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ARBORETUM ET FIIUTICETUM BRITANN ICUM. 



May and June. Berries red ; ripe in September. De- 

 caying leaves yellowish green and reddish. Naked young 

 wood whitish yellow. 



Leaves much smaller and narrower than in J3. vulgaris, 

 attenuate at the base, but nearly sessile ; the margins serru- 

 late, with 6-8 distant, often inconspicuous, mucronate teeth. 

 Raceme 5-8-flowered, nodding ; flowers smaller than in B. 

 vukaris ; fruit smaller and much shorter. Stem and roots 

 yellow ; the former rarely exceeding 3 ft. in height. Found 

 in the Alleghanv Mountains, Virginia and Carolina, Tencssee, 

 and Georgia. (Tor. and Gray.) Introduced into England in 

 1759, but probably lost, as we have seen no plant answering 

 this description in British gardens. 



& 8. S. SINE'NSIS Desf. The Chinese Berberry 



Identification. Desf. Catal. Hort. P., 150 ; 

 Dec. Prod., 1. p. 106.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 115. 



Synonyms. B. vulgaris Thunb. Jap. 1. p. 146. 



Engravings. Our./zg?. 62. and 63. from a spe- 

 cimen in the Hort. Soc. Garden. 



Spec. Char., $c. Spines 3-parted. 



Leaves oblong, obtuse, entire, or 



the lower ones a little toothed. 



Racemes many-flowered, nodding. 



(Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub 



with slender shoots. China. 



Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced 



in 1800. Flowers yellow ; May 



and June. Berries oval, dark red ; 



ripe in September. Leaves 



smooth, sharply serrated. Decay- 

 ing leaves of a fine yellowish red. 



Naked young wood reddish yel- 

 low. 



The plant at the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, and at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's, has smooth leaves, red 

 shoots, and closely resembles Bfrberis iberica. 



B. (v.) car.ad^nsii. 



62. Mrberis < 



S3. Birlitrii alnannis, 11:11. size. 



