118 BERBERIDEZ. 
Lin. syst. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Sepals 6, guarded on 
the outside by 3 scales. Petals 6, without glands on the inside. 
Stamens furnished with a tooth on each side at the top of the 
filament. Berries 3-9-seeded. Elegant shrubs, with impari- 
pinnate leaves, and sinuately-toothed leaflets. Flowers yellow. 
Species either inhabiting the north-western coast of America or 
the north of Asia, especially in Nipaul, and perhaps Japan. 
Some botanists think that the character that distinguishes this 
genus from Bérberis is not sufficiently constant to separate it, as 
Bérberis heterophylla has toothed stamens, and those of M. Na- 
paulensis are without teeth. 
1 M. rascicuxa‘ris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 19.) leaflets 3-6-pairs, 
with an odd one, the lower pair distant from the base of the 
petiole ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, rather distant, 1-nerved, spiny- 
toothed, with 4-5-teeth on each side; racemes erect, much 
crowded; filaments bidentate. kh. F. Native of New Spain, 
and about Nootka Sound. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 3. Bérberis 
pinnata, Lag. elenc. hort. mad. 1803. p. 6. Ker. bot. reg. t. 702. 
Hook. fi. bor. amer. 1. p. 28. H. B. et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 
‘5. p. 71. t. 434. B. fasciculata, Sims bot. mag. t. 2396. Berries 
oval, deep-blue. 
Fascicular Mahonia. 
to 8 feet. 
2 M. aguro trum (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 212.) leaflets 2-3- 
pairs, with an odd one, the lower pair distant from the petiole ; 
leaflets ovate, approximate, cordate at the base, 1-nerved, spiny- 
toothed, with 9 or 6 on each side; racemes ereetish, much 
crowded ; filaments bidentate. kh.H. Native of North Ame- 
rica on the western coast, and along the river Columbia, among 
rocks in rich vegetable soil. Berberis aquifòlium, Pursh. fl. 
amer. sept. 1. p. 219. t. 4. Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 29. Berries 
dark-purple, crowned by the 3-lobed stigma. 
Var. a; leaflets sinuately-toothed, wavy, with few teeth. 
Native of Nootka Sound. 
Var. (3; leaflets obscurely-toothed, flat, glaucous beneath, 
with numerous teeth.’ Native at the junction of the Portage 
river with the Columbia. 
Holly-leaved Mahonia. 
6 feet. 
3 M. REPENS; leaflets 2-3 pairs, with an odd one, roundish- 
ovate, opaque, spiny-toothed ; racemes diffuse ; root creeping, 
filaments bidentate. h.H. Native of North America on the 
Rocky Mountains. Berberis aquifdlium, Lindl. bot. reg. 
1176. A small branched shrub, with the leaves rather glaucous 
on both surfaces. Racemes terminal, numerous, fascicled, dif- 
fuse, rising from the scaly buds. The description of Pursh’s B. 
aquifolium was taken partly from this, and partly from the true 
M. aquifolium. 
Creeping-rooted Mahonia. Fl. Ap. May. Clt.1822. Shrub 
1 to 2 feet. 
4 M. nervo'sa (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 212.) leaflets 5-6 
pairs, with an odd one, the lower pair distant from the petiole ; 
leaflets ovate, acummated, remotely spiny-toothed, somewhat 3- 
5-nerved, with 12 or 14 teeth on each side; racemes elongated ; 
filaments bidentate. h.H. Native of North America on the 
western coast, along the river Columbia. Common in shady 
‘pine forests, on the coast of the Pacific. Bérberis nervòsa, Pursh. 
fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 219. t. 5. Hook. fl. bor. amer. 29. M. 
glumacea, D. C. syst. 2. p. 21. A small shrub. Berries deep- 
blue. 
Fl. Oct. 
Fl. March, May. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 
Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1823. Shrub 3 to 
Nerved-leaved Mahonia. 
feet. 
