GK M. repens (Lindl.) G, Dong H-—>» Dwarf evergreen shrub, rarely more 
than 30 cm, tall, the stem decumbent or reclining, frequently several dom, 
long, dark fuseeus and roughened; leaves commonly 2-4 crowded near the apex ; 
of the stem or branches, pinnately 3-7 (usually 5) foliolate, Clasping at the 
base; leaflets sessile, commonly 5-7 cm, long, elliptic-oblong, subagute at | 
the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, sometimes subcordate, the margins 
or 
Ssinuately spinose, the spines slender, upper surface mostly dull and rather 
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pale green, the lower paler and dull or glaucous; flowers yellow, in racemes 
4-8 cm. longs bracts broadly ovate, 1-3 mn, long, persistent; imermost sepals 
5-7 mn, long, obovate, the vetals subequal, ovate-oblong, bifid at the apex; 
stamens 2,5-3 mn, long, included, filaments with a pair of recurved teeth near 
the apex; fruit oval, or obovate, 7-8 mn, long, deep blue, with a white bloom; 
seeds 4 mn, long, oblong-elliptic and curving, glossy and deep mahogany color, 
(Berberis repens Lindl.; Odostemon Aquifolium Rydb,) 
Common in drier slopes and in burns. The early leaves are frequently 
simple, ovate or 3-lobed, 
