TREES AND SHRUBS 



Sepals 9-15, petaloid, in 3 whorls; outer small, spreading; intermediate 

 orbicular, concave; inner obovate-cuneate, erect, inserted on fleshy thalamus; 

 Si a mens 8-9 ; Fruit a berry. 



Leaves alternate, 8 ins. long, oblong-cordate, obtuse or acute, spiny-toothed, 

 glabrous, coriaceous, dark green ; petioles long. 



An evergreen climbing shrub, 5-10 ft. 



Introduced from Chili, 1862. Generic name from Berberis, the Barberry, 

 and opsis, like = resembling the Barberry. 



COMMON BARBERRY, Berberis vulgaris. 



Copses, hedges, gardens. The flowers, foliage, and fruit are all handsome. 

 May, June. 



Flowers golden yellow, sub-globoid, almost bell-shaped, J— i in. diam., 

 protandrous; in a pendulous raceme of 15-20, or more, flowers, terminating 

 the dwarf shoots ; pedicels short ; bracts short ; triangular ; Sepals 6, in 2 

 whorls, petaloid, 2-3 minute bractlets ; Petals 6, in 2 whorls, orange-coloured, 

 nectaries at base ; Stamens 6, hypogynous, filaments irritable, anthers dehisc- 

 ing by valves, which open upwards ; Ovary superior, 1 -celled, stigma sessile, 

 broad, sub-peltate, green ; Fruit a berry, oblong, £ in. long, orange-scarlet, 

 1-2 seeded ; excellent for preserves, candy or pickle. 



Leaves alternate, tufted, obovate or oblong-ovate, attenuated below, obtuse, 

 spinose-serrate or dentate, glabrous, thin, dark polished green, paler beneath, 

 1-1 £ in. long; petiole short. Autumn tints red and yellow. 



A deciduous shrub, 4-7 ft. ; Branches grey-white to grey-brown ; Twigs 

 tawny or grey, bright yellow inside ; Dwarf shoots in axils of 3-7 fid tawny 

 yellowish spines, which are modified leaves ; Buds short, obtuse, scales 

 brown ; Wood yellow ; inner bark gives yellow dye for tanning. 



Native of England, naturalised in Scotland and Ireland. Fungoid Pests — 

 Barberry Leaf Mildew (MicrospJwera Berberidis), Barberry Cluster Cups 

 (jEcidium Berberidis). 



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