142G 



BERBERIS* gluiiiacea 



Glumaceous Berberry. 



IIEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat, ord. Berbeuide^e Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 30.) 



BERBERIS.— Supra, vol. \2. fol. 1176. 



B. glumacea ; foliis 3-8-jugis cum impare, jiigo inforiore ii pctioli basi lon<^6 

 distanto, foliulis obloiigo-lanccolutis ckntatis basi obliquis triplincrviis, 

 dentihus utrin([ue subseptem spinosis, nodis petiolorum tumidis, racemis 

 subgeminis elongatis e squamis f2;liimaceis indiiratis ortis. 

 Mahonia ghimacea. De Cand. syst. 2. p. 18. Prodr. 1. 109. 

 Berbcris glumacea. Sproig. syst. 2. 120. Rimer et Schultes, 10. p. 19. 

 Berberis nervosa. Purshji. amer. sept. 1. p. 219. t. .5, quoad folia. Dec. 

 syst. I. c. Prodr. I. c. Rumcr et Schultes I. c. Hooker Jl. bor. amer. 

 1. 29. 



Fruticulus m hortis fcrt acaulis, ramis nullis, sempervirens. Gemmae 

 V. Alabastra squamis linear i-lanceolatis, rijidis, imbricatis. Folia pitviata, 

 in plantd juniore 3-ju(/a cum impare, in adullioribus G-S-jugn, pctiulo basi 

 dilatatOy nunc utrinque quasi stipulato, ad nodos tumido ; J'oliolis omnibus li 

 basi petioli remotis, oblongo-lanceolalis, planis, spinoso-dentatis, nitore nullo 

 i)i superjicie, glaucescentibus, sapius purpurea obscuro undique suffusiSy 

 triplinerviis basi valdc obliquis. Racemi solitarii, gemini, ternivc, elongati, 

 strictissimiy Jloribus luteis, qutim iri B. Aquifolio majoribus. Sepala 6, in 

 globum connivcntia, 3 exteriora minora, interiora valdc concara, extiis brac- 

 teolis tribus membranaceis scpulis exterioribus ceqiialibus stipata. Petala G, 

 ajnce bidentata, intus glandulosa. 



This species was found by Mr. Douii^las in sliady pine 

 woods, " at the mouth of the river Columbia," where it 

 was seen in great abundance. 



It grows very slowly in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society in peat borders among American plants, in the 

 shade of which it seems to delight. At present, the hard 



• Seefol. 1176. 



