. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany; Ferns; Botanique; Fougères. POPULAK FLORA. 123 4. MOONSEED FAMILY. Ml' Woody climbers, with nltornale leaves nii«l siimll dicKoiona flowers (as shown in Fij,'. 167, 168); the sei>als and petaln each 4 or 6 and both iff t\n' same colour, and a lew Itistils, becoinin'4 small drtiiu's in fruit, with a moon-sliaped or kiiliiev-shapetl stone. We liavt' two ,L;eneta of one sjiecies eac
. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany; Ferns; Botanique; Fougères. POPULAK FLORA. 123 4. MOONSEED FAMILY. Ml' Woody climbers, with nltornale leaves nii«l siimll dicKoiona flowers (as shown in Fij,'. 167, 168); the sei>als and petaln each 4 or 6 and both iff t\n' same colour, and a lew Itistils, becoinin'4 small drtiiu's in fruit, with a moon-sliaped or kiiliiev-shapetl stone. We liavt' two ,L;eneta of one sjiecies each, the first cnnunon at the North, the second at tlie South. 1. Stiiiiiens 12 to 20: pistils 2 to 4. Flowers white: leaves rounded and angled Hhield-shaped. Fruit blue-black, (^fitiispcrmum) M(k>nskki). 2. Stamens 6, one before each petal. Flowers greenish : leaves heart-shaped. (C6ccutns) COCCL'LUS. 5. BARBERRY FAMILY. Ocdw Ri-adily distiiif^'iied (wiih a single exception) by having the sepals and petals in fours, fiixes, or eiglits (not in live.~), and with juf^t the s;iiiie number of stamens as petals, one before mch petal (on tiie receptacle), tlie anthers oponin;.,' by an uplifted valve or dcjor on each side. Pistil only i. Harm- less, except the May-Apple (also calh'd Manduakk), which has ,although the fruit is innocent and eat- able. Having only cue species of each genus, we may them by the following key :— 'J6j. Shout: 2C6. cliistor of leavos .111J rai'i>iiv. 'JOT. oiilarged flower sjiri'ail oiH'ii; 'JtiS. a petal more iiiaKTiinrit ; and, 'Jtiy. a btaineii, with the anther opuuiui;, uf the comiuou Kurberry. Shrubs with yellow bark and wood, and yellow flowers. Stamens and petals 6, Leaves appearing simple, in a cluster above a blanching thorn, which is 2c,s an altered leaf of the year before. Berries red, {Birheris) , Leaves scattered, pinnate, evergreen; no thorns. Berries blue, {Mahonia) * Mahoma,
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