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Trees and shrubs; an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum: containing the hardy trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species . re as Menispermum. S 1. CoccuLUS CAROLiuus Dec. The Carohna Cocculus. Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 98. ;? Dons Mill., 1. Synonijmcs. Menispermum caroUnum Lin.\ Wend- landmpopulifdlia fra/rf., Pursh, at\A Dill.; AndrO- philax sc&ndens Waull. % Baumg&rt^a scandens Moench; IVKnisperme de la Caroline, Fr.; Caroli- nischer Monds
Trees and shrubs; an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum: containing the hardy trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species . re as Menispermum. S 1. CoccuLUS CAROLiuus Dec. The Carohna Cocculus. Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 98. ;? Dons Mill., 1. Synonijmcs. Menispermum caroUnum Lin.\ Wend- landmpopulifdlia fra/rf., Pursh, at\A Dill.; AndrO- philax sc&ndens Waull. % Baumg&rt^a scandens Moench; IVKnisperme de la Caroline, Fr.; Caroli- nischer Mondsaame, Dil. Elth., 223. t. 178. f. 219.; Wendl. Ohs., 3. ; and omjig. 51. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cordate or ovate,entire, obtuse, and somewhat 3-lobed;under surface velvety pubescent. Maleracemes floriferous from the base, femaleones 3-flowered. (Dons Mill.) A twin-ing, deciduous, suffruticose shrub. NorthCarolina and Georgia. Height G ft. to10 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flo\, greenish ; June and July. Fruitred; ripe in September. Decayingleaves jellowish or brownish. Leaves extremely variable in form, 2 4 in. long, often quite entire, butusually with several sinuated, obtuse red, as large as a small 51. Cdcculus carolinus. Order VI. BEEBERACE^. Ord. Char, Sepals usually G, in two whorls, deciduous, and furnished withpetal-like scales on the outside. The petals are equal in number with thesepals, and the stamens equal in number with the petals, and opposite tothem. The anthers open by reflexed valves ; that is to say, the face ofeach cell of the anther peels off except at the point, where it adheres as ifit were hinged there ; a structure so remarkable, Dr. Lindley observes, as tobe found in no European plants except BerberdcecB and the laurel tribe.(Penny Ci/c, vol. iv. p. 259.)—Bushy shrubs, which throw up numeroussuckers ; natives of the temperate climates of Europe, Asia, and NorthAmerica. Leaves simple or compound, alt
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