Berberis. BERBERIDACE^. 51 



Nuttall! /?. In the woody region of the Oregon, Drummnnd, Aiiitall! y. 

 Near the coast from lat. 40 "-49', jMenzie.'^, Doui^las, Ur. iScautcr ! April. 

 — An under-shrub, 2-5 feet high, branching; tlie branches often prucunibeni. 

 Leaflets li-3 inches long, obscurely reticulated on both sides, the veins ;dl 

 rising from the midrib. Petals connivent, the innermost bifid at the ape.x. 

 Berries dark purple. — This species, as we consider it, is liable to much varia- 

 tion in its foliage ; and we should incline to follow the authority of Lindley 

 and of Nuttall (who has recently enjoyed the opportunity of examining these 

 plants extensively in their native situations), and to separate our var. «. as a 

 distinct species, did not our specimens of /A communicated by Mr. Nuttall 

 appear manifestly to connect it with )., the B. A([uifolium of tlie region near 

 the Pacific coast. The former is moreover the plant originally brought to 

 the United States by Lewis, and described and figured (chieHy) by Pursh, 

 and cultivated in gardens, under the name of B. Aquifolium ; so that it ought, 

 in accordance with the rule in such cases, to retain the original name. Pursh 

 erroneously describes the berry as 3-celled, with a 3-lobed stigma; but his 

 figure of the fruit is manifestly taken/from some very diffcreiit plant.* 



4. B. pinnata (hagasca): leaflets 4-5 pairs, the lowest pair approximate to 

 the base of the petiole, ovate-lanceolate, repandly dentate with 4-5 teeth on each 

 side; racemes erect [nodding in Jig. JJeless.], very much crowded. JJC. 

 (under Mahonia.) — B. pinnata, " Lagasca etench. hort. Madry ex auci. 

 Mahonia fascicularis, DC. .^ijst. 1. p. 19; Deless. ic. 2. t. 3. 



" Western coast oi North America near Monterey [California] and Nootka, 

 Nei ex Lagasca; and in New Spain, Humb. ^ Bonpl.^^ JJC. I. c. — The 

 plant from Nootka is doubtless B. Aquifolium, as Lindley suggests. All our 

 specimens from Oregon have the lower pair of leaflets at some distance from 

 the base of the petiole ; in which, as in the less crowded racemes, &c. they 

 wholly disagree with the character of De Candolle and the figure of Deles- 

 sert ; and as Hooker changes the specific phrase of his B. pinnata in these 

 particulars, we have the more confidently referred the Oregon plant to B. 

 Aquifolium. 



5. B. nervosa (Pursh): suffruticose ; leaves elongated ; leaflets 5-S pairs 

 (the lowest not approximated to the base of the petiole), ovate or oblong, 

 acute, repandly dentate with thorny teeth, 3-5 nerved from the base, the 

 nerves reticulated ; racemes simple, elongated ; pedicels very short ; filaments 

 2-toothed. — Pursh, fl. 1. p. 219. t. 5. (excl. the flowers, which belong to B. 

 Aquifolium) ; Hook. I. c. B. glumacea, Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1425. Mahonia 

 nervosa, NiUt. gen. 1. p. 212 ; DC. I. c. M. glumacea, DC. I. c. 



Oregon, in shady pine woods along the coast, from lat. 40°-49°, Menzies, 

 Dr. Scolder ! Nuttall ! — Low ; the stem often scarcely rising from the 

 ground. Leaves 1-2 feet long, coriaceous. Racemes spicate, often 6-8 

 inches long : flowers larger than in B. Aquifolium. Peduncles and petioles 

 surrounded at the base with numerous dry convolute and pungent glumaceous 

 bracts. Berries deep blue. — Pursh, Avho has made sad work in his figures 

 of Berberis, added the flowers of B. Aquifolium to the leaves of the present 

 species, and thus led De Candolle into mistake. 



Tribe IL NANDINE^. 



Embryo minute at the base of the albumen, often excentric or ob- 

 lique with respect to the hilum : radicle short and thick : cotyledons 

 very small, roundish. — Perennial herbs. Leaves decompound or lobed. 



* The separate leaflets attached to Pursh's specimen in herb. Lambert, ono of 

 which is figured in his plate, are said in Brit.fi. gard. under Mahonia diversifolia, 

 t. 94. to belojig to that species. There is little doubt, however, tliat tliey were taken 

 from the specimen of Menzies in herb. Banks. 



