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

 Dec. — Ramis flexuosis angul. tuberculatis, foK 

 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 Ibcrlca of Dec. with oblong 

 leaves was from Caucasus, 



377, Berheris canadensis Ait. Dec. &c. Raf. 

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

 fol. obovatis vel ovatis acutis remote serratis, 

 summis subintegris, racemis nutans, fr. ovalis 

 nigris acidis — Canada and Mts. Decandole hints 

 that several sp. are bl(3ndcd, which is the fact 

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



378, Berheris scrrulata Raf. Ramis angul. 

 levis vix spinosis, fol. obov. proximo serrulatis, 

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

 p;ris 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. 



370. Berheris pisifera 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. Berheris densijlora 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 



