BERBERIS 



EE. Bracts much shorter than the 

 elongated pedicels: hs. gray- 

 ish or bluish gray beneath, 

 those of the shoots often spin- 



nn Fr "/"''•>/'™°''«'----. 11. Sinensis 



DD. It blm-sh or purplish black, 



bloomy: Ivs. usually grayish or 



bluish green, broadly obovate to 



oblong-obovate. 



<. E. Racemes short, usually S-7- 



fld.: branches slightly angu- 



lar: ovules slender-stalked.. . . 12, heteropoda 



EE. Racemes many-fld.. dense: 



branches terete: ovules short- 



BB. Fls. solitary'^lfsom.etimcs in few^ftd^^' '°*«8«"™» 

 umbels or in dense fascicles (in a 

 variety of No. 14 in 3-10-fld. short 

 racemes) . 



C. Lvs. always entire. 



D. Young branchlets glabrous: lvs 



not reticulate, generally obo- 

 vate, Yrl Vi in. long: fr. scar- 



let. rather dry 14. Thunbergii 



DD. 1 oung branchlets puberulous: 

 lvs. reticulate, generally ob- 

 lartceolate, \i~l in. long: fr. 



salmon-red, juicy 15 Wilsonw 



CC- Lvs. partly dentate, partly entire. ' ' 



D. Pedicels 'Ain. long: lvs. chalky 

 white beneath, not reticulate, 

 less than 1 in. long: fr. }4in. 



DD. Pf&eUliin:iong:-fls:nodding^^- •'''♦^P'^y'"' 

 lvs. glaucous beneath, reticulate, 

 more than 1 in. long: fr. nearly 

 y^m. long. . . . -17 |i:-„i,-„- 



AA. Foliage persistent or half-evergreen " """P^^na 



E. Lvs. entire. 



C. Shape of lvs. obovate or elliptic- fls 



solitary, long-pediceUed 'ig buxifolia 



CC. tihape of lvs. narrow-oblong to lin- 

 ear, revolute at the margin. 

 D. Fls. 1-2, long-pedicelled: lvs. lin- 



DD. pts^M-e: in pedu;nded umbels:'''- ^"P''"'""'' 

 BB. Lvs. de"''""-'''''"^ 20. stenophylla 



C. Fls. in fascicles or solitary. 



D. Lower surface of lvs. white or 

 glaucous, Yi-l in. long: fU. 1-2 



E. Branchlets angled, smooth. . . .21. concinna 

 EE. Branchlets terete, densely ver- 



DD. Lo«™":X-<^ /»..-,.ee„; ;?..-'^- '"'"-'o^" 

 several to many. 

 E. Shape of lvs. oblong to narrow- 

 lanceolate, with many teeth 

 F. Texture of lvs. rather thin; 

 lvs. usually about l-^in. 

 broad, indistinctly veined. 

 G. Pedicels slender, 1,^-1 in 

 long: fls. 3-8: lvs. with 

 8-20 teeth on each side: 

 n^ Jl;.''^f'^\''}<^^l^:bloomy. 23. Gagnepainii 

 GG. Pedicels M-\iin. long; 

 fls. many: lvs. with 5-12 

 teeth on each side: fr. 



jet-black 24 levis 



FF. Texture of lvs. thick and 

 firm; lvs. %-li4 in. 

 broad: fls. many; pedicels 



^^ Vhn °i"'"' J^'"- lo'Ka/fr. black. 25. Sargentiana 

 EE. Shape of lvs. roundish to ellip- 

 tic, with 3-6 teeth: fls. in 



CC FI, .J""'"' Blobose clusters 26. hakeoides 



CC. !■ Is. m racemes or panicles. 



D. Branches spiny; young branchlets 

 pubescent or puberulous: lvs. 

 always simple. 



E. Racemes simple. 



P. Ovary with long style: ha. 



green beneath. 



G. Branchlets puberulous: lvs. 



1-2 in. long: racemes 



shorter than lvs., 4-10- 



fi^ 27. ilicifolia 



BERBERIS 489 



GG. Branchlets hairy: lvs. J^ 

 / J-2 in. long : racemes 

 longer than lvs., many- 



™ n •"''■•.■; 28. Darwimi 



FF. Ovary with short style: 

 branchlets puberulous: lvs. 

 whitish beneath, t^2]/2 in. 



