116 
Var. B, serratifolia (Poir. dict. 8. p. 618.) leaves ciliately- 
serrated. . 
Cretan Barberry. Fl. April, May. Clt.1759. Sh. 4 to 5 ft. 
11 B. cratacrna (D. C. syst. 2. p. 9.) spines simple ; leaves 
oblong, reticulated, hardly serrated ; racemes many-flowered, 
crowded, spreading, scarcely longer than the leaves. kh. H. 
Native of Asia Minor. Allied to B. Crética and B. Sinénsis. 
Flowers 12-18, crowded. Like B. vulgaris. 
Crategus-like Barberry. Fl. April, May? Shrub 4 to 8 ft. 
12 B. tincro’r1a (Lesch. in mem. mus. 9. p. 306.) spines 
$-parted? leaves rather spatulate, spiny-toothed, glaucous be- 
neath ; racemes simple, pendulous; bark rather corky: wood 
bitter and yellow. hk. H. Native of Nellygerry mountains in 
the Peninsula of India, where the inhabitants call it tjaklon, and 
they employ a decoction of the wood and bark to dye linen and 
cotton of a bright yellow colour with the assistance of alum. 
Dyers’ Barberry. Fl. April, May. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 
13 B. Tuunse’ren (D. C. syst. 2. p. 9.) lower spines 3- 
parted, upper ones simple ; leaves oval, tapering at the base, 
quite entire ; racemes few-flowered, corymbose, shorter than the 
leaves. h. H. Native of Japan. B. Crética, Thunb. jap. 1. 
p. 146. but not of Lin. Young berries oblong, terminated by 
the broad, orbicular, sessile stigma, and as if it were truncate. 
Thunberg’s Barberry. Fl. April, May? Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
14 B. umpetra‘ta (Wall. mss.) spines 3-parted, long, equal; 
leaves obovate-oblong, mucronate, entire, glaucous beneath; 
peduncles solitary, erect, bearing at the top several umbellate 
pedicels which rise from the same centre. h.H. Native of 
Nipaul ? 
Umbellated-flowered Barberry. Shrub 6 feet. 
15 B. crav'ca (D.C. syst. 2. p.10. H.B. et Kth. nov. spec. 
amer. 5. p. 71. t. 433.) spines 3-parted ; leaves obovate, under 
surface glaucous, nearly entire; racemes many-flowered, erect ; 
paniculately-branched; petals obovate. h. S. Native of South 
America about Santa Fe de Bogota. Allied to B. vulgaris but 
very distinct. Flowers a little larger. Sepals 6, with an addition 
of 3 largish scales. 
Glaucous-leaved Barberry. Fl. April, May? Sh. 4 to6 ft. 
16 B. moxosre'rma (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 52.) spines 
3-parted ; leaves oval or obovate, mucronate, lower ones spiny- 
toothed; racemes many-flowered, nodding. h.G. Native of 
Peru on mountains. Berries black, 1-seeded. 
One-seeded Barberry. Fl. Aug. Sept. Shrub 4 feet. 
17 B. cravce’scrns (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 46.) spines 3- 
parted ; leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, cuneated 
at the base and tapering into the petiole, quite entire, glaucescent ; 
racemes many-flowered, pendulous; calyx 8-sepalled ; style 
narrower than the ovary. h.S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 
vince of Cis Platine in woods. Stipulas awl-shaped, very 
acute. Flowers globose, about the size of those of B. vulgaris. 
Glaucescent-leaved Barberry. Fl. Sept. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 
18 B. vatiro Lra (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 52. t. 282, a.) 
spines short, 3-parted, or simple; leaves obovate, quite entire, 
mucronate, under surface pale ; peduncles 3-6-flowered, shorter 
than the leaves. k. H. Native of Peru in the Andes towards 
the village of Pillao in cold groves. Berries oval, dark, 3-4- 
seeded, terminated by the pedicellate stigma. Flowers unknown. 
Broad-leaved Barberry. Fl. March, April. Shrub 9 feet. 
19 B. rrexvo'sa (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 52. t. 281. f. 2.) 
spines 3-parted; leaves obovate, glaucous, quite entire, mucro- 
nate at the apex; racemes aggregate, unequal, few-flowered. 
h. G. Native of Peru on rocks in the’ Andes; about Tarma 
and Cheuchin. Young berries ovate-oblong, drawn out into a 
neck at the apex and crowned by the orbicular stigma, adult 
ones oblong, black, 4-5-seeded. 
