1750 



^BERBERIS dealbata. 

 Whitened Barberry, 



HEXANDRIA MONOGY-^IA, 



Nat. ord, Berberide^, Juss. (^Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 30.) 



BERBERIS.— Supra, vol. 12. fol. 1176. 



§ Folia simplicia, sempervirentia {coriacea). Flores racemosi. 



B. dealbata ; subinermis, foliis simplicibus coriaceis suborbiculatls spinoso-deii' 

 tatis subtus dealbatis, racemis oblongis denslssimis pedunculatis. 



Frutex in horto 4-5-pedalis, verosimiliter orgyalis ad minimum, ramis 

 purpureo-fuscis inerjnibus parcc foliatis. Folia coriacea, subrotundo ovata, 

 convexa, glaucesceyitia, spinoso-dentata, aliquandd subquadrata, imu cuneata 

 3-dentata, subtus albedine densd corticata ; petiolis brevibus basi articulatis. 

 Flores in racemos oblongos muUiJioros densissimos nutantes conyesti, lutei ; 

 sepalis apice sanguiuolentis. Petala intus biglandulosa. 



A native of Mexico whence it was obtained by the Horti- 

 cultural Society. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick 

 Garden in April last. 



This remarkable species is an evergTeen shrub, which is 

 probably hardy ; but of this we are not certain, in consequence 

 of its having been always hitherto protected in front of an 

 east wall in winter. It differs in a striking manner from all 

 other Barberries in several particulars. In the first phice 

 its leaves are very round and convex, and covered with 

 a sort of bloom ; then they are very white on tlie under 

 surface, not however from the presence of any mealiness 

 or white hairs, but on account of a discoloration of the 



* See folio 11 76. 