„ ^""S .'29. asiatica 



EE. Racemes compound: hs. obo- 

 vate-oblong, with few teeth 

 above the middle or entire, 1- 



aVi in. long 30. chitria 



DD. Branches spineless, glabrous: hs 

 occasionally 3-foliolate, half- 

 ''"^'■orcen 31. Neubertii 



1. vulgaris, Linn. Common Barberry Fie .5,38 

 From 4-8 ft. rarely 15: branches grooved, gray, upright 

 dentafe'"^ , '"'• "Wong-spatulat/or obovfte.'^seffie- 

 dentate pale or grayish green beneath, membranous, 

 1-Z m. long: racemes pendulous, many-fld.; fls. bright 

 yellow fr oblong-ovoid, scariet, finally purple. mIv 

 June: fr_Sept., Oct. Eu. to E. Asia; escaVfrom cuT: 

 tiire and naturahzed m E. N. Amer. Gn 3.5-264 — 

 Handsome in spring, with its golden yellow fls. and 

 light green foliage; and in fall, with its bright scariet 

 frs remaining through the whole winter. A very vari- 

 able species. Of the many garden 

 forms, the most effective is var. 

 atropurpiirea, Regel (var. purpiirea, f \^ 



Hort.., not Loud., which is a form Ui.^^/f"ff 



with purple fr.), with purple-colored lllll^^''r ^ 



lvs. (Gt. 9:278, 1); little different m\w.^w, 



IS var. macrophylla, Kew Bull. (B. \\WJ 

 vulgaris foUis purpiirea rmcrovhijlla 

 Paul & Sons), with *- a - 



larger lvs. of deep 



purple color. Other ,;«s^*!!(,„.,j. |ll|j|r / J'M 



varieties are: Var. ^^i««^^»^ liMy^tWm' 



albo-variegata, \ >^\\ W' ' 'M'S 



^abel, lvs. vane- \ "^^ItAm llT'^*.^'/'.' 

 gated with white, H;'Vl!jsSk>cr^'fi ' .<^M 

 rather small; Var. 

 a ti r e o - marginata, 

 Zabel, lvs. with yel- 

 low margin, rather 

 large; var. alba, 

 Don (var. leuco- 

 carpa, Hort.), white- .,„ „ , 



fruited; var as- "^- ^"''"'^ ™'ga"s. (X'S. Showing 

 penna, Don (var. the spines and foliage. 



HniiT'i H°rt.) seedless; var. dulcis. Loud. (var. edUU, 

 Hort' vpn ""^f^:^!- '<»*««. Don (var. xanlhocdrpa, 

 Hort.) yeUow-fruited; var. macrocarpa, Jaeger with 

 larger fr. The forms with black or purplish bfuefr as 

 var. n,^ra, Don, and var. inolacea, Don^lo not belong 

 here, but are either hybrids or belong to other spedes 



RelirThr""'*' ff^\ {B. vulgaris var. amuren^s, 

 Kegel) Three to 8 ft. : branches straight, gray, upright 

 grooved: lvs. cuneate, oblong or elliptic, df n.se v dl Itel 



trouste'neatf'^l^r'?'^*' ^""^ bright' green l^A\^ 

 trous beneath, 1-3 in. long: racemes upright or nodding, 

 b-12-fld., about a.s long as lvs.: fr. oblong-ovoid, scarlet 

 May: fr. Sept. Manchuria, N. China Gng T119 

 G. W. i, p. 413. See page 3566. 

 3. Regeliana, Koehne {B. vulg&ri.s var. iapdnica 



oLnneici not UG. B. Siehohhi, Hort., not Mio R 

 Hakodate, Hort.). Fig, 5.39. Upright shrub, to^6 It' 

 branches gray, grooved: lvs. elliptic-oblong and acute' 

 Tn J °?*i'' or obovate-oblong and obtusf, 1-2^ n 

 bng, setulose-dcntate, often rather densely so pafe or 



&m lext^r" ^"^ ^■'*'"'^'^' '^'■"''^*^ beneath o 

 l^w u- ■■''<=^m«'s upright or nodding, 6-12-fld 



L ^r*", "If u^ * ""^ '""S ^ '^«- ■■ fr. oblong-ovoid scarlet' 

 G F f'iu }'^T"\- May, June: fr. Sept., Oct ' JaS 

 G.l-. 3.249 (adapted in Fig, 539), A.G. 18:454. 



