BERBERIDEiE 



Flowers lemon-yellow, in erect racemes, 4-6 ins. long, in terminal clusters ; 

 Fruit a berry, bluish-purple. 



Leaves imparipinnate, 1 ft. or more long, leaflets usually 9, about 3 ins. 

 long, sessile, broadly cordate, or rotundate at base, oblique, spiny, coriaceous. 

 Autumn tint red. 



An evergreen shrub, 4-8 ft. ; Stems unbranched. 



Native of China and Japan ; introduced 1845. Syn. Mahonia japonica. 



ASH BARBERRY, Bcrbeiis nepalensis. 



Gardens. Best in South and West of England ; does well against a wall. 

 April, May. 



Floivers yellow, in a cluster of erect racemes ; Fruit a berry, ovoid or globose, 

 blue glaucous. 



Leaves imparipinnate, 1-2 ft. long, leaflets 5-12 pairs, 3 ins. x 1 in.; obovate- 

 oblong, cuspidate, obliquely cordate, repand-toothed, 5-10 spiny teeth on each 

 side, tricuspidate at apex, sessile, upper leaves often reduced to sheathing bracts. 



An evergreen shrub, 4-6 ft. 



Native of Nepaul ; introduced 1850; raised from seed supplied by the East 

 India Company. Syn. Mahonia nepaulensis. 



WALLICH'S BARBERRY, Berberis walUchiana. 



Gardens. A beautiful shrub, with brown branches and very dark green 

 foliage, turning a claret colour in winter. April — June. 



Floivers sulphur-yellow, in a drooping axillary cluster of 6-8, or more, flowers 

 on slender pedicels ; Fruit a berry, \ in. long, deep blue-black. 



Leaves in alternate fascicles, lanceolate, 3-4 ins. long, sharp prickly pointed, 

 finely serrated, spreading or recurved, rigidly coriaceous, rich green above, pale 

 shining below. Autumn tint claret. 



An evergreen shrub, 2-5 ft., at times up to 10 ft.; Branches brown; spines 



3-7 -fid, long, slender. 



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