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B. DICTYOPHVLLA, Franchet. 



(Dot. Mag., t. 78330 



A graceful, deciduous bush, free from down on leaf and twig ; with long, 

 slender branches, often sent up from the base as strong sucker growths, covered 

 at first with a glaucous bloom, afterwards brown. Leaves in small tufts ; each 

 tuft subtended by a stout, triple spine, as long or longer than the leaves ; 

 obovate, stalkless, green above, glaucous beneath, armed with a spiny tooth at 



BKKBERIS DICTYOPHYLLA. 



the apex, and usually with one to five more on each margin. Flowers very 

 short-stalked, one (rarely two) in each cluster of leaves ; to f in. in diameter, 

 of a soft, pale yellow. Berries bright red, egg-shaped. 



First discovered by the French missionary Delavay, in Yunnan, at 3000 ft. 

 altitude in 1886 ; introduced to France by the Abbe Farges from Szechuen. It 

 reached this country in 1897, when it was sent to Kew by M. Maurice de 

 Vilmorin. It blossoms regularly in May, and ripens seed from which new 

 plants can be raised. The leaves turn a beautiful warm red in autumn. 



