Berberis.] flora indica. 225 



crasse coriacea, |— 3 unc. longa, aristata v. apice inermi, varie grosse spinuloso-den- 

 tata v. integerrima, subtus glauca, alba, siceo utrinque pallida. Flores parvuli, J— \ 

 unc. diametro, in eodem raraulo fasciculati et corymboso-racemosi, fasciculis race- 

 in isvc foliis brevioribus, pedicellis rubris glaucisve rigidis ^-1-pollicaribus. Stamina 

 ut in B. mdgari. Baccts rubra? v. nigra;, glaucse v. nitidae, magnitudine varhe, stylo 

 distincto stigmateqne discoideo terminate. 



Though difficult to define by words, this species may be distinguished in all states 

 from B. aristata by its pale bark, smaller, often 5 -fid spines, extremely hard, coria- 

 ceous, strongly nerved and reticulated leaves, that are lacunose on the surface, pale 

 and very glaucous below, and by the much shorter racemes or fascicles of more nu- 

 merous flowers, 



B. Asiatica affects dry rocky places, seldom attaining a great elevation, aud is 

 found neither in Sikkim, the Knasia, nor the peninsula, whereas it abounds on the 

 summit of Parasnath in Bahar, and occurs in the dry Himalayan valleys of Bhotau 

 and Nepal, and thence westward to Afghanistan, though we have seen no specimens 

 from the country between the Indus and Satlej. The berries are often large and 

 eatable. 



6. B. Lycium (Koyle ! 111. 64) ; spinis mcdiocribus trifidis, foliis 

 anguste v. obovato-lanceolatis integerrimis v. spinoso-dentatis pungen- 

 tibus pallidis subtus glaucis, fioribus corymboso-racemosis, pedicellis 

 elongatis, baccis ovoideis stylo distincto. — Boyle, in Linn. Soc. Trans. 

 xvii. 94. 



Hab. In apricis Himalayae subtropicse et temperate vulgaris : Garh- 

 wal, 3500 ped., Boyle! Sir. et Wint.! Simla, 3-9000 ped. ! Jamil, 

 3-4000 ped.! Kishtwar, 2500-9000 ped.! Kashmir, 5000 ped.; Marri, 

 Fleming! — (Fl. Apr. Mai.; fr. Jun. Jul.) (v. v.) 



Fruticulus rigidus, ramulis virgatis, cortice pallido. Folia 6-8 fasciculata, l^-2£- 

 pollicaria, \ vix i poll, lata, pallida, laxe venosa, subtus glauca, plerumque integer- 

 rima, pungentia, rarius varie spinuloso-dentata. Bacemi ssepius folio longiores, mul- 

 tiflori, longe pedunculati, erecti v. nutantes, demum penduli, pedicelli elongati, soli- 

 tarii v. fasciculati. Fructm violaceus, glaucus, 2-4-spermus. 



This is a very distinct-looking form, of which we have a profusion of specimens 

 from all the localities indicated. It frequents sunny places at elevations between 

 2500 and 9000 feet, whence the specimens at the lowest elevations are often fruit- 

 ing whilst those at the upper are in flower. The narrow, entire, not lacunose 

 leaves, pale colour, and copious small flowers, well distinguish it from the ordinary 

 state of B. Asiatica ; but there are states with broader, more coriaceous, and more 

 reticulated leaves, that are difficult of discrimination. Other states resemble forms 

 of B. aristata, var. micrantha, and still others the B. vulgaris, var. Cretica, from 

 which, however, the style and stigma always distinguish it. The broader, paler 

 leaves chiefly (in the absence of fruit) distinguish it from the B. Chinensis. B, co- 

 riacea, Royle, ms3., which wc have included under B. aristata, var. 0, floribunda, 

 may be referable to this, but we are inclined to think not. 



§ 2. Pedicelli fasciculati, uniflori (vide B. Asiaticam in § 1). 



7. B. Wallichiana (DC. Prodr. i. 107) ; sempervirens, spinis gra- 

 cilibus 3-5-fidis, foliis fasciculatis late orbiculari- v. oblongo-ellipticis 

 lanceolatisve utrinque acuminatis varie grosse spinuloso-serratis utrin- 

 que lucidis, pedicellis plurimis aggregatis brevibus, bacca stigmate sub- 



sessili termiuata. 



a. atroviridis ,- ramulis angulatis, foliis H~4-pollicaril>us lanoeo- 



latis v. anguste obovatis spinuloso-serratis. — B. atroviridis, Wall. mm. 



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