MBNISPERMACE-E — BERBERIDACR.F.. 13 



"i-lobed, 2-cclled, adnate. Ovaries 2 — 4 ; drupes usually sol- 

 an . nut woody, globose rcnitorm. Racemes axillary, fc'tam- 

 uiate and Pistillate flowers often dissimilar. 



IN' idntsa. Stem c. ndcr, hi • -e. 



h,:i rdato, with 1^5 I < , pctiol. ;cd 



n< Fiovcrs small, sterile ones in {Kiniculaie supra-axuiai v com- 



kt,.i(.«. ^*vfpafe 1-7. larger tlian the petals!, obovatc. /'t/o/a 6-7, or- 

 'lluaely cuneate. Drupe black, when mature, curved so that the 

 3ught near the base ; nut compound, foruiing nearly a ri^g. 



MooHnseed. 

 G ■ ' \' " c non on banks of streams— 8-12 feet. 



2. .M. ^.. ^ Leaves lar:^e, !ong-petioled, peltate, 3-5 



lobed, cordate, lobos acui. nrsute on the veins beneath. Sejxtls 6, 



ob •-•" ■' ' -t^, obtuse. ^ ■./,.,, ..i/f//iiHYrs with 12 stamens, shorter than the 

 sc. the anthers linear-oMonfr, filaments compressed. Pistillate 



Jlow(rs \\::a i'> ' - — '\ fimbriate. i?ri//>f oval, com- 



presseil, nut (. \ back. 



11- July. >iear Mew Ui leans. 



Okder VI,— BERBERIDACE.E. 



Sepals in two rows, 3—4-6, deciduous, ofien surrounded 

 hy petaloid scales. Petals hypof^ynous, equal or double the 

 number of sepals, and opposite them, generally with an ap- 

 peudage at the base. Stamens equal or dou'ole the nimiber of 

 ^>etals, and opposite them. Ovarium solitary, ] -celled, style 

 lateral, stigma orbicular. Fruit baccate or ca[)sular. tSceds 

 1-2—3, attached to the bottom of the cell, or numerous, at- 

 tached to the ventral suture. 



Gexus I. BERBERIS. 



Sepals 6, fronerally bractcolatc. Petals G, witii 2 glands 

 at the base of each. St sjnens 6, irritable, flying uj) on being 

 touched at the base. Stigma sessile, orbicular, depressed. 

 Fntit a berry, 1-9 seeded. 



1. B. C s. Branch' ], numerous, angular, when 



your;:'. '.■ .'jrous. La - aate, with remote spine-like 



9cr . rnucronaie, cuneate at the base, glabrous, by pairs on 



7' -■■ ' ■"' ■^^" summits of the last year's buds. Flmrers in 



m - ovate, acute. Pcialg ovate, emarginate, with 



2 puri • _ wiLi.'. /></('/ i)\n[, red, acid. Burberry. 



Yt'il.nv. %. Apfil. S. Car. 3-5 feet. 



/'■ difff^rs in 



•f^ InrTrr and 



n> -f used 



f' '' '^ and 



«• II iho 



^ . .ibtrin. 



GEvrsII. LEONTICE. {Syn. CaulophyUum.) 



Sepals 6. Petals 6, opposite the calyx, bearing a reniform 



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