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283. BERBERIS. Gen. pi. SQS. 

 B. erecta; ramis confeitim punclatis, aculeis triplicibus. 



canadensis. 



foliis simplicibus obovatis remote serratis, racemis bre- 

 vibus subcorymbobis, drupis vix carnosis. 

 B. vulgaris var. JVilld. sp. pL2. p.217. Mich. Jl. 



amer. I. p. 205. 

 On fertile hills, among rocks, &c. Canada to Virginia, 

 T2 . April, May. v. v. Flowers yeUow, in pendu- 

 lous racemes ; berries red, of an agreeable acid. 

 2, B. sarmentosa, inermis ; foliis pinnatis : foliolis sub-S- ^quifohum. 

 jugis oblongis repando-dentatis venosis, pelalis biden- 

 tatis. 

 B. pinnata. Herb. Banks. 



On the great rapids of Columbia River, among rocks, 

 in rich vegetable soil. M. Lewis. ^2 ' April, May. 

 V. s. in Herb. Leivis. Flowers yellow, in large clus- 

 ters J berries dark purple, eatable ; called by Lewis's 

 company Mountain -holly. 

 Caulis fruticosus, laxe ramosus : ramis sarmentosis, 

 procumbentibus. Fulia sempervirentia alterna, petio- 

 lata, impari-pinnata. Foliola 3-juga, opposita, sessi- 

 lia, impari-petiolata,oblongo-ovata, basi oblique trun- 

 cata, margine cartilaginea repando-dentata, coriacea, 

 utrinque glabra, laevigata, nitida : dentibus aculeatis, 

 Petioli teretes, glabri. Racemi congest!, bracteati, e 

 gemma precedentis anni. Flores aurei. Bractets ca- 

 ducae, solitariae, subcordatse, acuminatae, membrana- 

 ceae. Calyx triplex, deciduus, patens : exterior mi- 

 nimus, 3-phyllus : foliolis ovatis, acutis ; medius 

 triplo longior : foliolis suborbiculatis, membranaceis, 

 nervosis ; interior longior : foliolis ovalibus, membra- 

 naceis, nervosis. Fetala 6. suberecta, oblonga, apice 

 inciso-bidentata, vix longitudine calycis. Filamenta 

 6. corollas breviora, crassa, medio bidentata : dentibus 

 oppositis. Anlherce bilobae, crassae. Germen superum, 

 ovatum. Stigma sessile, 3-lobum. Bacca 3-locularis, 

 3-sperma, aborlione interdum monosperma. 

 3, B. sarmentosa, inermis J foliis pinnatis: foliolis 6-jugis nervosa 



cvato-oblongis repando-scrratis, sub-5-nervibus, peta- 

 lis integris. 

 In the same situations, v. s. in Herb. Lewis. 

 The specific difference excluded, the description of the 

 preceding species is applicable in every other respect, 

 and together with another in the collection of A. B, 



