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Berpem.] vi. berberide^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 109 



series. Petals 6, imbricate in 2 series, usually with 2 basal glands inside. 

 Sianwm 6y free ; anther-cells opening by recurved valves. Ovary simple; 

 stigma peltate, sessile or on a short style; ovules few, basal, erect. Beiry 

 lew-seeded.— DiSTEiB. Species about 50, natives of N. temperate regions, 

 siibtropical Asia, the Andes, and temperate S. America. 



Sect. L Mahonia. Leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets opposite. 



1. B. nepalensls, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. 120 • leaflets oblong ovate or 

 ™^late spinous-toothed palmately 3-5-nervea, racemes dense flowered. 

 im. Cat, 1480 ; H.f.& T. FL Ind, 219. B. miccia, Earn. ; Don Prodr. 205. 

 ^ acantbifolia, WalL ; Don Syst. Gard. i. 118. Mahonia nepalensis, DC, 

 Prodr. 1. 109 ; DeUss. Ic, Sel ii. t. 4. 



Griffith 



Khasia. hill^ 

 DisTRiB. Japan ? 



or ovate-lanceolate, terry 



»!thT*'T';' ^"20 ft., subsimple, leafy near the top only. Leaves 6-18 in.; sheath 

 tithit "• '^^'P'i^^s ; leaflets 2-12 pair, 1-5 in., coriaceous, sessile, articulate 

 orn f ^^ci°^®* ^^^'^^9 3-12 in., erect; bracts 1-2 in., various; bracteoles oblong 

 Hm! n ^^'^■«'"« fasicled ; pedicels i-4 in. slender. Berry H i"-. ^"l^t, glaucous, 

 T;-,P'°^aUy B. Bealii of Japan is not different, 

 ellin^!' ^-J-^P"^^^ proper; leaflets usually narrow-oblong 



fll' 9 ^P^ ^^'^ ^■'^- Northern and Eastern India. 

 Caf fini' ^^(^^'■^naultii ; leaflets broader, berry globose. B. Leschenaultii, Watt. 



^«<- U79 ; fr/^;iU.c. t. 940. Nilgliiries. 



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x&Si^'i ^^ ,^«''»«rl8 proper. Leaves simple, fascicled in the axils of 3-5- 

 t^ite (rarely simple) spines (reduced leaves). 



Fhwen racerrud, c(yrymhose or subumbelled. 



Si a. 



▼ulffaris 



' '• Ind. 220. 



stigma sessile discoid. //./. 



TiBEfZfn"" ^"f-^i^AYA, alt. 8-12,000 ft., from Nipal to Marri, and in Western 



Wdowl- ^'-^ P-Per; 8 



compressed red, seeds 



""'OaB siinnjp -— "-- wi uuuvaie acuieiy serraie, racemcH cxlcc<. 

 2-5. Dcp J glaucous, flowers large, berries oblong-ovoid c( 

 VaR 2 /.;,•• '• 1(>S-— Kashmir and Kishtwar, alt. 5-1000 ft. 

 ""^ PeWstt?/*^^'"" ^"P- ^^- ^^°^^- i- 106) ; a small bush, leaves \-1\ in. coriaceous 

 ^ emarginatl w-/,"? *"" ''P'n'ilose, racemes elongate, berries oblong or subsphencal. 

 *<iTdZrC\P i'ii'^-' spnjerocarpa, Kar. & Kir.; heterpoda, Schrenk; turcomameae, 

 '^^- 3 «lt ?'>?^™i^alt. 8-10,000 ft. ■ , , I • 



•^o^ate obtT "* ^'P- ^'•««^- Flor. Sic. \. 28); low, rigid, robust, le«ves 1-1 i m. 

 ^went r«7 """ ™"C''0"ate rarely lanceolate spinulose serrate rarely entire, nerves 

 ^^ in 'fi4 o^^ suberect or nodding rather exceeding the leaves.— B. Kunawarensis, 



^a. 4 tiT^,""^,^ to Balti, alt. 6-12,000 ft. v , f 



'^^ ShuZf7^°^'^'^' ('P- ^<^<jew. in Trans. Linn. .%)C.xx..29); branches robust, 

 ? '"tire, raoL ^*^f ^1* ^°- ^^ardly coriaceous obvate or lanceo'ate spinu ase-serrate 

 ^'2,000 fC ^•*°'"' many-flowered subcorymbose.— From Sikkim to Simla, alt. 



5^'?tonace'^u?f ^'A ^'""■) ! ^"^ or prostrate, densely branched leaves ^1 in. 

 ^^^rtei thT f^S'ed spinulose-serrate or lobulate, margin thickel.ei^»ceme8 longer 

 ^^al to C« V'T^'— (B- vulgaris var. auslralis, BoissT B. Thunbergii, DC.) 



iJalti.aU 9-11 000 ft. . 



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