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376. Berberis laxa Raf. vulg. var. iberica ? 

 Dec. Ramis flexuosis angul. tuberculatis, foL 

 cuneatis spatulatis integris vei subdenticul. reti- 

 culatis, racemis erectis laxis, fruct, oblonois 

 very distinct sp. sent me as B. canadensis \ 

 spines few triiid, leaves as in B. chinensis tbin 

 and sniootb, fi. small on filiform peduncles, with 

 short subulate bracts. Probably from Origon 

 and Sibiria, the Iberica cf Dec. with oblong 

 leaves w'as from Caucasus, 



377. Berberis canadensis Ait. Dec. &c. Raf. 

 med. li. t. 15 Ramis angul. punctatis spinosis, 

 fol. obovatis vel ovatis acutis remote serratis, 

 summis subintegris, racem.is nutans, ^v. ovalis 

 nigris acidis Canada and Mts. Decandole hints 

 that several sp. are blended, which is the fact 

 as in B. vulgaris, see the 2 next of N. Amer. 



378. Berberis serrulata Raf. Ramis angul. 

 levis vix spinosis, fol. obov. proxime serrulatis, 

 vel ciliatis, racemis pedunc. nutantib. fr. obi, ni- 

 gris acidis North America, in New England, 

 New Jersey and Carolina, the synonyms much 

 blended with last and next, but this is probably 

 the sp. of Bigelow and Elliot. 



379. Berberis pisif era Raf. Ramis ang. sea-' 

 bris spinosis, fob cuneatis remote dentatis, race- 

 mis paucifi. nutans, fruct. subrotundis pisiformis 

 rubris very distinct N. sp. of Apalachian Mts, 

 of Carolina &c, with small round berries, leaves 

 narrow not ciliate, spines tripartite as in all akin 

 species. 



380. Berberis densijiora Raf. Ramis subtere- 

 tib. levib. spinis solit. basi dilatatis, fol. petiol. 

 lato obovatis ciliatis, acutis racemis nutantib. 

 multifl. pedunc. fl. densis imbricatis very dis- 

 tinct again, although sent me as B. vulgaris, 

 leaves and flowers very large^ locality unknown 