Flexuous-branched Barberry. Fl. from Dec. to Ju. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 
BERBERIDE. 
I. BERBERIS. 
20 B. corra‘cea (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 46.) spines small, 3- 
parted, sometimes wanting ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, 
narrow, obtuse, mucronulate, gradually tapering to the base; 
racemes curved, pendulous. h.S. Native of Brazil in the 
southern parts of the province of St. Paul. Berries small, acid, 
eatable. Stipulas somewhat triangular. 
Coriaceous-leaved Barberry. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 
21 B. rusciro 11a (Lam. ill. t. 253. p. 2.) spines 3-parted ; 
leaves oblong, tapering at the base, mucronate, entire, or grossly 
and spiny-toothed ; peduncles short, bearing 4-5 flowers at the 
apex. h.G. Native of South America about Buenos Ayres. 
Flowers a little larger than those of B. vulgaris. 
Ruscus-leaved Barberry. Fl.? Clt. 1825. Shrub 4 to 8 ft. 
22 B. panicuta ra (Juss. in D. C. syst. 2. p. 12.) spines 
short, trifid ; leaves lanceolate, mucronate, entire, or spinulosely- 
toothed ; peduncles angular, erect, racemosely-panicled. h. S. 
Native of Peru. Bracteas linear-subulate, one half shorter than 
the pedicels. Calyx with 3 bracteas at the base. 
Panicled-flowered Barberry. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 
23 B. ucro Lra (Forst. in comm. goett. 9. p. 28.) spines 3- 
parted ; leaves ovate, tapering at the base, coarsely and spinulosely- 
toothed ; peduncles short, 4-flowered ; pedicels elongated, somes 
what corymbose ; berries ovate, bottle-shaped. h. H. Native 
of Terra del Fuego in the fissures of rocks, at a place called 
Baye de Bougainville in the Straits of Magellan. In Terra 
Fuego the inhabitants make use of the wood for bows, for which 
purpose it is well adapted, on account of its great elasticity. 
Holly-leaved Barberry. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt.1791. Sh. 2 to3 ft. 
24 B. Asta’tica (Roxb. in D.C. syst. 2. p. 13.) spines trifid, 
or simple; leaves oval, cuneated, or elliptical, mucronate, smooth, 
under surface glaucous, entire, or spinulosely-toothed ; racemes 
short, many-flowered, corymbose, shorter than the leaves ; pedi- 
cels elongated, 1-flowered’; berries oval. h.G. Native of the 
East Indies and Nipaul. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t.1. In the form 
of the leaves this species comes very near to B. ilicif òlia. 
Berries terminated by the thick short style; pollen grey. 
Asiatic Barberry. Fl.? Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 
25 B. petiora‘ris (Wall. mss.) spines simple; leaves obo- 
vate roundish, or obovate-oblong, spiny-ciliated, on long petioles, 
membranous ; racemes solitary, short, loose, erect, or rather 
pendulous; flowers large. h. H. Native of Nipaul ? 
Stalked-leaved Barberry. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 
26 B. ricipiro 114 (H. B. et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 70. t 
431.) spines 3-parted ; leaves oblong, terminated by a spiny 
mucrone, hardly furnished with one or two teeth, smooth; ra 
cemes few-flowered, scarcely longer than the leaves. h . G. | Na- 
tive of South America. Allied to B. litea. Flowers the size of 
those of B. vulgaris. Bracteas subulate, 3-times shorter than 
the pedicels. 
Kigid-leaved Barberry. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. v 
27 B. Quinprve'Nsts (H. B. et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p- 70. 
t. 432.) spines none; leaves oblong, spiny-toothed, mucronate, 
smooth ; racemes erect, pubescent, many-flowered, longer than 
the leaves. h. S. Native of South America in the mountain 
about Quindiu. Flowers one half larger than those of B. vw 
gàris. Bracteas linear-subulate, smooth. 
Quindiu Barberry. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 
28 B. srnuro'sa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 45.) branches rather 
flattened, smooth, or even; spines 3-parted ; leaves few in ê 
fascicle, on short stalks, oblong, tapering and cuneated at the 
base, remotely spiny-toothed, quite entire at the base. he” 
Native of Brazil in the province of St. Paul, near the tow? 
Curitiba. Branches flexuous. Stipulas membranous, somewn# 
triangular. 
Spinulose-leaved Barberry. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. “ 
29 B. raurr'na (Billb, in flor. 1821. p. 330.) spines? lea” 
