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ets; leaflets 3 to 7, 1 to 2 inches long, oval to broadly egg-shaped, thick and 

 leathery, glossy green or yellowish above, dull or whitish below, the margin 

 wavy, toothed with rigid spine-tipped teeth; flowers many, usually borne in 

 oblong clusters occurring together in bunches at the ends of the stems and 

 in the leaf-axils; berries about I/4 to 1/3 inch in diameter, purple-blue with a 

 whitish bloom. (Syn. Berbens dictyota Jepson.) 



Occurrence. — SEQUOIA, occasional in lower foothills: hillsides above Clough Cave. 



3. Creeping Mahonia, Creeping Hollygrape (Mahonia re pens 

 (Lindl.) G. Don), fig. 25. — Dwarf shrub 4 to 12 inches high; leaves clus- 

 tered at the base of short flowering stems, dull green above, whitish below, 

 divided into 3 to 7 leaflets; leaflets oval, 1 to 2 inches long, the margins 

 rather weakly spine-toothed; flowers yellow, borne in dense clusters at the ends 

 of the short erect stems; berries blue, with a whitish bloom. (Syn. Berberis 

 repens Lindl.) 



Fig. 24. Fremont hollygrape {Mahonia Fremonii). 



