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M. nervosa (Pursh) Nutt. Low shrubs 30-40 cm. tall, from a short scaly 
commonly 4-6 cm. long, the scales 2-5 cm. long, stiff, reddish; 
caudex, 
leaves tufted, on petioles 5-8 cm. long, blades commonly 11-17 foliolate ; 
leaflets sessile, ovate to oblong, acute, rounded at the base and very oblique, 
the margins sinuately spinose, the spines slender, leaning strongly forward, tu. 
upper surface green but hardly glossy, the lower surfeee paler and dull, the 
reticulations not at all prominent, absent beneath; flowers yellow, in racemes 
Oa 
8-12 cm. long, sheathed at the base by tke prominent tuft of scales; bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, thin, 5-6 cm. long, persistent; inner sepals 6-7 mm, long, 
obovate; the petals subequal, bifid at the summit; stamens included, filaments 
entire; fruit subglobose, 8-9 mm, in diameter, deep blue with a white bloom; 
oval, flattened, dark mahogany colore (Berberis nervosa 
seeds 4,5=-5 Im, longs 
Purshs Odostemon nervosus Rydb.), 
Infrequent, occurring on dry hillsides in Yellow Pine-Douglas Fir type. 
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