226 flora indica. [Berberidea. 



B. Wallichiana, Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 23. i 243 j Lindl. et PaxL FL 

 Gard. i. 79./. 58; Don, Prod. 204; Wall Cat. 1478! 



£. microcarpa ; rainis angulatis v. profunde sulcatis, foliis ut in 

 var. a sed interdura integerrimis, baccis parvis elliptico-oblongis vix 

 pulposis stylo brevi stigmateque parvo terminatis. 



y. latifolia; foliis late obovatis elliptico-oblongisve 1-2-pollicari- 

 bus, floribus ut in var. a. 



8. pallida; foliis anguste lanceolatis 2-3-pollicarihus spinuloso- 

 dentatis subtus pallidis glaucisve, fasciculis paucifloris. 



Hab. In sylvis Himalayse temperate mediae et orientalis et mont. 

 Khasia.— a. Nipal, Wall.f Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 ped.! Bhotan, Grif- 

 fith!—^ Khasia, alt. 5-6000 ped.!— y. Sikkim, alt. 10,000 ped.!— 

 8. Bhotan, Griffith /— (FI. vere.) (v. v.) 



a. The common Sikkim and Nepal form of this species is a small evergreen bush, 

 with shining glossy foliage, never glaucous below, and fascicles of 3-20 flowers, vari- 

 able in size, as are their pedicels in length and stoutness. Berries very variable in 

 size and colour ; those of our Sikkim specimens are fleshy and very fair eating, of a 

 black purple colour, without bloom. It is found in the inner valleys only of Sikkim. 



Var. £ has altogether the habit and appearance of a, but the berries are remark- 

 ably different, being much shorter, smaller (i inch long), scarcely fleshy, with a short 

 style, small stigma, and one or two seeds. It is found in the Khasia alone, and 

 there inhabits a much lower elevation than the other varieties do in the Himalaya. 



Var. y is probably only a state of a, with very broad leaves. It was found iu ex- 

 posed skirts of woods, at a great elevation, and 1000 feet above the level at which 

 the common state of the plant grew. In form of leaves it resembles some states of 

 B. aristata, but the serratures point upwards, and the habit is different. 



8. Of this variety we have two forms from Griffith, of which one differs con- 

 spicuously from the ordinary form of B. Wallichiana in the distinctly glaucous 

 under surface of the leaves, approaching B. Asiatica in this respect, from which it 

 differs in the long slender spines and lanceolate leaves, which are not lacunose. It 

 is very probable that its glaucous hue is due to the bushes having grown in dry 

 places. The other specimens have not the glaucous uuder-surface, but agree in every 

 other respect ; and, indeed, considering how variable the glaucous character is, it is 

 quite possible that these two forms grew on the same bush. 



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been alluded to as B. Wallichiana by Moore (in Gard. Mag. i. 168), who says that 

 it bears the name of B. macrvphylla in gardens. The flowers and fruit are unknown, 

 but the foliage differs a good deal from any known state of B. Wallichiana. It is 

 possibly B. Xanthoxylon, Hasskarl, Hort. Bogor. 



8. B. insignis (H.f. et T.) ; sempervirens, ramulis ssepissime in- 

 ermibus subteretibus, foliis solitariis binisve amplis breve petiolatis el- 

 liptico- v. lineari-lanceolatis utrinque luoidis spinuloso-dentatis spinalis 

 divergentibus, pedicellis confertis crassis brevibus, baccis ovoideis stig- 

 mate sessili. 



Hab. In vallibus humidis Himalavse temperate: Bhotan, Griffith! 

 Sikkim ! et Nipal orient.! alt. 7-10,000 ped.— (FL vere.) {v. v.) 



Frutex 4-6-pedalis, ramosus, virgatus, ramulis elongatis cortice rufo-fusco. Folia 

 alterua, subremota, rarius bina, rarissime fasciculata et spina imperfecta suffulta, 

 lfietissime viridia, nitida, valde coriacea, sinuato-dentata, dentibus spinosis patentibns, 

 folia Ilicu Jqnifolii referentia, 3-7-pollicaria, petiolo brevi cum ramulo articulata. 

 Flores 3-20 fasciculati, pedicellis brevibus validis, ^-1-pollicaribus, curvis. Peri- 



