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BERBERIS coriaria. 
The Tanner’s Berberry. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BERBERACE&. 
BERBERIS. Botanical Register, vol. 6. fol. 487. 
B. coriaria ; spinis validis tripartitis, foliis sempervirentibus lanceolatis obo- 
vatisque integerrimis v. aristato-serratis utrinque viridibus, racemis pen- 
dulis cylindraceis multifloris, fructibus oblongis rubris glabris. 
B. coriaria. Royle ined. 
There are now several Nepal Berberries in our gardens, 
all handsome shrubs. The first that came over was B. asiatica, 
the Hill raisin of the Nepalese, with coarsely veined leaves, 
short racemes, and fruit remarkable for the thick bloom that 
overspreads its purple skin. Then we had B. aristata, a more 
slender plant, with glossy fine-veined leaves, and long half- 
corymbose racemes of flowers. Afterwards appeared the more 
rare B. floribunda, with narrow graceful racemes of small 
flowers, which clothe the axis of the inflorescence from the 
very base. To these we have a fourth to add, called by Dr. 
Royle B. coriaria, but as yet unpublished ; it has narrow lan- 
ceolate leaves, firmly netted, green on both sides, for the most 
part entire, but occasionally furnished with bristle-pointed 
teeth. From B. asiatica it differs in its finely veined leaves 
and larger flowers; from B. aristata in its more lanceolate 
leaves and shorter less corymbose racemes ; and from B. flori- 
bunda in its short racemes, large flowers, and much smaller 
foliage. Its red fruit, without bloom, affords another mark 
of recognition. 
How far it is to be distinguished from B. Lycium, the 
Avktov tvdixov of Dioscorides, according to Dr. Royle, I am 
less able to say, not possessing any authentic specimen of that 
