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BARBERRY 



(a) Berry oblong, orange-scarlet or yellow. 

 * Berry narrow oblong, with 1 2 seeds. 



Berberis vulgaris. Barberry (Fig. 140). The narrow 

 oblong, slightly compressed and curved berry is about 

 10 12 mm. long, with an acid taste, and consists of one 

 carpel only. The perianth is deciduous. 



** Berry ovoid-oblong, with cup-like calyx 

 below ; seeds numerous. 



B.GUNTHEa.XA 



Fig. 140. Barberry, Berberis vulgaris. 1, flowering shoot ; 2, flower 

 in vertical section, enlarged ; 3, a petal ; 4 and 5, a stamen ; 6, fruit 

 (Wo). 



Lycium barbarum [so-called, but in reality L. chinense, 

 Mill.], misnamed the Tea-tree (Fig. 141). 



(/3) Berry globose. 



* Berry rough with small warty excrescences, 

 red ; flesh rather dry and friable ; seeds 

 numerous. 



Arbutus Unedo, L. Strawberry-tree. The fruit has 



