BERBERIDE^E 



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Leaves simple, cauline, alternate, stipulate, petiolate, glabrous, 

 spinous-serrate with the spines directed alternately upwards and 

 downwards forming two rows ; petioles filiform, slender, reddish, 

 glabrous, dilated and amplexicaul at the base ; stipules minute, 

 nearly wholly adnate to the sheath of the petiole. 



No. 1. Ovate, cordate, obtuse. 



No. 2. Eeniform. 



No. 3. Broadly cordate, obtuse. 



Nos. 4-6. Cordate, obtuse. 



No. 7. Small, rotund-cordate. 



Berberis concinna, Hook. f. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, 8-5-4 mm. long, yellowish- 

 green. 



Cotyledons oval or oblong, 

 slightly emarginate, fleshy, 

 petiolate, with short broadish 

 petioles, glabrous, dull green ; 

 midribwith numerous ascend- 

 ing branched veinlets, similar 

 to the venation in the leaves. 



First leaves opposite, 

 ovate, or subrotund, spiny, 

 shining green above, glau- 

 cous-green below, otherwise 

 as in the preceding species. 



Berberis sibirica, Pall. 



Hypocotyl very similar 

 to that of B. Aquifolium. 



Cotyledons very similar 

 to those of B. concinna. The 

 emarginate character is at 

 first very slight or altogether 

 wanting. 



Stem erect, terete, herb- 

 aceous, ultimately woody ; 

 1st and 2nd internodes but 

 slightly developed; 3rd 3-4 

 mm. in length ; 4th exceed- 

 ingly short. 



First leaves very similar to those of B. vulgaris. 



FIG. 144. Podophyllum Emodi. Nat. size. 



