Berberis.] flora indica. 227 



anthium coriaceo-camosum. Petala bifida. Stamina breviuscula. Baeea nigrre, 

 i niie. longse, pulposae, stylo brevissimo, stigraate parvo, 2-4-sperinae, carne aureo. 



A native of the lofty damp forests of Sikkim and East Nepal, where it forms a 

 most beautiful evergreen bush, with leaves closely resembling those of holly, and 

 clusters of pale golden blossoms. The rarity of spines, terete branches, solitary 

 and very large leaves, are all remarkable characters, but no doubt susceptible of 

 great modifications by climate, of which we have indications in the occasional deve- 

 lopment of 3-7-h'd spines, and in the leaves becoming smaller, with a tendency to be 

 fasciculate, in the drier more northern valleys. The leaf-spines, too, which are ge- 

 nerally divergent from the margin, sometimes point upwards towards the apices of 

 the leaves which then strongly resemble those of B. IFallichiana, var. 7. 



There are leaves of a Javanese species in Herb. Hook, much resembling this, but 

 they are broader, more membranous, finely toothed, rather glaucous beneath, and re- 

 ticulated above. 



9. B. ulicina (H.f. et T.); fruticulus glaucus robustus horrid us, 



- spinis validis 3-partitis basi latis, foliis fasciculatis spinis aequilongis 



Hneari-lanceolatis euneatis obovatisve pungentibus margi aibus incras- 



satis, floribus parvis brevissime pedicellatis dense congestis, ovariis sub- 



glandulosis, ovulis 4, baccis parvis. 



Hab. In Tibetia occidental! ; Nubra, in petrosis aridis, alt. 14- 

 16,000 ped.!— (Fl. Jul. Aug.; fr. Sept.) (v. v.) 



Fruticulus 1-2-pedalis, TRicem referens, conferte foliosus et creberrime spinosus, 

 glaucescens, ramis strictis crassis, cortice rufo-brunneo. Spina rigid®, validie, pa- 

 tentes, basi elougata crassa subdilatata. Folia J-pollicaria, vakle coriacea, rigida, 

 conferta, omnia contbrmia, utrinque uni-bispiuuloso-dentata v. rarius Iobata. Flores 

 inter folia densissime fasciculati, parvi, vix -i-poilicares, aurantiaco -flavi Petala 

 bifida. Stamina brevia. Ovarium obscure glandulosum, 4~ovulatum. Bacca breviter 

 pedicellate, nigra?, glaucae ; stigmate sessili ; semi nidus 1-4. 



A very remarkable-looking little species, and by far the most alpine of any ; it is 

 also the smallest leaved and flowered, most rigid, woody, and densely armed of any 

 Indian species. All our specimens are very uniform in appearance. The branches 

 are clothed throughout their whole length with spines, flowers, and leaves. 



§ 3. PtdtcelU solitarii, rarissime bird, uniflori, rarmime biflori; sepala 



exteriora majuscula, interdum interior thus major a. 



10. B. angnlosa (Wall. Cat. 1475 ! in parte); ramis sulcatis no- 

 vellis puberulis, spinis 3-5-fidis, foliis parvis obovntis obovato-lanceo- 

 latisve aristatis integerrimis v. sinuato-dentatis marginibus incrassatis 

 minute puberulis, pedieellis validis curvis foliis longioribus, tloribus 

 majusculis nutantibus, sepalis exterioribus interiora sequantibus, baccis 

 5-7-spermis, stigmate sessili v. stylo brevi. 



j3. pedieellis fasciculatis interdum 2-lloris. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata ; Nipal, IVaUich! Sikkim, 11-13,000 

 ped. !— 0. Sikkim, alt. 10,000 ped. !— (FL Jun. Jul. ; fr. Sept.) (v. v.) 



Frutex 4-pedalis, e basi ramosus 3 ramis strictis elongatis rigidis^patulis foliosis, 

 rainulis erassis sa?pe pubesceutibus novellis subtomentosis ; spinis 3-5-fidis, interdum 

 dorso puberulis, gracilibus, foliis longioribus brevionbusve. Folia 1-lJ-polliearia, 

 fasciculata, sessilia, obovata, coriacea sed non crassa, plerumque integerrima, nunc 

 spinuloso-sinuata v. dentata, apice rotundata, apiculata, superne opaca, papillis mini- 

 «ois puberula, subtns subnitida, casta prominula, nervis subparalleiis. Pedicelli soli- 

 tarii (in var. fasciculati et interdum divisi), validi, glanduloso-puberuli. Flores 

 majusculi, aavi. Sepala exteriora ampla. Petala sepalis paullo minora, integra. 



