06 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



A. Branches reddish brown or brown ; fruit coral-red. AMERICAN 

 BARBERRY (1(>) Berberis canadonsis. 



* Leaves thin, deciduous, usually without notches. 



B. Branches reddish brown; flowers orange-yellow in racemes; 

 fruit dark blue. (C.) 



C. Flowers and fruit pendulous. TURKESTAN BARBERRY Ber- 

 beris heteropoda. 

 C. Flowers and fruit erect. PERSIAN BARBERRY : Berberis in- 



tege'rrima. 



B. Branches brown, grooved ; flowers pale yellow, nearly solitary 

 (1-3) ; fruit bright red ; leaves small (-H inches long), spatu- 

 late ; low dense shrub, 2-4 feet. THUNBERG'S JAPANESE BAR- 

 BERRY (12) Berberis Thunbergii. 



* Leaves thick, small (J-l inch long), usually entire and about ever- 



green. (D.) 



D. Flowers solitary on long stems, orange ; fruit blackish purple. 

 BOX-LEAVED BARBERRY (17) Berberis buxifolia. 



D. Flowers (2-6) in umbels ; leaves with rolled edges, small Q-lj 

 inches). SMALL-LEAVED BARBERRY Berberis stenophylla. 



* Leaves holly-like, spiny-toothed. (E.) 



E. Flowers in simple racemes, orange-yellow. HOLLY-LEAVED BAR- 

 BERRY (18) Berberis ilicifolia. 



E. Flowers in compound racemes. (F.) 



F. Leaves with many spiny teeth. BEARDED BARBERRY (10) 



Berberis aristata. 



F. Leaves with few large strong spines. JAMESON'S BARBERRY 

 Berberis Jamesoni. 



KEY TO THE BARBERRIES WITH COMPOUND 

 EVERGREEN LEAVES. MAHONIA. 



* Leaves almost without stalk below the blades. (A.) 



A. Blades 3-7, thick, dull and whitish. FREMONT'S MAHOXIA 



Mahonia Fremonti. 

 A. Blades 5-17, thick, dark green, shiny, with few teeth ; height 2-3 



feet. MAHONIA (20) Mahonia pinnata. 

 A. Blades 9-13, large (2-5 inches long) ; height 5-10 feet. JAPAN 



M UIONIA (15) Mahonia japonica. 



A. Blades 5-25, smaller, rigid with fewer teeth ; height 4-6 feet. 

 NEPAUL MAHONIA Mahonia nepale"nsis. 



* Leaves decidedly stalked below the blades. (B.) 



B. Hlades rounded or square at base. (C.) 



