAE T. & G. Barberry Family. 

 Shrubs : leaves with pinnately compound blades, sometimes i-foliolate. 



I. Berberis. 

 Herbs : leaves with simple or ternately compound blades. 

 Anthers opening by valves hinged at the top. 



leaf -blades ternately compound ; seeds naked, berry-like. 



■i. Caulophylltjm. 

 Leaf-blades simple : seeds enclosed. 3. Jeffersonia. 



Anthers opening lengthwise. 4. Podophyllum. 



1. BERBERIS Iv. 

 1. Berberis vulgaris L. European Barberry. (Man. p. 432 ; I. F. 

 f. 1640.) In thickets, nat. from Eu. in the Eastern and Middle States, 

 adv. in Canada and the West. — Pennsylvania ; Northampton ; Frank- 

 lin; Susquehanna. 



2. CAULOPHYLLUM Michx. 

 1. Caalophyllum thaliotroides (L.) Michx. Blue Cohosh. (Man. 

 p. 433; I. F. /. 1643.) In woods, N. B. to Minn., S. C. and Neb. — 

 Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Bucks ; Philadelphia ; Monroe ; 

 Chester ; Lancaster ; Huntingdon ; Tioga ; Erie ; Somerset ; 

 Delaware ; Allegheny. 



3. JEFFERSONIA Bart. 



1. Jeffersonia diphylla (I/.) Pers. Twin-lEaF. (Man. p. 433 ; I. F./. 

 1645.) In woods, N. Y. to Wis., Va. and Tenn. — Pennsylvania : Bucks ; 

 Mifflin ; Huntingdon ; Fayette ; Washington ; Allegheny. 



4. PODOPHYLLUM Iv. 



1. Podophyllum peltatum L. May Apple. Wild Mandrake. 

 (Man. p. 433 ; I. "P- /. 1646.) In low woods, Quebec to Minn., Fla. and 

 Tex. — Pennsylvania : Monroe ; Northampton ; Bucks ; Chester ; 

 I/Ancaster ; Franklin ; Huntingdon ; Delaware ; Allegheny. 



Family 9. LAURACEAE Lindl. Laurel Family. 

 Anthers 4-celled, 4-valved : leaf-blades, or some of them, lobed. 



1. Sassafras. 

 Anthers 2-celled, 2-valved : leaf -blades entire. 2. Benzoin. 



1. SASSAFRAS Nees & Eberm. 

 1. Sassafras Sassafras (L.) Karst. Sassafras or Ague Tree. 

 {Man. p. 436 ; I. F./. i(>54.) In dry or sandy soil, Mass. to Ont., Mich., 

 Fla. and Tex. — Pennsylvania : Monroe ; Northampton ; Bucks ; 

 Delaware ; Chester ; Lancaster ; Dauphin ; Franklin ; Hunt- 

 ingdon ; Allegheny. 



2. BENZOIN Fabric. 

 1. Benzoin Benzoin (L.) Coult. Spice-bush. Benjamin-bush. 

 {Man. p. 437; I. F. /. 1656.) In moist woods and along streams, Mass. 

 to Out., Mich., Kans., N. C. and Tenn. — Pennsylvania: Monroe; 