5 M. Narautensis (D.C, syst. 2. p. 21.) leaflets 5-9 pairs, with 
an odd one, the lower pair smallest, approximating the base of the 
petiole ; leaflets ovate-oblong, cuspidate, 5-nerved and rounded, 
1 
Clt. 1826. Shrub 1 to 3 
II, Manonia. 
or subcordate at the base; repand 
III, Nanpina. IV. Leontice. 
FIG. 31. 
toothed, with 5 to 10 spiny-teeth 
on each side, tricuspidate at the 
apex; racemes few, elongated, 
slender ; bracteoles oval-oblong, 
obtuse. hb. F. Native of Ni- 
paul about Narain-Hetty. Deless. 
icon. sel. 2. t. 4. Bérberis Miccia, 
Hamilt. mss. D. Don, prod. fi. 
nep. p. 205. Filaments simple. 
(f. 31.) 
Var. B, Roxbirghii (D. C. 1. c.) 
B. pinnata, Roxb. ined. The leaf- 
lets have fewer and larger teeth. 
Pedicels a little longer than the 
bracteas. h.F. Growing along 
with the species. Racemes 12 or 
14, from the same bud. 
Nipaul Mahonia. FI. Nov. Dec. 
Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
6 M. ACANTHIFÒLIA ; leaves with 6-10 pairs of sessile leaflets 
and an odd one, lower pair small, approximating the stem, the 
rest obliquely oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, spiny-toothed, 
gradually enlarging from the base to the top; racemes numerous, 
rising from the top of the branches in fascicles, long, erect, 
crowded with flowers. k. F. Native of Nipaul. Bérberis 
acanthifolia, Wall. mss. Perhaps the same as the preceding. 
Acanthus-leaved Mahonia. Shrub 6 feet. 
Species not sufficiently known. 
7 M.Javo'ntca (Thunb. fl. jap. 77 ? icon. jap. t. 22.) R.G 
Cultivated in the island of Nipon in Japan. Ilex Japénica, Thunb. 
fl. jap. 77. icon. jap. t. 22. 
Japan Mahonia. Shrub. 
Cult. This is a genus of beautiful and rare shrubs. They 
will grow well in a mixture of loam and peat, mixed with a little 
sand; they may be either propagated from suckers or layers 
put down in the autumn; and ripe cuttings planted at the same 
time will strike root the following year, under a hand-glass. 
III. NANDI'NA (Nandin or Nand-scokf is the vernacular 
name of the shrub in Japan.) Thunb. nov. gen. 1. p. 14. Gert 
fruct. 2. p. 69. t. 92. f. 3. Juss. gen. 429. D. C. syst. 2. p. 22. 
prod. 1. p. 109. 
Lin. syst. Hexándria, Monogynia. Sepals 6, guarded by 
numerous series of scales. Petals 6, glandless inside. Berries 
dry, globose, crowned by the style. Seeds 2, round, convex 0? 
one side and concave on the other. An elegant evergreen shrub, 
with decompound leaves, and with the petioles sheathing at the 
base; leaflets entire. Flowers terminal, panicled, white, w! 
yellow anthers. Berries red, about the size ofa pea. 
1 N. pome’stica (Thunb. diss. nov. gen. 1. p. 14.) Re G. 
Native of Japan and China, where it is cultivated in the gardens. 
Lam. ill. t. 261. Herb. amat. 281. Banks, icon. Koempf. + 13 
and 14, Sims bot. mag. 1109. Called in its native .county 
Nandscokf, Nattan, or Nandin Koempf. ; 
Domestic Nandina. FI. in China and Japan in May and J uly; 
in England in Jan. ; at Paris in July and Aug. Clt. 1804. Shrub 
5 feet. 
Cult. This shrub will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 
peat; and ripened cuttings, with their leaves not shortened, 
strike root freely if planted in a pot of sand, and placed under 4 
hand-glass. (Sweet. ) 
IV. LEO’NTICE (an ancient name abridged from Leontop’ 
