2. BERBERIDACE®—3. NYMPHEACES. ll 
Tribe V. Peoniee. 
14. Actm#a Linn. 
1. A. spicata (L.); raceme simply elongated, pet. as long as 
the stamens, berries oval —E. B. 918. R. iv. 121.—L. stalked 
biternate ; leaflets ovate, trifid, deeply cut. St. 1—2 feet high. 
—Mountainous limestone tracts in the north. P. Ne E, 8. 
15. Paonta Linn. Peony. 
*]. P.corallina (Retz.) ; 1. biternate, leaflets ovate entire glau- 
cous beneath, caps. downy recurved from the base.—E. B. 1513. 
R. iv. 128.—Root fleshy, knobbed. Herb 2 feet high. FI. large, 
crimson with yellow anthers.—On the Steep Holmes Island in 
the Severn. P. V. VI. 
« Order IT. BERBERIDACES. 
Sep. 3, 4 or 6,in a double row. Pet. the same or double that 
number. Stam. opposite to the petals. Anth. opening by valves 
from the bottom to the top. Carpel 1, 1-celled, seeds attached 
to the bottom. 
1. Berseris. Cal. of 6 deciduous sepals. Pet. 6, each with 
2 glands at the base within. Berry 2 —3-seeded. 
[2. Eprmepium. Cal. of 4 deciduous sepals. Pet. 4. Necta- 
ries 4, cup-shaped. Caps. podlike, many-seeded.] 
1, Bergeris Linn. Barberry. 
1. B. vulgaris (L.); spines 3-parted, 1. obovate ciliate-serrate, 
racemes pendulous many-flowered, petals entire.—E. B. 49. 
R. iu. f. 4486.—F. yellow. Berries red, oblong, slightly curved. 
Filaments curiously elastic.—Hedges and thickets. S. V. VI. 
2. Erimeptum Linn. 
[l. £. alpinum (L.); root-leaves 0, stem-l. twice ternate.— 
E. B. 438. R. ii. f. 4485.—Lts. heartshaped, serrate. Pan. shorter 
than the |. and appearing to grow from the petiole. FI. red with 
yellow nectaries—Subalpine woods. Probably not a native. 
P. V.J E.S. 
Order III. NYMPHAHACEA. 
Sep. 4—6, passing gradually into the petals, and these into 
the numerous stamens, all inserted on a fleshy disk more or less 
completely surrounding the ovary. Stig. peltate. Fruit many- 
