2. BEBBERIDACE^E. 3. XYMTH^ACE^. 
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Tribe V. Paoiiiea. 
14. Act^'a Limi. Bane-beny. 
1. A. spicdta (L.) ; raceme simple elongate, pet. as long a* 
the stamens, berries oval. — E. B. 918. i2. iv. 121. — L. stalked, 
bitemate ; leaflets ovate, trilid, deeply cut. St. 1 — 2 feet high. 
—Mountainous limestone tracts in the North. P. V. E. S. 
15. P^o'ifiA Linn. Paeony. 
[*1. P. coraU'ma (Retz.) ; 1. bitemate, leaflets ovate entire 
glaucous beneath, caps, downy recurved from the base. — E. B. 
1-513. E. iv. 128.— Eoot fleshy, knobbed. Herb 2 feet high. 
Fl. large, crimson with yellow anthers. — On the Steep Hobnea 
Island in the Severn. P. V. VI.] E. 
Order II. BEEBERIDACE^. 
Sep. 3, 4 or 6, in a double row. Pet. the same or double that 
number. Stam. opposite to the petals. Anth. opening by valves 
from the bottom to the top. Carpel 1, 1-celled, seeds attached 
to the bottom or on a lateral placenta. 
1. Behbebis. Sep. 6, deciduous. Pet. 6, each with 2 glands 
at the base within. Stam. 6. Berry 2 — 3-seeded. 
[2. Epdeedium. Sep. 4, deciduous. Pet. 4 Nectaries 4, 
cupshaped. Stam. 4. Caps, podlike, many-seeded.] 
1. Ber'beeis Linn. Barberry. 
1. B. ittlgdris (L.) ; spines 3-parted, 1. obovate cUiate-serrate, 
racemes pendulous manv-flowered, petals entii-e. — 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.Y.YI. ' E. S. ? I. 
2. EpiME'Dnm Linn. Barren-wort. 
[_E. alpinum (L.) ; root -leaves 0, stem-1. twice temate. — 
E. B. 438. R. iii. £ 448-5. — Lts. heartshaped, serrate. Pan. 
shorter than the 1. and appearing to grow from the petiole. Fl. 
red ^vith veUow nectaries. — Subalpine woods. Not a native. 
P. v.] ' E. S. 
Order m. NTMPHJEA'CE^. 
Sep. 4 — 6, passing gradually into the petals, and these into 
the many stamens, all seated upon a fleshy disk more or less 
completely surrounding the ovary. Stigma peltate. Fruit many- 
