BERBER1DACE.E. 



generic characters given above, and by its triangular 

 stem; it is a local plant, having been found only in 

 Yorkshire. Fl. May. Perennial. 



14. P.EONIA (Peony). 



1. P. corallma (Entire-leaved Peony ). -Scarcely 

 admissible into the British Flora, as it grows only on 

 an island called the Steep Holmes, in the Severn, into 

 which it was probably introduced. It is one of the 

 herbaceous species cultivated in gardens. Fl. May, 

 June. Perennial. 



OED. II. BERBERIDACE.E. THE BARBERRY 

 TRIBE. 



Sepals 3, 4, or 6, in a double row, often coloured, 

 soon falling off, surrounded externally by petal-like 

 scales ; petals either equal in number to the sepals, and 

 opposite to them, or twice as many, often with a gland 

 at the base ; stamens equal in number to the petals, and 

 opposite to them ; anthers opening by a valve from the 

 base upwards; ovary solitary, 1 -celled, 1 3-seeded, 



