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41^ HEXVNDRIA MONOGYNTA. 



angled, acum 

 sinus at iia lo 



inate, serrate ; petiole attached to the leaf near an open 

 i>ver iDargin. Floiters in a ternniml cvnic. i^ef«/s oval, 

 larger than the cal}^x. Filaments hi;lf as long as the petals. ^^Inthen" 

 oblongy twins, the cells united bj a meinbvaue, and bursting as tk 

 jiiembrane is loosened* Germ superior. Style very short, iitignia 

 capitate. Setdb ncaily globose. Mich. 



Grows near the n>ouHtain rivulets, from Virginia to Carohna. 

 Wiightsborouj;h, Columbia county, Georgia. 

 Flowers May. 



BERBEKIS. Gbn. pl. 595. 



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Calyx G-phyllus. Fe- 1 Cahfx {] leaved. Pe^ 

 tola 0, ad ungues glano i | tab G, with S glands on 

 lis t. Sfyliis 0. Bauca | each claw. Style 0. Bf^r- 

 1-Iocularis, 3— 4 sperina. j i-y l-celied, 2--4 seeded. 



1. CaNADi NSiS. 



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B. ramis coiifertim I Branches thickly dot- 

 punctatis ; aculeis tripli- | ted ; spines tilple; leaves 



bus ; foliis simplieihus, 



ly 



obovatis, remote scrratis; | senate; racemes short, 



racejiiis hrevihiis, subeo- | somewhat cor} iiibosr f 



rynibosis; druj>is vix car j drupes scarcely iieshy 

 nosis. Pursb 



Berberis vulgaris, var. Canadensis, Sp. pi. 1. p* 227. Walt p 

 120. Mich. l.p. 205 



A shrub 3—5 feet hidi, erect, nith very many branches ; theyom^g 

 shoots yellow, the o!d dotted, all angular, j:;labrous. Leaves sessile, 



pinp-like serratures, cuneate at 



ob(i 



base, dabrous, by pairs on youug shoots, clustered on the summits 

 of the last years buds. Stipules a S parted spine at ihe liase of each 

 bud. liacemes shoit, G — 8 0o\vered, shootinir from the suuiroit of 



the old buds, at first erect, afftrwards liodding. (ah/.v deciduous 



leaves ovate, acute, coloured. Petals ovate, longer than tlic calvx, 



yellow, with 2 purple nectariferous ? jr|ands. Ibvamnits half the 

 len<i;th of the petals. Mthers nearly white, att.jcjied to the sides of 

 the filaments Germ superior^ as h)njj; as the stamens. «/5*mffl fia*» 

 ivider than the germ, perforate ? in the centre. Berry oval, red, ex- 

 tremely acid. 



A plant ofcolder climates tlian <>urs, but found alon-^ the margin 

 of the Kantee river as low dowd as Eutaw Springs. Dr.'^.Viacbride- 

 Flowers April. » Barbfvrif- 



Ihe irritability of the stamens of the European Barberry, as described 

 hj Sir J. E. Smith, is equally obvious in eurs. If*" the inner pait 

 ol each filament near the bottom" be touched, the filament will imme- 

 diately contract " and strike its antliers against the sti^ma. 



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