O rd. II. MENISPERMACEiE. Juss. DC.
1. MENISPERMUM. Linn. .
Sepala et Petala ordine quaternario bi-seu triserialia. $ Siam. 16-20. $ Ovaria 2—4.
Drupes baccatse, subrotundo-reniformes, 1-spermae.—Frutices scandentes. DC.
1. M.canadense; foliis subpeltatis glabriusculis cordatis obtuse angulatis mucronatis,
racemis compositis, petalis 8.—Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1468. Mich. Am.y. 2. p. 241. Pursh, FI.
Am. v. 2. p. 370. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 715. Bot.Mag. t. 1910. De Cand. Pro,dr. v. 1.
p. 102.
H ab. Canada. Mich.—Variable in the angles of the leaves.
Ord. III. BERBERIDEAE. Vent. DC.
1. BERBERIS. Linn.
Sepala 6, squamis 3 extus stipata. Petala 6, intus biglandulosa. Siam, edentula
(vel dentibus 2 instructa.) Bacca 2-3-sperma. Semina 2, rarius 3 ad basin lateraliter in-
serta, erecta, oblonga, testa Crustacea, albumine carnoso, cotyledonibus foliaceis ellipticis,
radicula longa, apice capitellata.— Frutices foliis primariis dbortivis et in spinam scepius
mutatis, secundariis in axillis fasciculatis. Flores in omnibus flavi. DC.
* foliis simplicibus..
1. B. vulgaris ; spinis tripartitis, foliis simplicibus obovatis basi attenuatis ciliato-serratis,
racemis multifloris pendulis, petalis integris.—-Lwm. Sp. PI. p. 472. Engl. Bot. t. 49. De
Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 105. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 128. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 205.— B.
canadensis. Mill.—Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 219. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 106.
Hab. Canada. Newfoundland. Mr. Morrison.—On comparing specimens from Boston, given to me by
Dr. Boott, and others from Newfoundland, gathered by Mr. Morrison, with our European plant, I cannot
find the slightest grounds for separating them, even into varieties. The same incorrect idea, too, prevails
in the United States as in Europe, respecting the injurious effect of the Barberry upon the wheat which
grows in its neighbourhood.
* # foliis impari-pinnatis. (Mahonia. Nutt. DC.)
2. B.pinnata; foliis 3-6-jugis, jugo inferiore a petioli basi distante, foliolis ovato-lan-
ceolatis subdistantibus spinuloso-dentatis uninerviis, racemis erectis, filamentis bidentatis.
*. foliolis sinuato-dentatis undulatis, dentibus paucis.—B. pinnata. li Lagas. Elench.
Hart. Madr. 1803. p. 6.” Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. «. 5. t. 434. Don in Bot. Beg. t.
702. B. fascicularis. Bot. Mag. t. 2396.—Mahonia fascicularis. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1.
p. 108. De Less. Ic. v. 2. t. 3.
/3. foliolis obscure dentatis planis subtus glaucis, dentibus numerosis.
Hab. «, Nootka. Nelson, p. Junction of the Portage River with the Columbia. Drummond.—This
species is probably liable to much variation in its foliage. The plants figured in the Botanical Magazine and
Register are considerably different in this respect, and that represented by Humboldt has the leaves with
more numerous and shorter teeth than either, hence approaching nearer to my var. p., of which the foliage
in a dry.state, is of a pale but bright green above, glaucous beneath, and perfectly plane; the teeth frequently
reduced to cilia. If I am correct in referring this to B: pinnata, (and there is but one specimen in
fructification in the collection,) its berries are oval, deep blue. Called by Lewis’ Company’s people, Mountain
Holly. •. ,
3. B. Aquifolium; foliis bi-trijugis, jugo inferiore a petioli basi distante, foliolis ovatis
approximate spinuloso-dentatis basi cordatis uninerviis, racemis erectis confertis, filamentis
bidentatis.—Purely FI. Am. v. 1. p. 219. t. 4.—Mahonia Aquifolium. Nutt. Gen. v .1 . p.
212, De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 108.—B. repens. Bot. Reg. t. 1176.
H ab. On the Great Kapids of the Columbia Hirer, among rocks in rich vegetable soil. M. Lewis. Common
along the cdaSt of the Pacific, from lat. 40» to 49«, and throughout the open woody parts of the
Columbia, from its confluence with the sea to its source among the Mountains in lat. 5 3«,' 'Ion". 118°.
Douglas. Mamies. Scouler.—An elegant shrub, 3-6 feet high, and growing most luxuriantly in light sandy
soil by the banks of rivers. Berry purple, globular, 2-S-seoded; one or two on the raceme "generally
abortive, and smaller than the others. Nearly allied to the last, but with broader, more, cordate, more rigid,
and more waved leaflets, much more crowded upon the rachis. Both have a single nerve, or mid-rib, with
several lateral nerves proceeding, diagonally from the sides, and these are united by reticulated veins. ’
4. J3. nervosa; foliis efongatis 5-6 jugis, jugo inferiore a petiolo distante, foliolis ovatoacuminatis
remotis spinoso-dentatis 3-5 nerviis, racemis elongatis, filamentis 2 dentatis.__
Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 219. t. 5. (excl. fig. florum, quas ad B. Aquifolium perti net.).—Mahonia
nérvosa. Nutt.—De Cand. Prodr. m 1. p . 108— M. glumacea. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 109.
H ab. First discovered by Mr. Mamies, at the month of the Columbia. Fort Vancouver. Scolder
Common in shady pine forests on the coast of the Pacific, having the same range, from north to south, as"
B. Aquifolium, but it' is not found east of the woody country that skirts the coast. D. Dougins.—This is well
distinguished from both the preceding species by the 3 or 5 nerves springing nearly parallel with each other
from the base of the leaflet, which, moreover, altogether wants the close network-like veining of the others
The leaves, too, are much longer, as well as the racemes; and the flowers much larger. Berries deep blue’
Bractcte, at the base of the peduncles, several, large, convolute, pungent. I retain the name of nervosa in
preference to glumacea, because it is the oldest and most expressive appellation, notwithstanding that Pursh
in his plate has figured the flowers of B. Aquifolium with the leaves of nervosa, thus leading De Candolle
into the mistake of supposing that his B. glumacea was a species distinct from it. 'The genus Mahonia
cannot be retained. The teeth of the filaments, which were supposed mainly to characterise it I have shown
to exist equally in B. heterqphglla, (see Erotic Flora, t. 14.); and the glands are present on the petals
Even the simple-leaved species, as they are called, have the leaves jointed upon the footstalk, like the leaf
of the Orange, and such a leaf, as is well known, is but a pinnated one, reduced to its most simple state.
1 2, LEONTICE. Linn.
Sepala 6, extus nuda. Petala 6, intus basrasquamuiarn gerentia. Capsuki vesicaria,
2-4 sperma. Semina in (undo capsule; inserta, globosa.—Herb® radice tuberosa, foliis
varie sectis, caLycHms scepe coloratis. DC.
(Dlv- Caulophyuum. Mich.— Caps, nix inflata, per maturitatem demum rupta, Se-
^ 1 mina idco exserta, interdum baccata. Folium caulinum unicum, sub racemo situm,
petiolo db ipsa basi 3-partito, ramulis tribus, segriiènta 3-5 gérentibus. DC.)
I. L. thalictroides; folio canlino solitario, petiolo e basi fere tripartito, segmentis obovatis
apice grosse incisis acuminatis— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 448. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. llo .