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BERBERIS* repens 



Creeping-rooted Berberry, v 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Berbeuideje. 

 BERBERIS. —Supn}, vol 6. foL 487. 



B. repens; foliis pinnatis2-3-jugis; foliolis subrotundo-ovatis opacis spinoso- 



dentatis glaucis, fasciculis diffusis, radice repente. 



Frutex humilis, ramosus, erectus. Folia sempervirentia, nunc ternata, 

 scepiks hi'trijuga, cum impare ; foliolis glabris^ ovato-subrotundisy spinoso- 

 dentatis, utrinque glaucis^ nulla modo lucidis. Racemi terminales. fascicu" 



diff. 



Flores lutei. 



A native of the north-western part of North America, 

 where it was originally found by the party accompanying 

 Captains Lewis. and Clarke in their expedition across the 

 continent of America. 



From seeds procured on that occasion plants were 

 raised in America, which have lately been sold into Europe 

 at the rate of twenty-five dollars each. One of these now 

 growing in the Garden of the Horticultural Society afforded 

 our figure and the opportunity of examining the species : 

 it had been purchased of Mr. Michael Floy, Nurseryman 

 at New York, under the name of Berberis aquifolium. 



It appears, however, from the researches of Mr. 

 Douglas, that this is not the true B. aquifolium. That 

 species was described by Pursh, in part from an inspection 

 of specimens in the collection of Captain Lewis, but 

 chiefly from the Banksian Herbarium, in which it had 

 been placed by Mr. Menzies, who discovered it on the 



• Berberysy according to Golius, as quoted by De Theis, is the Arabic 

 name of the fruit. 



