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BERBERIDACEAE, re 
NANDINA. 
(Family Berberidaceae). 
Vien 
YZ 
W/ Cay 
again ternately parted. 
Shrubs, rather simple except at 
base: evergreen. Twigs moder- 
ate, rounded, the bark yellow 
when cut: pith rather large, 
round, white, continuous. Buds 
solitary, sessile, the lateral small, 
triangular, with 2 valvate scales, 
and to be seen only after remov- 
ing the leaf-bases; the terminal 
larger, ovoid, with 3 or 4 scales. 
Leaf-scars lacking, the alternate 
dilated imbricated nerved am- 
plexicaul leaf-bases not disartic- 
ulating, the persistent petioles 
enlarged at top with 3 depres- 
sions, each corresponding to a 
fallen leaflet and with a central 
bundle-trace: stipules lacking. 
Leaves ternate, each primary di- 
vision odd-pinnate with several 
lanceolate acute entire leaflets, or 
Glabrous: leaflets acute at both ends, arcuately 3-nerved. 
N. domestica. 
