110 vi. BERBERIDE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Bcrbcris 



3. B. umbellata, Wall. Cat. 1475 ; leaves more or less deciduous ob- 

 ovate sparingly serrulate, flowers subumbellate on a long naked peduncle, 

 berries oblong, stigma flat sessile. J)<nt >>'. G<ir<l. i. 11(5 ; 11. f. <o T. Fl. 

 Ind. 224. B. aristata, DC. Prodr. i. 106 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2r)4l). 



TKMI-KH.VTK HIMALAYA, alt. 9-11,000 ft., from Kuuiaon to Bhotan. 

 An erect straggling shrub, 8-10 ft. ; brandies slender, rigid, leafy. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 subineinbrauous, green or glaucous beneath. 1'luwcrs like those of B. vulyaris. 



4. B. aristata, DC. Syst. ii. 8 ; erect, leaves evergreen or nearly so, 

 obovate or oblong entire or with few distant Bpinoua teeth, flowers in com- 

 pound often "corymbose racemes, ben-it s tapering into a short style, stigma 

 small subglobose. //./. .( T. Fl. Ind. ^ 1. 



TEMIMCUATK HIMALAYA, alt. 0-10,000 ft. ; from Bhotan to Kunawar. NILGIHKI MTS. 

 and CEYLON, alt. G-70(uft. 



A> variable u l>. /.'';/"'<'>' 



VAK. 1 . arixtata, pin pie, leaves 1-3 in. broad obovate or oblong elliptic acute or awned 

 entire or spinul 'he-senate towards the tip g . ,oms U-neath, racem- 



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pound, flowei . , i. 106; l!!il' ///. C4; \\'ull. Cat. 1474. 



B. tint:t-ria, A..M-/I. ;' W.&A. I'r.-dr. \. 10; J>t'hx*. Tt. &1, ii. t. 2j U'iijfit 111. t. 8. 

 J3. chitria, J/um. ; J)on l'r. ,<>,-. I'ui; Lt. lU'j. t. 7'J'J. U. angustilblia, OOaob. Hurt. 

 iJintj. t*l. Nipal ti Sinii.uv. 



\'AU. 2. jior',1, inida (*i>. Wall. ms*. <'<it. 1474); leaves smaller, flowers, on long 



peduncles, racemea Kibnmpie or ratambeUate. \>. \'il lan's, \\dll. under Cat. 1174; 



J>on N,/.s7. Hard. i. 115. 1>. atlinis a/id cfraiujihylla, /tun I.e. 1'.. mriaria, /,'/// 

 JJ,,<ll.'in Jii-t. l:<(i A'.X. xiv. t. 4G. 15. uiuk-ilata, 7,(W/. /.o. 1844, t. 44 (o< o/ H //.). 

 Kuinaon to Ivunawar. 



VAR. 3. vncrant/iti ; leafy, l<-avcs 1-3 in. very roriac'-ons obovate-laneeolate eu;u-sely 

 Bpinulose-tuothed, racemes lung nodding, flowers small. Wall. Cat. 1474. Bhutan 

 to Gar\\ luil. 



5. B. Lycium, 1!<> ; /I, III. (] i ; 7' i. /.-'//. iS'oc. xvii. 94; bark white, 



.-ubsessile .siibpersistrnt lanci-olate or narrow obovate oblong usually 



quite entire pale not laeimose glaucous beneath, raceme elongate, berries 

 ovoid, style conspicuous, stigma capitate. //./. a- T. FL Iil. 225. 



WESTKK.N HIMAI.VVA, in dry hot places ; alt. 3-9000 ft., from CJarwhal to lla/ara. 



An erect n-id shrub, 0-8 ft. Leottl 1 A _.|, by ', \ in., eoriareoiis, niu. 

 Kpinulose, bright green above, venation lax. J,'<H-I m< < simple nr eumpiuiinl, ulten 

 corvmbnsi-, drooping, lon^t-r than the leaves. />'<//_// \iulrt. --Very distinct in its 

 ordinary state, but some Ibruis appear to pass into JL ariatuta, and others into B. 

 asiatica. 



it. B. asiatica, 7.VA /'// DC. >V//.v/. ii. 13; bark pale, spines 5-fid small, 



leaves orbicular or broad obovate Mibentire or coarsely spinous lacunose 



svliite beneath, racemes short corymbose, berries \\-ith a distinct style, stigma 



capitate, lio.cb. Fl. J,l. ii. Ia2; Dtles*. />: .s' /. ii. t. 1; Wall. Cat. 1477 



.-i/H. tinctoriae). B. hypoleuca, Liudl. Joant.. Jlort. tioc. ii. 246. 



Dry valleys of the HIMALAYA, alt. 3-7500 ft. ; from Bhotan to Garwhal. BEIIAK, on 

 Paraanath, alt. 3500 ft., Edyworth. DISTKIIJ. Ail'ghanistan.- 



An erect stout branched bush, 3-6 ft. Leaves 1-3 in., rarely acute, thickly coria- 

 ceous, very strongly reticulate beneath, liaccincs peduncled or subsessile ; flowers 

 rather small, TI-& ^ n - diam. Ucrri/ red or black, glaucous, often large, eatable. 



** 'Peduncles fascicled, \-flowered. 



7. B. Wallichiana, DC. Prodr. i. 107; leaves evergreen lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, flowers many in a fascicle 3 berry ovoid or oblong. Wall. 



