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BERBERIDEjE. II. MAHONIA. III. NANDINA. IV. LEONTICE. 



LIN. SYST. Hexandria, Monogynia. Sepals 6, guarded on 

 the outside by 3 scales. Petals C, without glands on the inside. 

 Stamens furnished with a tooth on each side at the top of the 

 filament. Berries 3-9-seeded. Elegant shrubs, with impari- 

 pinnate leaves, and sinuately-toothed leaflets. Flowers yellow. 

 Species either inhabiting the north-western coast of America or 

 the north of Asia, especially in Nipaul, and perhaps Japan. 

 Some botanists think that the character that distinguishes this 

 genus from Herberts is not sufficiently constant to separate it, as 

 Berberis heterophylla has toothed stamens, and those of M. Na- 

 paulensis are without teeth. 



1 ]Vl. FASCICULA'RIS (D. C. syst. 2. p. 19.) leaflets 3-6-pairs, 

 with an odd one, the lower pair distant from the base of the 

 petiole ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, rather distant, 1 -nerved, spiny- 

 toothed, with 4-5-teeth on each side ; racemes erect, much 

 crowded ; filaments bidentate. Jj . F. Native of New Spain, 

 and about Nootka Sound. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 3. Berberis 

 pinnata, Lag. elenc. hort. mad. 1803. p. 6. Ker. bot. reg. t. 702. 

 Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 28. H. B. et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 

 5. p. 71. t. 434. B. fasciculata, Sims bot. mag. t. 2396. Berries 

 oval, deep-blue. 



Fascicular Mahonia. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 

 to 8 feet. 



2 M. AauiFCi LIUM (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 212.) leaflets 2-3- 

 pairs, with an odd one, the lower pair distant from the petiole ; 

 leaflets ovate, approximate, cordate at the base, 1 -nerved, spiny- 

 toothed, with 9 or 6 on each side; racemes erectish, much 

 crowded ; filaments bidentate. Tj . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica on the western coast, and along the river Columbia, among 

 rocks in rich vegetable soil. Berberis aquifolium, Pursh. fl. 

 amer. sept. 1. p. 219. t. 4. Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 29. Berries 

 dark-purple, crowned by the 3-lobed stigma. 



Var. a. ; leaflets sinuately-toothed, wavy, with few teeth. 

 Native of Nootka Sound. 



Var. ft ; leaflets obscurely-toothed, flat, glaucous beneath, 

 with numerous teeth. Native at the junction of the Portage 

 river with the Columbia. 



Holly-leaved Mahonia. Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1823. Shrub 3 to 

 6 feet. 



3 M. RE'PENS ; leaflets 2-3 pairs, with an odd one, roundish- 

 ovate, opaque, spiny-toothed ; racemes diffuse ; root creeping, 

 filaments bidentate. fj . H. Native of North America on the 

 Rocky Mountains. Berberis aquifolium, Lindl. bot. reg. 

 1176. A small branched shrub, with the leaves rather glaucous 

 on both surfaces. Racemes terminal, numerous, fascicled, dif- 

 fuse, rising from the scaly buds. The description of Pursh's B. 

 aquifolium was taken partly from this, and partly from the true 

 M. aquifolium. 



Creeping-rooted Mahonia. Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1822. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



4 M. NERVO'SA (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 212.) leaflets 5-6 

 pairs, with an odd one, the lower pair distant from the petiole ; 

 leaflets ovate, acuminated, remotely spiny-toothed, somewhat 3- 

 .5 -nerved, with 12 or 14 teeth on each side ; racemes elongated; 

 filaments bidentate. Jj . H. Native of North America on the 

 western coast, along the river Columbia. Common in shady 

 pine forests, on the coast of the Pacific. Berberis nervosa, Pursh. 

 fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 219. t. 5. Hook. fl. bor. amer. 29. M. 

 glumacea, D. C. syst. 2. p. 21. A small shrub. Berries deep- 

 blue. 



ATerced-leaved Mahonia. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1826. Shrub 1 to 3 

 feet. 



