Berberidecz Berber is. 31 



about 5 long spiny teeth, and a terminal one, the lowest pairs 

 close to the base of the petiole. A handsome shrub with 



Fig. 23. Berbcris rcpcns. (J nat. size.) 



foliage of a yellowish green tint, bearing terminal clusters of 

 racemes of yellow flowers in early Spring. B. Japonica, a 

 slightly different form with narrower leaves and longer slender 

 racemes, belongs to this species. B. intermedia is another 

 name of this variety. A native of Japan. 



10. B. Fortunei. Leaflets about 7, linear-lanceolate, distant, 

 with numerous small spiny teeth, lower pair remote from the 

 base of the petiole. flowers small, yellow, in terminal 

 clustered racemes. A native of China. 



B. pinnata, syn. fascicularis, and B. Nepalensis are rarer 

 species, the former from Mexico. The latter is very near B. 



Bealii. 



2. BERBERIDOPSES. 



A genus of a single species of climbing habits. Sepals and 

 petals 9 to 15 ; outer small, spreading, intermediate, orbicular, 

 concave ; inner obovate-cuneate, erect, inserted upon the 

 fleshy torus. Stamens 8 or 9, free ; anthers dehiscing longi- 

 tudinally. Ovary 1 -celled, with 3 parietal placentas. Name 

 from Berberis, and o^ts", resemblance. 



1. B. corallma. Leaves about 3 inches long, alternate* 



