HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
283. BERBERIS. Gen. pl. 595. 
1. B, erecta; ramis confertim punctatis, aculeis triplicibus, 
. foliis simplicibus obovatis remote serratis, tacemis bre- 
vibus subcorymbosis, drupis vix carnosis. 
B. vulgaris var, Willd. sp. pl.2. p.227. Mich. fl. 
amer. 1. p. 205. | 
On fertile hills, among rocks, &c. Canada to Virginia. 
h. April, May. v.v. Flowers yeliow, in pendu- 
lous racemes ; berries red, of an agreeable acid. 
2. B. sarmentosa, inermis; foliis pinnatis: foliolis sub-3- 
gy oblongis repando-dentatis venosis, petalis biden- 
ta 
B. pinnata. Herb. Banks. 
On the great rapids of Columbia River, among rocks, 
in rich vegetable soil. M. Lewis. h. April, May. 
v.s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers yellow, in large clus- 
ters; berries dark purple, eatable; called by Lewis's 
company Mountain-holly. 
Caulis fruticosus, laxe ramosus: ramis sarmentosis, 
procumbentibus. Folia sempervirentia alterna, petio- 
lata, impari-pinnata. Foliola 3-juga, opposita, sessi- 
lia, irapari-petiolata, oblongo-ovata, basi oblique trun- 
cata, margine cartilaginea repando-dentata, coriacea, 
utrinque glabra, laevigata, nitida: dentibus aculeatis. 
~ Petioli teretes, glabri. Racemi congesti, bracteati, e 
gemma precedentis anni, Flores aurei, Bractee ca- 
canadensis. 
Aquifolium. 
duce, solitariae, subcordate, acuminate, membrana- - 
cee. Calyx triplex, deciduus, patens ; exterior mi- 
nimus, 3-phyllus: foliolis ovatis, acutis ; medius 
triplo longior: foliolis suborbiculatis, membranaceis, 
nervosis ; interior longior : foliolis ovalibus, membra- 
naceis, nervosis. Petala 6. suberecta, oblonga, apice 
inciso-bidentata, vix longitudine calycis. Filamenta 
. 6. corollae breviora, crassa, medio bidentata : dentibus 
Oppositis. Anthere bilobæ, crass. Germen superum, - 
ovatum. Stigma sessile, 3-lobum. Bacca 3-locularis, 
3-sperma, abortione interdum monosperma. . .. 
3. B. sarmentosa, inermis; foliis pinnatis: foliolis 6-jugis 
ovato-oblongis repando-serratis, sub-5-nervibus, peta- 
| lis integris, = — 4 
- In the same situations. v.s, in Herb. Lewis. —— 
The specific difference excluded, the description of the 
preceding species is applicable in every other respect, 
and together with another in the collection. of A. p. 
u : 
nervosa. 
