16 2. BERBEBIDACE^. — 3. NYMPH^ACE^. 
corallina (E.etz.), E. B. 1513. B. iv. 128. — Roots Heshy, 
knobbed. Herb 2 feet high. Fl. large, crimson with yellow 
anthers. — On the Steep Holmes Island in the Severn. 
P. V. VI.] E. 
Order II. BERBERIDACE.E. 
Sep. 3 or 4 or 6 in a double row. Pet. the sauie or double, 
that number. Stam. opposite to the petals. Anth. opening liy 
valves attached at the top and turning upwards. Carpel 1, 1- 
celled : seeds attached to the bottom or on a lateral placenta, 
albuminous. — Stipules usually wanting. 
.1. Berberis. Sep. G, deciduous. Pet. 6, each with 2 glands 
■ at the base within. Stam. G. Beriy 2 — 3-seeded. 
[2. Epimedium. Sep. 4, deciduous. Pet. 4. Nectaries 4, 
cupshaped. Stam. 4. Caps, podlike, many-seeded.] 
1. Bee'beris Linn. Barberry. 
1. B. vahjriris (L. ) ; spines 3-parted, 1. obovate ciliate- 
serrate, racemes pendulous many-liowered, petals entire. — E. B. 
49. R. iii. f. 4486.— Height 6—8 feet. Fl. yellow. Berries 
red, oblong, .slightly curved. Filaments curiously elastic. — 
Hedges and thickets. Sh. V. VI. E. S. ? I. 
2. Epime'dium Linn. Barreuwort. 
[E. alpinum (L.) : rhizome producing leaves and stems, stem- 
1. twice ternate. — E. B. 438. R. iii. f. 4485. — Lts. ovate-heart- 
shaped, serrate. Pan. shorter than the 1. and appearing to 
gi-QW from the petiole. Fl. red with yellow nectaries. — 
Subalpine woods. Not a native. P. V.] E. S. 
Order III. NYMPH^ACE^. 
Seji. 4 — 6. Petals many, seated with the many stamens upon 
a tieshy disk more or less completely surrounding the ovary. 
Stigma peltate. Fruit many-celled : seeds many, in a gelati- 
nous aril. Embryo in a bag on the outside of the liase of the 
albumen. — St. prostrate, submersed. L. floating, falsely peltate. 
1. Nymph^a. Cal. of 4 sepals. Pet. many, seated together 
with the stamens upon a fleshy disk enveloping the 
germen and passing gradually into them. Berry many- 
celled, many-seeded. Stigma sessile, of many rays. 
