BERBERIDEiE 



HOLLY-LEAVED BARBERRY, Berberis AgmfoUum. 



Gardens, banks, woodlands. Grows well under trees, and is an excellent 

 covert plant. It is very useful for beds in winter, its dark shining leaves 

 looking all the brighter after rain. In a poor dry soil and rather exposed 

 it will colour most brilliantly. March — May. 



Flowers orange-yellow ; Racemes crowded, nearly erect, 4 ins. long, pedicels 

 \—h in. ; bracteate and bracteolate ; Fruit a berry, globular, large, dark purple, 

 with glaucous bloom, 1-2 seeds. 



Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 7-9, ovate, slightly cordate at base, approxi- 

 mate, sessile except the terminal, distantly spinescent, serrated, coriaceous, 

 dark green, shiny, petioles vinous red ; leaves rosy in spring, purplish, bronze, 

 or crimson in winter. 



An evergreen shrub, 3-8 ft. 



Introduced from Western N. America, 1823. Also called Ash Barberry. 

 Syn. Mahonia aquifolia. 



BOX-LEAVED BARBERRY, Berberis buxifolia. 



Gardens. This is one of the prettiest of the deciduous species. April, 

 May. 



Flowers deep yellow, fragrant, solitary and axillary, on long slender 

 peduncles. Fruit a berry, blue-black. 



Leaves nearly sessile, simple, resembling Box, ovate or oblong, spiny 

 pointed, toothless, coriaceous, dull dark green above, glaucous beneath, veins 

 indistinct, h in. long, older leaves obovate, toothed. 



A sub-evergreen shrub, 5-8 ft. ; erect, straggling, tripartite spines on old 

 bushes, longer than leaves. 



Introduced from Chili (Strait of Magellan), 1828. Often called B. dulcis. 



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