Berberis.] vi. BERBERIDE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) Ill 



Plant. As. Rar. iii. t. 243: Cat. 1478 : //./. & T.Fl. Ind. 225. B. asiatica, 

 " "f.Ic.Pl. Ind. Or. iv. t. 1648. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA in forests, alt. 8-10,000 ft., from Nipal, WaUich, to Bhotan, 

 Griffith ; KHASIA HILLS, alt. 5-6000 ft. 



VAR. 1. atroviridis (sp. Wall, mss.} ; branches angular, leaves 1| 4 in. lanceolate 

 or narrow obovate, berries black-purple sbining. B. Wallichiana, DC. I.e. Nipal to 

 Bbotan. 



VAR. 2. microcarpa; branches nngled or deeply grooved, leaves as in Var. 1, but 

 smaller and sometimes quite entire, berries 5 in. elliptic-oblong, style short, stigma 

 small. Khasia hills. 



VAR. 3. latifolia; leaves 1-2 in. broadly obovate or elliptic-oblong, flowers as in 

 Var. 1. Skirts of woods, alt. 8-10,000 ft. in Sikkim. 



VAR. 4. pallida ; leaves 2-3 in. narrow lanceolate spinulose pale and glaucous 

 beneath, fascicles few-flowered. Bhotan, Griffith. 



8. B. insig-nis, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 226; erect, spines very few, leaves 

 evergreen large solitary or geminate elliptic or linear-lanceolate shining oil 

 both surfaces spinous toothed, pedicels short thick, berries ovoid, stigina 

 sessile. 



Humid forests of the EASTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 7-10,000 ft. ; from E. Nipal, H. /., 

 to Bhotan, Griffith. 



A beautiful holly-like bush, 4-6 ft. Leaves 3-7 in., rather remote ; petiole short. 

 Flowers .3-20 in a fascicle, golden-yellow; pedicels ^-\ iu., curved. Petals 2-fid. 

 Berries ^ in., black. 



9. B. ulicina, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 227 ; glaucous, robust densely spiny, 

 leaves fascicled pungent margins thickened, pedicels very short, berries 

 small, stigma sessile. 



WESTERN TIBET ; stony dry places in Nubra, alt. 14-16,000 ft., T. T. 



A small shrub, 1-2 ft. ; branches short, stout ; spines stout, rigid, base dilated. 

 Leaves \ in., rigidly coriaceous, crowded, 1-2-toothed on each side. Flowers i in. 

 diam., orange-yellow, densely crowded'. Petals 2-fid. Ovary obscurely glandular, 

 4-ovuled. Berry black, glaucous. 



*** Peduncles solitary (rarely 2-3\ \-flowered. 



10. B. ang-ulosa, Wall. Cat. 1475 in part ; young shoots puberulous, 

 leaves small obovate or obovate-lanceolate puberulous, margins thickened, 

 peduncle exceeding the leaves stout curved, outer sepals equalling the 

 inner, berries broad pendulous. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, Nipal, WaUich; Sikkim, alt. 11-13,000 ft., H.f. 



A shrub, 4ft.; branches strict leafy; spines 3-5-fid. Leaves 1-1 ^ in., fascicled, 

 thin, coriaceous, usually quite entire, opaque above, rather shining beneath; nerves 

 subparallel. Flowers rather large. Outer sepals broad. Petals entire. Berries 

 ^-4 in., globose or broad oblong, red, 5-7-seeded, edible ; stigma sessile or style short ; 

 peduncle stout, curved. 



11. B. macrosepala, //. /. in Bot. Mag. t. 4744 ; erect or prostrate, gla- 

 brous, leaves obovate-oblong coarsely spinulose-toothed, margins thickened, 

 peduncle slender, outer sepals equalling the inner, berries large ovoid. 

 H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 228. 



Interior of the SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 12-13,000 ft., H.f. 



A small shrub, 2-4 ft. ; branches spreading ; spines slender, equalling the leaves. 

 Leaves fascicled, ^-l in., usually glaucous beneath. Flowers rather large, peduncle 

 curved, glabrous. Berries \-\ in., red, 6-10-seeded ; stigma sessile. 



12. B. concinna, H.f. in Bot. Mag.i. 4744 ; prostrate, much branched, 

 branches slender red glabrous, leaves small obovate spiuous-toothed white 



