112 ON SEEDLINGS 



lamina ; joint swollen ; stipules adnate to the petioles with a 

 small, subulate, acute, free point. 



No. 1. Eeniform, cuspidate, minutely spinous-serrulate. 



No. 2. Reniform, cuspidate, finely spinous-serrate, five-nerved 

 at the base, 



Nos. 3 and 4. Cordate, finely spinous-serrate, five-nerved at the 

 base. 



No. 5. (In a second specimen) unequally bi-foliolate ; terminal 

 leaflet obliquely ovate, spinous-serrate ; lateral leaflet obliquely 

 oblong- ovate, obtuse, cut away from the base of the terminal 

 one. 



No. 6. Trifoliolate ; terminal leaflet oval, spinous-serrate ; lateral 

 leaflets obliquely ovate, spinous-serrate. 



Subsequent forms are three- to five-foliolate ; lateral leaflets 

 oblong, ovate, acute, spinous-serrate ; terminal leaflet oblong-cor- 

 date, or simply ovate, acute, spinous-serrate. 



Ultimate leaves three- to nine-foliolate ; lateral leaflets obliquely 

 ovate, cut away on the upper side at the base ; terminal one ovate ; 

 all spinous-serrate with slightly repand teeth. 



Berberis erecta, Auct. ? 



Hypocotyl similar to that of B. Aquifolium. 



Cotyledons subsessile, 1*25-1'5 cm. long, 4-5 mm. broad, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse and emarginate, alternately and ascendingly nerved, 

 glabrous, thin, coriaceous, dull dark green on the upper side, lighter 

 and shining beneath. 



Stem firm, terete, glabrous, brownish green, internodes very 

 short. 



Leaves, Nos. 1-10. Alike, simple, cauline, alternate, petiolate, 

 alternately nerved and reticulate, glabrous, coriaceous, deep green 

 above, paler beneath ; margin spinous-serrate ; petioles slender, 

 wiry, more or less sheathing at the base or stipulate. 



Berberis vulgaris, L., var. sulcata. 



Hypocotyl as in B. Aquifolium, 1 cm. to 2-5 cm. above the 

 soil. 



Cotyledons oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, shortly petiolate, 1'25 cm. 

 long, 6 mm. broad ; petiole 1 5 mm. long. 



Stem woody, erect, terete, glabrous, thickened at the nodes, pale 

 green suffused with red ; internodes very irregularly developed ; 

 first three to nine undeveloped : in specimen described first three 

 undeveloped ; 4th internode 5*5 mm. long ; 5th 1 cm. ; 6th 4-5 

 mm. ; 7th-10th undeveloped. 



