214 ORDER VI. BERBERIDACE^. 



at the summit. Pistillate flowers, sometimes with 6 abortive 

 stamens. Ovaries 3 — 6. Drupes 1 — 6. 



1. C. Caroli'ntjs, (D. C.) Stein slender, sarmentose, minutely pubes- 

 cent. Leaves variable, cordate <>r ovate, or nearly orbicular, commonly 

 ■with several obtuse lobes, mucronate, pub scent underneath, frequently 

 coriaceous wheu mature. Petals -with twoinflexed auricles at the base 

 li. Drupe compressed, red ; nut curved, forming nearly a ring — 

 White. T <? . June. Geo. to Mississippi. 



Genus II.— MEXTSPER'MUM. L. 20—12. 



(From the Greek mene, the moon, and sperma, seed ; in allusion to the crescent shape 

 of the seed) 



Flowers dioecious. Sepals 4 — 8, ki a double series. Petals 

 4 — 8, sometimes none. Stamens numerous, distinct ; anthers 

 4-lobed, 2-celled, adnate. Ovaries 2 — 4 ; drupes usually soli- 

 tary, nut woody, globose, reniform. Racemes axillary. Stam- 

 inate and pistillate flowers often dissimilar. 



1. II Canaden'sb, (Lin.) Stem climbing, slender, herbaceous or suf- 

 fructi'o-i-. Leave* with 3 — 5 lobes, peltate, petiole obtusely angled, 

 inserted near the base. Flower* small, sterile ones in paniculate supra- 

 axillary compound racemes. Sepal* 4 — 7, larger than the petals, obo- 

 vate. Petal* 6 — 7, orbicular, obtusely cuneate. Drupe black, when 

 mature, curved so that the style is brought near the base ; nut com- 

 pound, forming nearly a ring. Greenish yellow. Common on banks of 

 streams. 8 — 12 feet Moongeed 



2. M. Lyo'hi, (Pursh.) Stem climbing. Leaves large, long-petioled, 

 peltate, 3 — 5-lobed, cordate, Lobes acuminate, hirsute oo the veins be- 

 neath. Sepals 6, obovate, oblong, obtuse. Staniinate flower* with 12 

 stamens, shorter than the sepals, cells of the anthers linear-oblong, fil- 

 aments compressed. Pistillate flowers with 6 abortive stamens, stig- 

 mas Beesile, fimbriate. Drupe oval, compressed, nut excavated in front, 

 convex on the back. It. July. Near New Orleans. 



Order VI.— BERBERI1 )\'CFwE. Vent. 



Sepals in two rows, 3 — 1 — 6, deciduous, often surrounded 



by petaloid Bcales. Petals hypogynous, equal or double the 



number i f sepals, and opposite them, generally with an append- 



at the base. Si aal or double the number of petals, 



and opposite them. Ovarium solitary, I -celled, stylo lateral, 



ia orbicular. Fruit baccate or capsular. Seeds 1 — 2 — 3, 



hed to the bottom of the e«-il. t.r numerous, attached to the 



ventral suture. 



ANALYSIS. 



pels* 2 



8 8 



;. Podophyllum. r> 



Flowers in a terminal cyme L>ij>,' i: , 



8. Sepsis 6 4 



Bepah 4— « 5 



