Order 6.— BBRBERIDACE^. 217 



2. COCCULUS, DC. (Diminutive, from Lat. coccum, a berry.) 

 Fls. $ $ . Sepals, petals and stamens 6 ; anthers 4-celled ; $ ovaries 

 3 to 6 ; drupe globular-compressed, nut curved as in Menispermum. 

 — Fls. in axillary panicles. 



C. Carolini^nuB DC. — In woods along rivers, S. 111. to Ga. St. round, slender, 

 trailing. Lvs. pubescent, at length glabrous above, broadly ovate or cordate, 

 mueronate, entire or sinuateJobed, sometimes hastately 3-lobed, 2' to 3' diam., 

 petioles half as long. Fla. very small, greenish. .Pet. of the sterile fls. with 

 inflected auricles at the base of each. Drupes red, 1 — 3 together, 2" wide, the 

 nut curved almost into a circle and finely crenated. Jn., Si. 



3. CALYCOCARPUM, Nutt. Cup-seed. (Gr. KciXv^, a cup; 

 Kapnbg, fruit.) Sepals 6 ; petals ; $ stamens 12, anthers 2-celled ; 



? stamens 6, abortive ; ovaries 3 ; stigma fimbriate-radiate ; drupe 

 oval with the putamen deeply excavated in front and cup-shaped. — Fls. 

 greenish white, in long axillary panicles. 



C. Iiy6ni Nutt. Ga. (Mettauer) to Ky. A slender vine, very smooch, ascend- 

 ing many feet. Lvs. large, thin, 4 — 8' diam., the lobes dilated above and acumi- 

 nate. Petioles long, slender. Rao. slender, 3 — 12' long. Fls. small, 2" diam., 

 nearly white, about 5 on eachped. Drupe 1' long, oval. Jl. (Menispermum 

 Lyoni Ph.) 



Order VI. BERBERIDACE^. Berberids. 



Herbs or shrubs with alternate, usually exstipulate, simple or compound leaves. 



Flowers perfect, hypogynous, imbricated in aestivation. Calyx of 2 — 6 deciduous 



sepals, in 1 or 2 rows, often with petaloid scales at base. Corolla of as many 



or twice as many petals as sepals, in ono to several rows. Stam. as many as the 



petals and opposite to them, rarely more numerous. Anthers opening mostly by 



recurved valves hinged at the top. Pistil one, style short or none. Fr. a berry or 



capsule, seeds several, albuminous. (Figs. 168, 182, 253, 304, 346, 34^, 444.) 



An order hard to define, including 12 genera and 100 species, some of them of widely different 

 habit and veiy doubtful atfinities. They inhabit the temperate zoneB. Some genera, as Podo- 

 phyllum and ^Teffersonia, possess catbaric properties. Others, as Berberis, contain in their fruits 

 malic and oxalic acids. 



TRIBES AND GENERA. 



TRIBT3 BERIJEEIDE.E — Shrubs. Embryo long as albumen. Anth. halved Bkkberis. 1 



Tribe HAND [NEjE.— Herbs. -Embryo short or minute. (*) 



* Anthers opening by 2 valves" hinged at the top. (a) 



a Stamens 6. Fruit 2 drupe-like, soon naked seeds. CATiLOPnTLLUM. 2 



a Stamens 6. Fruit a 2 — i seeded berry Diphtlleia. 8 



' a Stamens 8. Fruit a capsule opening by a lid Jepfekbonli. 4 



* Anthers opening by 2 slits lengthwise. Stam. 6—18 Podopiitlhtji. 5 



1. BERBERIS, L. Berberry. (Name from the Arabic.) Calyx 

 of 6 obovate, spreading, colored sepals, with the 3 outer ones smaller ; 

 corolla of 6 suborbicular petals, with two glands at the base of each ; 

 filaments 6, flattened ; anthers 2 separate lobes on opposite edges of 

 the connectile ; style ; berry oblong, 1-celled ; seeds 2 or 3. — Fine, 

 hardy shrubs. 



1 B. vulgaris L. Spines (reduced lvs.) 3-forked ; hs. simple, serratures termi- 

 nated by soft bristles; rac. pendulous, many-flowered; pet. entire. — A well- 

 known bushy, ornamental shrub, in hard gravelly soils. Northern States. Grows 

 3 — 8f high. Lvs. IJ — 2' long, half as wide, round-obtuse at apex, tapering 



