JO BERBEUIDIwE. 



glandulis oblongis, carnosis, divcrgenti-adnatis. Stami.na {/'%• 5. 6.) quinque, sub ovario inserta, petalis 

 opposita, iisquc dimidio breviora, pislillum a?quantia, erccta, ffiqualia. Filamenta crassa, brevia. Antiieb.e 

 bilocularcs; loculi connexivo utrinquc extus longitudinalitcr adnati, operculati; opcrculo tenuissime mcm- 

 branaceo, apice affixo; conncxivum crassum, cum (iJamento continuum nec articulatum, apice loculos 

 parum supcrans ct truncatum. Ovarium (Jig. 7. 8.) oblongum, giabrum, in stvlum attcnuatum, unilo- 

 culare; ovula 4 (aut 5?) fundo loculi aflixa, erecta, subrotunda, minuta. Stylis brevis, crassus, glaber. 

 Stigma pcltatum, integrum. Fructls mihi incognitus. 



2. BERBERIS rigidifolia. f Tab. CCCCXXXI. 



li. spinis trifidis; foliis fasciculatis, oblongis, intcgerrimis aut apicc dcntato-spinosis, coria- 

 ceis; racemis solitariis; (loribtis subpcntandris. 

 Crescit cum prcecedente ? J> 



Rami sparsi, teretes, rimosi, glabri, nitidi, nigro-fusci; ramnli fusco-purpurasccntes , subverrucosi. 

 Spina: sub fasciculis iisquc multo brcviores, trifidas, glabra ; laciniis subulatis, divergentibus. Folia fasci- 

 culata (io-i5), fasciculis sparsis et approximatis, pctiolata, oblonga, apice acuto-spinosa, basi cuncata, 

 intcgerrima aut superne dcntibus nonnullis spiniferis instructa, reticulato-venosa, ncrvo subtus prominente, 

 coriacca, glabra, supralaite viridia et nitida, subtus palhdiora etsubglauccscentia, adjecto petiolo 12-14 Hneas 

 longa, 4~5 Hneas lata. Petioli 1-2 Hneas longi, canalicuiati, glabri. SqdAmdue crebcrrimas, basiin fascicu- 

 lorum cingcntes, arctc imbricata;, ovato-triangularcs, purpurco-fcrruginca;, glabrai , pctiolo brcviores. 

 RacEMI in mcdio fasciculorum solitarii, pedunculati, erecti (?), i-i|polliccs longi. Flores sparsi, pediccllati, 

 inagnitudine floris Berberidis vulgaris; pedicellis 3 Hncas longis, basi bractea instructis rhacbiquc glabris; 

 bracteis lanceolato-subulatis, glabris, pediceUo tliplo quadruplove brevioribus. Calyx subbcptaphyllus, 

 coloratus, glabcr; foliolis clliptico-orbiculatis, concavis, mcmbranaccis ; uno aut duobua cxtcrioribus 

 (bractcis) multo minoribus, ovatis, acuminatis. Corolla flava, glabra; pctala quinque (semper?), calyce 

 breviora, suborbiculata, breviter unguiculata, intus supra unguern biglandulosa. Stamina corolla breviora. 

 prorsus ut in praxcdente, nisi minora. Ovaeidm oblongum, glabrum. Stylis subnullus. Sticma peltatum. 



licrbcridi ilicifoliai similis. 



3. BERBEIUS qtjinduensis. f Tab. CCCCXXXU. 



B. ramis inermibus; foliis approximalo-confcrtis, oblongis, supcrnc remote ciliato-spinosis , 

 coriaceis; racemis solitariis; floribus hexandris (?). 



Crescitin monte Quindiu r alt. iioohex. (Regno Novo- Granatensi.) fy Floret Octobri 



Uami subtcrctes, Ixves, glabri, albidi ; ramuli abbrcviati, basibus foliorum undique arctissimc obtccti, 

 tcrminati fasciculo foliorum. Folia sparsa , approximato-conferta, pctiolata, oblonga, apice rotundata aut 

 acuto-pungcntia, basi cuneata, superne rcmote cilialo-spinosa, rcticulato-venosa , ncrvo subtus promincntc, 

 coriacca, glabra, supra nilida ct laile viridia, subtus pallidiora, bipollicaria ct parum longiora, 9-11 lincas 

 lala. Petioli 3-4 lineas longi. canalieulati, supra mcdium articulati; partc infcriore membranacco-dilatata 

 (stipulic dua^, petiolo longitudinaliter adnaUe). Uacemi iu ramulis terminales, solitarii, pcdunculati, crecti, 

 adjccto pcdunculo subquadripollicarcs. FtOEES pediccllati, sparsi, triplo majorcs quam iu Bcrberide vulgari. 

 Pcdicclli 4-5 lineas longi, terctes, basi bractcati rhachisque dense fuligineo-hirta ; bractca lanccolato-subulata, 

 concava, glabriuscula, pcdiccllo dnplo triplove brcvior. Calyx glabriusculus, coloratus; foliolis (6?) subor- 



