1750 
.* BÉRBERIS dealbáta. 
Whitened Barberry. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BERBERIDER, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 30.) 
BERBERIS.—Supra, vol. 12. fol. 1176. 
§ Folia simplicia, sempervirentia (coriacea). Flores racemosi. 
B. dealbata ; subinermis, foliis simplicibus coriaceis suborbiculatis spinoso-den- 
tatis subtus dealbatis, racemis oblongis densissimis pedunculatis. 
Frutex in horto 4-5-pedalis, verosimiliter orgyalis ad minimum, ramis 
purpureo-fuscis inermibus parce foliatis. Folia coriacea, subrotundo-ovata, 
convexa, glaucescentia, spinoso-dentata, aliquandó subquadrata, im cuneata 
3-dentata, subtus albedine densá corticata ; petiolis brevibus basi articulatis. 
Flores in racemos oblongos multifloros densissimos nutantes congesti, lutei ; 
sepalis apice sanguinolentis. Petala intus biglandulosa. 
A native of Mexico whence it was obtained by the Horti- 
cultural Society. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick 
Garden in April last. 
This remarkable species is an evergreen shrub, which is 
probably hardy; but of this we are not certain, in consequence 
of its having been always hitherto protected in front of an 
east wall in winter. It differs in a striking manner from all 
other Barberries in several particulars. In the first place 
its leaves are very round and convex, and covered with 
a sort of bloom; then they are very white on the under 
surface, not however from the presence of any mealiness 
or white hairs, but on account of a discoloration of the 
* See folio 1176. 
