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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



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 B. vulgaris, 

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

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

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

 vuli;aris ; fruit smaller and much shorter. Stern and roots 

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

 in the Alleghany Mountains, Virginia and Carolina, Tenessee, 

 and Georda. {Tor, and Gray.) Introduced into England in 

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

 this description in British gardens. 



^ 8. B. sine'nsis Deaf. The Chinese Berberry. 



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

 Dec. Prod., l.p.lOG.: Don's Mill., 1. p. 115. 



Srinonijme. B. vulgaris Thunb. Jap.], p. 146. 



Engravings. Oar figs. 62. ami 63. from a spe- 

 cimen in Uie Hort. Soc. Garden. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Spines 3-parted. 

 Leaves oblong, obtuse, entire, or 

 the lower ones a little tootiied. 

 Racemes many-flowered, nodding. 

 (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub .p 

 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 Berberis iberica, 



61. E. (v.) ca ad/nsis 



llUbtiris sinellMS. 



65. Birheris i\ninMS, nac. ilze. 



