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BERBERIS* glumácea. 
Glumaceous Berberry. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. BERBERIDER Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 
Botany, p. 30.) ` 
BERBERIS.—Supra, vol. 12. fol. 1176. 
B. glumacea ; foliis 3-8-jugis cum impare, jugo inferiore à petioli basi longe 
distante, foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis dentatis basi obliquis triplinerviis, 
dentibus utrinque subseptem spinosis, nodis petiolorum tumidis, racemis 
subgeminis elongatis & squamis glumaceis induratis ortis. 
Mahonia glumacea. De Cand. syst. 2. p. 18. Prodr. 1. 109. 
Berberis glumacea. Spreng. syst. 2. 120. Römer et Schultes, 10. p. 19. 
Berberis nervosa. Pursh fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 219. t. 5, quoad folia. Dec. 
syst.l. c. Prodr. l. c. Römer et Schultes'l. c. Hooker fl. bor. amer. 
I. 29. 
Fruticulus in hortis fer? acaulis, ramis nullis, sempervirens. Gemme 
v. Alabastra squamis lineari-lanceolatis, rigidis, imbricatis. - Folia pinnata, 
in plantá juniore 3-juga cum impare, in adultioribus 6-8-juga, petiolo bast 
dilatato, nunc utrinque quasi stipulato, ad nodos tumido ; foliolis omnibus à 
basi petioli remotis, oblongo-lanceolatis, planis, spinoso-dentatis, nitore nullo 
in superficie, glaucescentibus, sepiüs purpureo obscuro undique suffusis, 
triplinerviis basi valde obliquis. Racemi solitarii, gemini, ternive, elongati, 
strictissimi, floribus luteis, quàm in B. Aquifolio majoribus. Sepala 6, in 
globum conniventia, 3 exteriora minora, interiora valdé concava, extüs brac- 
teolis tribus membranaceis sepalis exterioribus equalibus stipata. Petala 6, 
apice bidentata, intús glandulosa. 
This species was found by Mr. Douglas in shady pine 
woods, “at the mouth of the river Columbia,” where it 
was seen in great abundance. 
It grows very slowly in the Garden of the Horticultural 
Society in peat borders among American plants, in the 
shade of which it seems to delight. At present, the hard 
* See fol. 1176. 