5 M. NAPAULENSIS (D.C. syst. 2. p. 21.) leaflets 5-9 pairs, with 

 an odd one, the lower pair smallest, approximating the base of the 

 petiole ; leaflets ovate-oblong, cuspidate, 5-nerved and rounded, 



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or subcordate at the base ; repand FIG. 31. 



toothed, with 5 to 10 spiny-teeth 

 on each side, tricuspidate at the 

 apex; racemes few, elongated, 

 slender ; bracteoles oval-oblong, 

 obtuse. J? . F. Native of Ni- 

 paul about Narain-Hetty. Deless. 

 icon. sel. 2. t. 4. Berberis Miccia, 

 Hamilt. mss. D. Don, prod. fl. 

 nep. p. 205. Filaments simple, 

 (f. 31.) 



Var. ft, RoxMrghii (D. C. 1. c.) 

 B. pinnata, Roxb. ined. The leaf- 

 lets have fewer and larger teeth. 

 Pedicels a little longer than the 

 bracteas. Jj . F. Growing along 

 with the species. Racemes 12 or 

 1 4, from the same bud. 



Nipaul Mahonia. Fl. Nov. Dec. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



6 M. ACANTHIFOLIA ; leaves with 6-10 pairs of sessile leaflets 

 and an odd one, lower pair small, approximating the stem, the 

 rest obliquely oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, spiny-toothed, 

 gradually enlarging from the base to the top ; racemes numerous, 

 rising from the top of the branches in fascicles, long, erect, 

 crowded with flowers, fy . F. Native of Nipaul. Berberis 

 acanthifolia, Wall. mss. Perhaps the same as the preceding. 



Acanthus-leaved Mahonia. Shrub 6 feet. 



Species not sufficiently known. 



7 M. JAPO'NICA (Thunb. fl. jap. 77 ? icon. jap. t. 22.) Jj . G. 

 Cultivated in the island of Nipon in Japan. Ilex Jap6nica, Thunb. 

 fl. jap. 77. icon. jap. t. 22. 



Japan Mahonia. Shrub. 



Cult. This is a genus of beautiful and rare shrubs. They 

 will grow well in a mixture of loam and peat, mixed with a little 

 sand ; they may be either propagated from suckers or layers 

 put down in the autumn ; and ripe cuttings planted at the same 

 time will strike root the following year, under a hand-glass. 



III. NANDl'NA (Nandin or Nand-scokf is the vernacular 

 name of the shrub in Japan.) Thunb. nov. gen. 1. p. 14. Gsert. 

 fruct. 2. p. 69. t. 92. f. 3. Juss. gen. 429. D. C. syst. 2. p. 22. 

 prod. 1. p. 109. 



LIN. SYST. Hexandria, Monogynia. Sepals 6, guarded by 

 numerous series of scales. Petals 6, glandless inside. Berries 

 dry, globose, crowned by the style. Seeds 2, round, convex on 

 one side and concave on the other. An elegant evergreen shrub, 

 with decompound leaves, and with the petioles sheathing at the 

 base ; leaflets entire. Flowers terminal, panicled, white, with 

 yellow anthers. Berries red, about the size of a pea. 



1 N. DOME'STICA (Thunb. diss. nov. gen. 1. p. 14.) Tj . G. 

 Native of Japan and China, where it is cultivated in the gardens. 

 Lam. ill. t. 261. Herb. amat. 281. Banks, icon. Koempf. t. 13 

 and 14. Sims bot. mag. 1109. Called in its native country 

 Nandscokf, Nattan, or Nandin Kcempf. 



Domestic Nandina. Fl. in China and Japan in May and July ; 

 in England in Jan. ; at Paris in July and Aug. Clt. 1804. Shrub 

 5 feet. 



Cult. This shrub will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat ; and ripened cuttings, with their leaves not shortened, will 

 strike root freely if planted in a pot of sand, and placed under a 

 hand-glass. (Sweet.) 



IV. LEO'NTICE (an ancient name abridged from Leontope- 



