VI. BERBERA^'CEJE : BE'RBERIS. 



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(Doit's Mill.) A deciduous shrub, crowded with shoots. Crete, Candia, 

 and, perhaps, Japan. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flo wits 

 yellow ; May and June. Berries ovate, black ; ripe in September. De- 

 caying leaves whitish yellow. Naked young wood also whitish. 



The leaves are produced without any obvious order ; they are small, and in 

 their shape they resemble those of the narrow- leaved variety of the common 

 box. The berries are ovate, black, 2-seeded, more astringent than acid ; 

 stigma on a very short style. 



ffi 5. B. (v.) crat.e'gina Dec. The Crataegus-like Berberry. 



Identification. Dec. Syst., 2. p. 9.; Don's 



Mill., l.p. 116. 

 Eiigraving. Our Jig. .59. from a specimen 



in the Hort. Soc. Garden. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Spines simple. 

 Leaves oblong, reticulated, 

 hardly serrated. Racemes 

 many-flowered, crowded, 



spreading, scarcely longer 

 than the leaves. {Don\ Mill.) 

 A deciduous glaucous-leaved 

 shrub. Asia Minor. Height 

 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 

 1823. Flowers yellow ; May 

 and June. Berries red ; ripe 

 in September. 



Distinguished from all the 

 other species, by the leaves being 

 long, flaccid, entirely glaucous, 



or whitish. Young shoots brown. *9- DfyiirU craUeWna, nat. size. 



A plant bearing this name in the Horticultural Society's Garden is 5 ft. 

 high, with the leaves much longer than those of B, vulgaris ; serrated, as in 

 tWat species, and decidedly glaucous. In other respects we can see no 

 difference. 



Sfe 6. B. ibe'rica Stev. The Iberian Berberry. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 1. p. 115. ; and Lindl., Pen. Cyc, 4, p. 61. 

 Synonymcs. B. vulgaris ? v. iberica Dec. Si/st. 2. p. 6. ; B sinensis Wal. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 26., as B. sinensis ; and onr^fig. GO. 



Sjjec. Chrtr,, Sfc. Spines simple, and .3-parted ; leaves obovate- 

 oblong, quite entire. Racemes many-flowered ; petals entire. 

 (DoiCs Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Iberia. Height 3 ft. to 

 5ft. Introduced in 1790. Flowers yellow; May and June. 

 Berries dark purple ; ripe in September. Decaying leaves yel- 

 lovvi.-,h red. Naked young wood reddish yellow. 



Readily distinguished from the common berberry by its smaller 

 and smoother leaves, its red shoots, and its almost upright racemes ; 

 and from B. sinensis by the leaves being comparatively entire. 



^ 7. B. canade'nsis Mill. The Canadian Berberry. 



Identification. Pursh's FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 219. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 106. ; Don's Mill , 1. p. 115. 



Tor. and Gray, 1. p. .50. 

 Synnnymes. B. vulgaris Mx. Fl. Bor. Amer.. 1. p. 205.; B. vulgaris var. canadensis 'fart^w'* 



Mill., no. \. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 63. ; and onrfig. 61. after that author. 



Spec. Char.,Sfc. Branches verrucose, dotted, with short triple spines ; leaves 

 spatulate, oblong, remotely serrate, with somewhat bristly teeth ; racemes 

 sub-corymbose, few-flowered ; petals emarginate ; berries subglobose, or 

 oval. (Tor. and Gray.) A deciduous shrub. Canada to Georgia. Height 

 2ft. to 3ft., in England 5ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers yellow; 



