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BERBERIS— continued 



if, with a few bristle-like teeth. Fls. in dense sprays up to i|. Berry 

 round, transparent, salmon-red. West China. (Fig. 79 N.) 

 B. vulgaris. Common Barberry. 10. May. Branches strongly grooved, 

 yellowish when young, grey in second year. Ls. obov., li, tapering to a 

 stalk, dull green, finely toothed. Fls. in drooping racemes up to 3. 

 Berry |, egg-shaped, bright red. Europe (including Britain). (Fig. 79 M.) 

 YsiTiety purpurea. Ls. purple. 

 Also numerous forms with variegated Is. 

 B. Wilsonae. 4. May. Branches thin, reddish brown, with short internodes. 

 Ls. oblanc, f, entire, glaucous below. Fls. in small clusters. Berry 

 round, coral- or salmon-red, style persistent. West China. (Fig. 79 l.) 

 Variety Stapfiana. Berry egg-shaped. 



Variety subcaulialata. Ls. obov., sometimes with one or a few teeth 

 near apex, whitish below, turning brilliant red in autumn. Bright red, 

 produced in abundance. 

 B. yunnanensis. 6. May. Like B. diaphana, but branches reddish and 

 fls. in racemes. China. (Fig. 79 o.) 



(6) Evergreen or half-evergreen barberries. Ls. 

 often lane. Berry blue or black 



B.Darwinii. 12. April-May. Ls. i|, holly-like, 3-spined at apex. Fls. 



golden-yellow, produced in great abundance in drooping racemes up to 4. 



Berry egg-shaped, dark purple, with long style. Chile. (Fig. 80 a.) 

 B. chitria. See under [a). 

 B. Gagnepainii. 5. May-June. Ls. lane, 5, dark green, toothed, wavy. 



Fls. i, in small clusters. Berry \, egg-shaped, bluish black, bloomy. 



China. (Fig. 80 c.) 

 B. hakeoides. 12. May. Stem-spines small. Ls. round, i, spiny-toothed. 



Fls. in dense round clusters. Berry bluish black. Chile. (Fig. 80 f.) 

 B. Hookeri {B. Wallichiana). 5. April-May. Ls. lane, 3, with a few spiny 



teeth, glossy dark green above, white below. Berry \, conical, black- 

 purple. Himalaya. (Fig. 80 d.) 

 B. insignis. 6. May. Ls. lane, 5, solitary or in threes, long-pointed, spiny- 

 toothed or entire. Himalaya. (Fig. 80 E.) 

 B. Lycium. 8. June. Branches grey or white, rigid. Ls. oblanc, 2i, leathery, 



entire, stiff-pointed. Fls. in short racemes. Berry oblong, violet-blue. 



Himalaya. (Fig. 80 B.) 

 B. pruinosa. 8. June. Branchlets cyhndrical, yellowish. Ls. obov., 2 J, 



leathery, glossy above, often grey-white below, teeth slender and spiny. 



Fls. in short clusters. Berry covered with white bloom. China. (Fig. 80 G.) 

 B. Sargentiana. 6. June. Branches cylindrical, reddish when young. Ls. 



lane, oblong, 4, closely spine-toothed, leathery. China. (Fig. 80 H.) 

 B. stenophylla. 12. April-May. Branches slender, cylindrical, downy. Ls. 



narrow lane, i, entire, spine-pointed, margin recurved, dark green above, 



whitish below. Fls. golden-yellow in small clusters produced in great 



profusion. Hybrid. (Fig. 80 j.) 

 Many varieties in cultivation. 

 B. Veitchii {B. acuminata). May. Stem-spines stout. Ls. narrow, lane, 5, 



