2. VANCOUVERIA. Morren $ Decaisne, in am . sci. nat.
(2. ser.) 2. p. 351.
Sepals 6, oblong, thin and membranaceous, with 3-9 much smaller oval
bracteoles at the base, caducous. Petals 6, obovate, reflexed, the apex somewhat
cucullate. Nectaries 6, opposite the petals, linear-spatulate, concave,
reflexed. Stamens 6, erect: filaments flat: anthers oblong, mucronate.
Style slender: stigma capitate, somewhat perforated. Ovary (follicle-shaped
minutely glandular-pubescent,) with 8-10 ovules attached to the ventral suture
m two rows. Fruit....—Root slender, horizontal, perennial. Leaves radical,
2-3-ternate. Scape slender, simple. Flowers in a lax slightly panicled raceme,
on filiform nodding pedicels. Petals white: nectaries with yellow
tips. 1
V. hexandra (Morr. & Decaisne, 1. c.)—Epimedium hexandrum, Hook.
jl.Bor.-Am. 1. p. 31. t. 13. Caulophyllum gracile, Dougl. mss. ex Hook.
In deep pme woods around Fort Vancouver, Douglas & Scouler, N u tta ll'
also from Puget Sound to North California, ex H o o k .-Scape a foot hiffh-
flowers small; the floral envelopes all very thin and membranaceous. Leaf-
lets petiolulate, subcordate, obtusely 3-5-lobed, membranaceous, the margin
undulate, with a few weak hairs. Immature carpels (follicles) excentric and
somewhat arcuate.--The bracteoles, or exterior sepals, are probably variable
bv ’ a|?d are,besn es Yexf i oadueous. I find nine in specimens collected
by Nuttafl, all nearly alike and much smaller than the 6 inner or true sepals
which subtend the petals. 1
3. LEONTICE. Lin n .; R. Br.
Sepals 3-6. Petals 6, bearing a little scale or nectary at the base within.
Carpel membranaceous, caducous or inflated, 2-4-seeded. Seeds erect”
globose: albumen horny.
§ Pericarp bursting at an early period ! exposing the finally drupe-like
seed raised on its thickened funiculus.—Caulophyllum, Michx.
1. L. thalictroides (Linn.): leaves 3-temate; the radical on long petioles •
cauhne 1-2, destitute of a common petiole, the lower 3-temate, the upper
(when present) much smaller and 2-ternate; leaflets incisely 2-3-lobed—
R . Br. m Linn, trans. 12. p. 145. t. 7 ; Torr. ! fl. 1. p. 336 • Da rlin tf h
Cest. ed. 2.p. 213.^ Caulophyllum thalictroides, Michx.! fl. l.p . 205. t. 21-
Woods, Canada! to N. Carolina! and Kentucky ! April.—Glaucous when
young. Stem simple, 1-2 feet high. Leaflets rather ovate, oblique and
subcuneiiorm at the base, the terminal broadest, petiolulate. Panicle small
racemose. Petals greenish-yellow: scale reniform, viscid. Seeds large (2
or by abortion 1) deep blue when ripe, on long and thick funiculi, baccate •
albumen of the form of the seed, very firm.—The roasted seeds have been
used as a substitute for coffee.—Blue Cohosh.
4. DIPHYLLEIA. Michx. fl. 1. p. 203. t. 19 cf 20.
Sepals 3. Petals 6, oval, without glands. Stamens 6. Ovary ovate ex-
centric: stigma subsessile, peltate, lacunose. Ovules about 4, borne on a
B E R B E R ID A C E Æ . J e f f e r s o n ia .
short lateral placenta near the base of the cell. Pericarp somewhat baccate
subglobose, 2-3-seeded. Seeds roundish. Embryo very minute at Aeba^e
of nearly horny albumen, excentric.-Rhizoma thick, horizontaL Stem^
pie,2-leaved. Leaves large, alternate, peltate m themannerofPodophylum
semiorbicular-subreniform, deeply 2-lobed; each division 7-9-lobed, lobes
triangular, serrate with triangular teeth. Flowers white, m a simple umbe -
late cyme.
D. cymosa (Michx.! 1. c. ) -E l l . sk. l.p . 411; Nutt. gen. l.p . 209; DC.
Alon <?rivuiets in high mountains, Virginia to G eo rg ia ! No rth Carolina,
Mr Cm IT ' ( i n f l u f f o n ly ) - S t em 1-2 feet high. Seeds re d d is h : testa
membumaceous: hilum s om e ih a t unilateral - D e Candotte, m
some other genera, the peculiar disposition of the veins ot the pericarp may
be observed8 which Morren & Decaisne noticed m Epimedium, and which
ip j these botanists to consider the ovary of Berbendacese as compound. T
ts. however, of easy Explanation on the supposition that the
5. A C H L Y S . DC. syst. 2. p. 35. ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. l.p . 30. t 12.
Sepals and petals n o n e ; th e achlamydeous flowers sessile m a close
spike. Stamens numerous : filaments slender, th e outermost dilated a t th e
sum m it: anthers didymous, subglobose, somewhat unilocular. Ovary 1-
see d e d : style n o n e : stigma dilated, concave on one side. S e ed e r e c t .-
A glabrous herb. Rhizoma clothed w ith glumaceous scales. Leaves radical,
on long petioles, te rn a te : leaflets flabelliform, sinuate-toothed. Scape very
long and slender : flowers small, ebracteate.
A. triphylla (D C . 1. c.)—Leontice triphylla, Smith, in Rees cy fr0P-
N. WF Coast,Menzies. N e ar F o rt Vancouver, m deep woods, Dr. Scou-
6. J E F F E R S O N IA . Bart, in trans. Am. phil. soc. 3. p. 334.
Sepals 4, petaloid. Petals 8, oblong. S tam en s 8 : anthers linear. Ovary
obovate: stigma peltate, subsessile. Capsule substipitate, dehiscent by a
transverse chink ne ar th e summit. Se eds numerous, crowded in several rows
on the broad lateral p la c en ta : aril lacerate, unilateral. Embryo minute, a t
th e base of fleshy albumen.—Rhizoma horizontal, throwing up a simple 1-
flowered scape, and 2-foliolate or 2-parted leaves. Habit of Sanguinaria.
J. diphylla (P ers. s y v .)-P u r sh ! ft. l. p. 2 ^ ' Rot.mag. t 1513-ftTorr. !
û. 1. p . 399. J. binata Bart. 1. c. (w ith a plate). J. Bartoms, Michx. !
fl. 1. p. 237. Podophyllum diphyllum, Linn.