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BARBERRY F AM I LI [BSRBSBlDi.0] 

 no. Berberia Canadensis Mill. 



Barberry. A low, spiny shrub found only on the tops of the high knobs in 

 non coir 



111. Berbt ris I.. 



-ion barberry. Is commonly cultivated, and has been reported by Galloway 

 as having escaped. 



MOONS F. F.I > FAMILY .Menispermacki:). 

 11_. nfenispermum Oanadense L. 



<*fd. A woody green climber, with large angled leaves. The long yel- 

 low roots are commonly dug for making bitters, and the vine la called PariJla, or 

 .parilla. Common in rich soil in woods, and has been found in Andrew, 

 Atchison, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Clark, clay, Dunklin, Greene, Holt, Jackson, 

 Madison, UeDooa isippl, Oregon, Platte, Ray, Scotland, Shannon, St. 



Louis and Wayne count 



113. Cebatha Carolina (L.) Britton. 



Fish-berry. A tall, climbing woody plant found only south of the Missouri 

 river along river banks. Occurs in Barton. Butler, Cole, Dunklin, Greene, How- 

 ell. McDonald, Oregon anu Shannon counties. This is C'jcculua Carolinus D. C. 



114. im Lyoni (Porsh) Nutt. 



Cup-s-'f. A very tall woody climber found along river banks in the State 

 south of the Missouri. Has been found in Dunklin, McDonald. Shannon and St. 

 Louis counties. 



LAUREL FAMILY Lu-race.i:).. 

 ll~>. Sassafras sast Karst. 



ifrus. A well-known tree in many parts of the Stite, wheie It is com- 

 monly from lu to 30 feet in height, except in the lowlands of the southeastern 

 part of trie State, where It becomes a very large tree, from two to six feet in dia- 

 meter, and 100 to 150 feet in height. It is mostly confined to the southern part of 

 the Mate, and does not appear to grow west of a line down from Kirksville t<> Ne- 

 vada. It i* found in Barry, Bollinger, trtir, Cedar, 

 Christian. Dunklin. Greene. Howard, Howell, Jasper, JeffertOD, I.awr 

 Madison. McDonald. Milk: roe, New Madrid, NewtOQ, Oregon, 

 . Randolph, Saline. Shannon. - oeols, Bt. LooU, Stoddard, Texas, 

 -ter and Wright counties. This is Sa»«i// . . es. 



116. Benzoin benzoin L. Coulter. 



Spic*-bu»k. A well-known 6hrub found along streams in many parts of the 

 State, mostly south of the Missouri river, and occupying the frame range as the 

 Sassafras. Has been found in Barton, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Cedar, Chariton, 



