MALVACEiE. 41 



Cleome. L. 6. 1. 

 C. dodecandra. L. Stem branched, viscid, pubescent, strong 

 odor, ternate leaves, and purplish white flowers in a raceme ; 

 pods swollen, hairy viscid ; blossoms in June, in sandy places. 

 Narcotic, anthelmintic, emetic, cathartic. 



ORDER 22. BERBERIDEiE. 



Sepals or leaves of calyx, 3 to 6, deciduous, having scales 

 around them ; petals once or twice as many as sepals, hypogy- 

 nous, with an appendage inside at the base ; stamens opposite the 

 petals, and of equal number with them ; single 1 -celled ovary ; 

 shrubby, or herbaceous, with compound leaves. Only one herba- 

 ceous genus belongs to our State. 



Leontice. L. 6. 1. 



L. thalictroides. L. Poppoose Root, and False Cohosh. 

 Stem a foot or more high, with a single, much-divided leaf, 

 and having 2 - 3-lobed leafets ; flowers small and yellowish- 

 green ; sepals and petals each 6, and a scale at the base of the 

 petals ; berries deep blue ; blossoms in April and May ; in dry- 

 ing, the plant becomes black ; it is dark-colored in its younger 

 state. Is the Caulophyllum of Mx. 



The other genus is the Barberry, so well known for its red, 

 finely acid berries. 



ORDER 24. MALVACEAE. 



Calyx generally divided into 5 parts, sometimes 3, or 4, or 5 

 sepals, more or less united at the base, often with a surrounding 

 one or more leafed involucre ; hypogynous petals, usually 5 ; 

 anthers mostly very numerous, with their filaments monadelphous, 

 or in one set ; many fruit-vessels, united round a common axis, 

 and each bearing a style, form the ovarium ; leaves alternate ; 

 some of the plants herbaceous, and contain much mucilage ; used 

 as emollients ; natives of the torrid and warm temperate zones. 

 6 



