BERBERIS TRIFOLIATA, 
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Berberidaceæ. 一 Hexandria-Monogynia. 
CHARACT. GENERIS. 一 Be : Caly 
7-9-phylli foliolis weie 2- Hire decidui 
Sp petala 6-hypogyna — foliolis oscar 
ibus opposita unguiculata basi i die um ndu Zä 
S tamina 6 hypogyna itd opposi ; flame 
— gE antheris ی‎ WS i 0- 
CU adnatis e di E Ki? valvula decidua 
iokincentihs O d uniloculare ; o vu- 
2-8, e basi iets psi iac Stylus terminalis 
vissimus ; sti ا‎ peltato umbilicato. Ba 
unilooularis is l-8-sperma. Semina erecta ری‎ A 
tes nenn lico prope basim sublate 
i. Sois in axi albuminis carnosi orthotropus, 
ejusdem fere Kette cotyledonibus ellipti- 
cis, ra icula elongata, umbilico parallele con- 
tigua infera. 
Fructices, in temperatis Europe , Asie et Ame- 
ricæ obvii, in America tropica rari; nunc foliis pri- 
mariis E vis sepe in spinam 
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latis simplicibus, integerrimis v. margine eat 
v. rende nunc foliis primarüs rite evolutis im- 
nis minimis caducis, Iu axillaribus l-multi- 
floris racemosis ; flori 
Expricn. Gen. Pl. 4814. 
Berberis L. Gen. CR CSN I. 200. t. 42. 5۳-1111 Fl. bras. 
I. 44. 50۳۸0۰ Linn. X 
ERBERIS Nurr. Folia primaria abortiva in spinas con- 
versa, seeundaria fascieulata simplicia. Glandula ad basim 
petalorum manifesta. Staminum filamenta eden- 
tula. 
一 一 Nurr. Gen. am. I. 210. DC, Syst. 11. 4. Prodr. 1. 105. 
ete., etc. 
b. و‎ Nurr. Folia primaria — Glandulæ 
ad basim unguium petalorum fere obsoletæ. Staminum fila- 
menta sten. apice bidentata. 
—— Nv 211. DC. L. c. I. 18 et I. 108. ete., ete. 
CHARACT. SPECIEI. — ervirens fruticosa 
glauca erecta ; foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis ses- 
— sinua ato-spino osis acuminatis, venis lacteis; ra- 
cemis pau is erectis petiolis brevioribus, bacc 
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B. pen dem misc. 149. 1841. Bot. Reg. et 
ibid. t. 10. 1845. 
pari-pinnatis 2-7-jugis , stipulis isi inte gemi- 
Texte du Botanical Register de M. Lindley. 
BERBERIS TRIFOLIATA. 
THREE-LEAVED BERBERRY. 
Errmorocie. An altered arabian name of one of the species. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. see above. 
NYMY SC 
This very rare and beautiful species was found in Mexico by Mr. Hartweg, near the Hacienda dei 
Espiritu Santo, on the road from Zacatecas to San Luis de Potosi, an immense plain occupied chiefly 
by Opuntias, stunted plants of Prosopis dulcis, and Yuccas. It covered large tracts of country; the 
called it Acrito, and the fruit was much eaten 5 children. Mr. Hartweg did not see it in 
Sue Qm ternate holly-like leaflets, beautifully marbled with pale blue and dull green, are enti- 
Géi different from any thing among the pinnated Berberries hitherto discovered, and it may be 
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where the annexed figure was made, it forms a dwarf 
spreading evergreen shrub , a rich sandy loam and rather di situation. It has 
and seems to be about as hardy as Berberis fasci- 
stood two winters planted against a south wall, 
cularis 
It may be increased in various ways . by layering, by cuttings, or by seeds, but when the kind 
