184. HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Berl)eris. 



or more thin, membranous, deeply fringed^ bracteas. The more 

 ovate pellucid bracteas, close to each j^oiier, are also fringed. 

 Cahjx-leaves lanceolate, acute, brown, with membranous edges. 

 Caps, shorter than the calyx, pale, elliptical rather than ovate, 

 bluntish, with a small deciduous point, originating in the base 

 of the stifle. Seeds with scarcely any crest. 



200. BERBERIS. Barberry. ii^^^xr^i, 



Linn. Gen. 175. Juss.2S6. Fl.Br.3S7. Tourn. t\^S5y' Lam. t. 253, 

 Gcerfn. t. 42. 



Nat. Ord. doubtful. Linn. Berherides. Juss. *78. Berber 

 ridecc. DeCaiid. Syst. v. 2. ord. 8. 



Cal. inferior, of 6 spreading, obovate, concave, coloured, 

 deciduous leaves : the 3 outer ones smallest. Pet. 6, op- 

 posite to the calyx, and not much longer, roundish -ovate, 

 concave, spreading, deciduous; the short claw of each 

 bearing internally two oblong, more deeply coloured, pro- 

 bably nectariferous glands. Filam. linear, flattened, ob- 

 tuse, opposite to the petals, but shorter, attached to the 

 base of each. Anth. of 2 separate lobes, on the opposite 

 edges of the summit of the filament, each opening by a 

 valve, from the bottom upwards. Germ, superior, ellip- 

 tic-oblong. Style none. Stigma single, orbicular, broader 

 than the germen, acutely bordered, permanent. Berry 

 oblong, obtuse, of 1 cell, pulpy, opening at the top. Seeds 

 2 or 3, oblong, cylindrical, erect, attached by short stalks 

 to the lower part of the cell. 



Stem shrubby. Leaves alternate, stalked, serrated ; simple 

 "^j or pinnate; fringed or prickly at the edges; the earliest 

 ones abortive, replaced by simple or divided thorns. FL 

 yellow, in cliisrers from lateral leafy buds. Berries very 

 acid. Juices of every jxirt of the plant acid and astrin- 

 gent. The name is of Arabian origin. 



1. ^. vulgaris. .CoVk\n\o\\ Barberry. •■/'-!, .^ 



Thorns three-cleft.^'^ Clui^ters pendulous. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong, with bristly serratures. Petals entire. "^ ' 



B. vulgaris. Linn. Sp. PIA7\, JVilld.v.2.227. Fl. Br. 387. Engl, 

 Bot. V. \. t. 49. Tracts 165. Woodv.siippL t.234. Hook. Scot. 

 111. DeCand. Syst.'v.,2. 5. L;L Da^, t. 904. , Clus^His^, .v. 1. 



120./. Ccmer.Epit. 86. f. 



■,\ r ,-\) 



■ v^iifid vtU'ihi'q hm:. 



B. n. 828. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 3691. 

 B. dumetorum. Bauh. Pin. 454. RaiiS7jn. 465. Mill. Ic. 42. t.63. 

 Spina aclda,sive O.wucautha. Ger. U//?. 1325./. Dod. Pcmpt,749. 

 f.750. 



