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Berbebidaceae. 



Nandina. 

 (Family Berberidaceae). 



Shrubs, rather simple except at 

 base: evergreen. Twigs moder- 

 ate, rounded, the bark yellow 

 when cut: pith rather large, 

 round, white, continuous. Buds 

 solitary, sessile, the lateral small, 

 triangular, with 2 valvate scales, 

 and to be seen only after remov- 

 ing the leaf-bases; the terminal 

 larger, ovoid, with 3 or 4 scales. 

 Leaf-scars lacking, the alternate 

 dilated imbricated nerved am- 

 plexicaul leaf-bases not disartic- 

 ulating, the persistent petioles 

 enlarged at top with 3 depres- 

 sions, each corresponding to a 

 fallen leaflet and with a central 

 bundle-trace: stipules lacking. 

 Leaves ternate, each primary di- 

 vision odd-pinnate with several 

 lanceolate acute entire leaflets, or 



again ternately parted. 



Glabrous: leaflets acute at both ends, arcuately 3-nerved. 



N. domestica. 



