108 vi. BERBERIDE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Dccaisnea. 



Racemes 1 ft., horizontal, fascicled, terminal or leaf-opposed, Flowers 1 in. long, pen- 

 dulous, yellow-green ; pedicels as long ; bracts small, subulate, deciduous. Follicles 3 in., 

 cyliudric, obtuse, recurved, edible. 



2. PARVATIA, Decaisne. 



A large climbing shrub. Leaves alternate, 3 foliolate. Flowers racemed, 

 monoecious, tir^ils 6, 2-seriate, 3 outer valvate. Petals 6, lanceolate, much 

 smaller. MALE fl. : Stamens 3, monadelphous ; anthers oblong, apieulate. 

 FEM. fl. : Staminodes 6, minute, free. (M//-/<x :) ; stigma, sessile, oblong, 

 acute ; ovules many, covering the walls of the ovary, mixed with long hairs. 

 /'/" i/ of 3, berried, indehiscent, many-seeded carpels. Seeds imbedded in 

 pulp. 



1. P. Brunoniana, Drrm'sne in Archii: J///x. i. 19o, t. 12 A ; leaflets 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate rarely obtuse. 11. J. d- T. Fl. 1 ltd. 214. 

 Stauntonia Brunoniana, Wall. Cat. 



ASSAM and KIIASIA MILLS, alt. 3-4000 ft., Wallicli, &c. 



Bctfk of old branches pale corky, of yuan- smooth. P<tl>lcx 3-5 in. Leaflets 3-5 

 by 1-2^ in., base subacute or roundel, hhining above, glaneuiis below; petiole ol' mid- 

 leaflet 1 in., of lateral in. J\ dunrUx 2-4 in., taseielrd on scaly tubercles, rigid, .slender ; 

 pedicels sjjivading; brartcol-s basal, ininutc, linear. Flon; /-.s greenish- white ] male 

 !, It-male >, in. long. Carpels 4 in., obtuse at both ends, grftnolate. Assam specimens 

 have more membranous and obtuse leaves, less glaucous beneath. 



3. HOLBCCLLIA, Wall. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves digitate. FI<>n>, , * monoBcious, in axillary fas- 

 cicles or racemes. X'y^/x (i, -j. 3 outer valvate. /'r/f//x <;, minute, 



orbicular. MALE 11.: $t<n/n-ftx (!, free; anthers a])iculate. FEM. fl. : W- 

 ininml-* ;, minute. U''"i-i'*'.\\ Btigm&B oblong ; ovules many, covering the 

 \\allsofthe ovary. Fmit of 3, berried, many-seeded carpels. Seeds im- 

 bedded in pulp. 



1. K. latitolia, Waff. 7V///. Fl. Xcp. 24, t. 16 ; leaflets ovate or oblong, 

 lanceolate or linear in young plants, acuminate. 



HIMALAYA, alt. 4-9000 ft., from Bhotau to Kumaon ; KHASIA HILLS, aU. 4000 ft. 



I'rri.u . V--AM at low elevations. 



Trunk som. 'times 4 G in. diam., bark corky when old. Leaves 3-9-foliolate ; leaflets 

 3-G by .j "2 in., base rounded or acute, shining above, pale and reticulate beneath ; 

 petiole of mid-leallet its own length, of the lateral shorter. .I'n/nm-li-s solitary or 

 fascicled. Flowers subcorymbose, purplish-green, sweet-scented ; male ,^- in., i'em. 

 larger. Carpels 2-3 in., sessile or short-stalked, oblong, obtuse at both ends ; very 

 variable. The character! of the seed require confirmation. 



VAR. 1. latifulia, leaflets 3-5, ovate or oLloiig, seeds straight obovoid. H. latifolia, 

 Watt. I.e. ; Decaisne in Archio. Max. i. I'.U, t. 12, B ; H.f. & T. FL Ind. 215. H. 

 acuminata, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 313. Stauntonia latifolia, Wall. Cat. 4950. 



YAK. '_'. angustifolia, leaflets 7-9, narrow- or linear lanceolate, seeds curved. H. 

 ang'istitblia, \\\dl. Tent. t. 17 ; Decaisne and If./. & T. I.e. Stauutonia angustifolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 4951. 



4. BERBERIS, Linn. 



Shrubs ; wood yellow. Leaves pinnate or simple and then fascicled in 

 the axils of 3-5-partite spines. Flowers yellow, hermaphrodite, fascicled, 

 raceme d or solitary. Sepals 6, with 2-3 appressed bracts, imbricate in 2 



