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376. Berberis laxa Raf. vulg. var. iberica ? 

 ) ec . Ramis flexuosis angul. tuberculatis, fol, 

 cuneatis spatulatis integris vel subdenticul. reti- 

 culatis, racemis erectis laxis, fruct. oblongis 

 very distinct sp. sent me as B. canadensis \ 

 spines few trifid, leaves as in B. chinensis thin 

 and smooth, fl. small on filiform peduncles, with 

 short subulate bracts. Probably from Origon 

 and Sibiria, the Iberica of Dec. with oblong 

 leaves was from Caucasus, 



377. Kerberis canadensis Ait. Dec. &c. Raf. 

 med. fl. t. 15 Ramis angul. punctatis spinosis, 

 fol. obovatis vel ovatis acutis remote serratis, 

 summis subintcgris, racemis nutans, fr. ovalis 

 nigris acidis Canada and Mts. Decandole hints 

 that several sp. are blended, which is the fact 

 as in B. vulgaris, see the 2 next of N. Amer. 



378. Bcrberis scrrulata Raf. Ramis angul. 

 levis vix spincsis, fol. obov. proxime serrulatis, 

 vel ciliatis, racemis pedunc. nutantib. fr. obi, ni- 

 gris acidis North America, in New England, 

 New Jersey and Carolina, the synonyms much 

 blended with last and next, but this is probably 

 the sp. of Bigelow and Elliot. 



379. Berb&ris plsifcra Raf. Ramis ang. sca- 

 bris spinosis, fol. cuneatis remote dentatis, race- 

 mis paucifl. nutans, fruct, subrotundis pisiformis 

 rubris very distinct N. sp. of Apalachian Mts, 

 of Carolina &c, with small round berries, leaves 

 narrow not ciliate, spines tripartite as in all akin 

 species. 



380. Berberis densiflora Raf. Ramis subtere- 

 tib. levib. spinis solit. basi dilatatis, fol. petiol. 

 lato obovatis ciliatis, acutis racemis nutantib. 

 multifl. pedunc. fl. densis imbricatis very dis- 

 tinct again, although sent me as B. vulgaris, 

 leaves and flowers very large, locality unknown 



