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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Berberis— continued. 
mucrone at the apex, paler beneath, spiny-ciliated ; spines three- 
parted, unequal. A. 10it. Nepaul. A variety of aristata. 
B. Fortunei (Fortune’s).* fl. small, in terminal clustered racemes. 
l., leaflets about seven, linear-lanceolate, distant, with numerous 
pee spiny teeth, lower pair remote from the base of the petiole. 
ina. 
B. glumacea (glumaceous). A synonym of B. nervosa. 
B. iberica (Iberian). fl., racemes many-flowered, pendulous, 
Spring. l. eee ee entire ; spines simple and three- 
parte h. 8ft. to 10ft. ria, 1818. 
B. ilicifolia es Vaso Jl., peduncles short, four-flowered ; 
pedicels elongated, somewhat corymbose. July. l. ovate, tapering 
at the base, coarsely and spinulosely toothed ; spines three-parted. 
h. 2ft. to 3ft. Tierra del Fuego, 1791. (B. M. 4308.) 
B. japonica (Japanese).* fl., racemes in terminal clusters. Spring. 
l, leaflets usually nine, about 3in. long, quite sessile, broadly 
cordate, or rotundate at the base, oblique, with about five long 
spiny teeth, and a terminal one, the lowest pairs close to the base 
of the petiole. China and Japan. Very distinct, with unbranched 
stems and leaves about lft. long. B. Beali and B. intermedia 
are mere forms of this species, the latter differing from it in 
having narrower leaves and longer, slender racemes. (B. M. 4852). 
B. loxensis (Loxanese). fl. unusually small, erect, in panicled 
racemes on a long peduncle quite clear of the leaves. /. very 
shining, blunt, obovate; sides often with several teeth; spines 
small, palmated. h. 3ft. to 4ft. Peru. Evergreen, not hardy. 
(P. F. G. 1, p. 13) 
Fic. 244. BERBERIS NEPALENSIS, 
).* fl. yellow; racemes few, elongated 
; leaflets five to nine po ohovades 
-toothed, with five 
at the apex. A. 4ft. 
to ten teeth o1 „base, 
to 6ft. Nepau A men hag, tricuspida 
them parts of England. mo Pore, thriving best in the 
i, leaflets ave to =a 2 
distan rom the petiole; ovate, acumina 
toothed, somewhat three to five-nerved, WER ivan to De 
teeth on each side. h, lft. to 3ft, North America, 1826. SYNS. 
B. glumacea, Mahonia nervosa, (B. M, 3949.) 
1176.) ; 
a (1I leaved 
Beara ved). fl. a little 
mg, tapering at the base, mucronate, 
Berberis—continued. 
grass snd spiny toothed. h. 4ft. to 8ft. South America, 1823, 
=, y- 
Chinese).* /l., racemes many-flowered, nodding. 
sinensis ey. 
l. oblong, obtuse, entire, or the lower ones are a little toothed ; 
spines three-parted. h. 3ft. to 6ft. China, 1815. (B. M. 6573.) 
wy h A 
v 
7 Cf A 
Fic. 245. BERBERIS STENOPHYLLA, showing Habit and 
Flowering Twig. 
B. stenophylla (naked-leaved),* with narrow mucronate leaves, 
is said to bea hybrid between B. empetrifolia and B. Darwinii. 
See Fig. 245, 
B. trifoliata (three-leafleted). fl, 
TE a e E 
a e ends of the ioles, deeply o0; -green, varie- 
gated, glaucous R per t h. 5ft. Mexico, 1839, Ev: e i 
quite hardy. (P. F. G. 2, 168.) 
B. trifurcata (three-forked). £ 
tea; l pinnate ; leaflets broad, three-forked. 
1850. Evergreen. (P. F. G. 3, 258.) 
B. umbellata (umbellate). E peduncles solitary, erect, bearing 
at the top several umbellate pedicels. 7. obovate-oblong, mu e 
cronate, entire, glaucous beneath; spines three-parted, long, a 
equal. A. 6ft. Nepaul, 1842. (P. F.-G. 2, 181.) oS 
racemes sy erect. 
6ft. China, 
y with an odd one, the lower pair 
vulgaris (common).* Common Barberry. fl., racemes many- A 
flowered, apare a Spring. 7%. somewhat obovate, ciliately- = 
serrated ; spinesthree-parted. h. 8ft. to20ft. Britain, &c. There i 
are yellow, violet, purple, black, and white fruited, and purple- 
leaved forms.. (Sy. En. B. 51.) 
B. Wallichiana (Wallich’s).* /l. on drooping, ted pe- 
* duncles, six to eight or more in a cluster. Spring. 
fascicles, 2in. to 3in. long, spreading or ag Ahm 
sinuato-serrate; spines deeply three-parted, slender but 
ul, 1820. See Fig. 246. (B. M. 
rigid. 
h. 6ft. to 10ft. AN 
terminal panicles. Lea 
The species meritioned 
in cultivation. 
soil, and is well 
ornate, many: I 
is probably the only one yet 
rdy, will grow in any common 
aq for bowers*or trellis-work. Pro- — 
ted by ripened ent ngs, and slips of the root, planted 
Paor a hand glass} or by layering the young shoots. 
volubilis (twining).* . greenish-white ; ich ll, axil- 
= 5 and terminal. É oblong, violaceous. June. L pom 
ucronate, a little poy 4 Branches smooth. Carolina, 171%. A ee 
Seaia twiner. (G. G. 165.) = ~ i i 
BERGAMOT. See Mentha odorata. j : : 
BERGERA (named after C. J. Berger, a a ipai a 
Danish botanist). ORD. Rutacee. Interesting stové ever- . 
four to five flowers at the | 
or 
