BER'BERIS DULCIS. 
SWEET-FRUITED BERBERRY. 
<_—e oR DICOTYLEDONE 2. 
Natural division 
to which tr 
this Plant ae, 
NATURAL ORDER, BERBERIDACEZ. 
THAJ.AMIFLOR2, mee divisions 
OF 0 which 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant belongs 
No. 42, 
GENUS. Berseris. Linnevs. Sepsta 6 squamis 3 extus stipata. Pr- 
rata 6 intus biglandulosa. Stamrna edentnla. Bacca 2-3perma. Semr- 
na 2, rarius 3 ad basin seteretiiae — erecta, aongs testa crustacea, albu- 
ine carnoso, cotyledonibus f cap itell lata. 
DeEcanDoLue Pro dromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, Pars. L p. 104, 
HEXANDRIA, 
MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
SPECIES. Berrseris putcis. Don. Fruticosa ramosa,ramis flexuosis 
triangularis piloso-pubescentibus. Foxits oblongo-ellipticis apice spinoso mu- 
cronatis margine cartilagineis: caulinis longe petiolatis: axillis confertis 
breve petiolatis, petiolis piloso-pubescentibus. FLorisus solitariis longe ped- 
unculatis pendulis. David Don, in Sweet’s British Flower Garden, 2nd. Se- 
ries, Folio 100. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, BERBERIS. SEPALS six, supported 
on the outside by 3 scales. Prtaus 6, having each two glands on the 
inside. STameEns toothless. Berry 2-3 seeded. Sxreps 2, rarely 3, 
attached laterally at the base of the seed-vessel, erect, oblong, with a 
crustaceous testa, and fleshy albumen ; cotyledons leafy, wpe ey Ta- 
dicle long, capitellate at the top, 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, BERBERIS DULCIS. A SHRUB, 
Stem much branched, 4-10 feet high; branches flexuose, sharply trian- 
gular, joints tumid; bark brown, glossy, and thickly clothed with 
short hair. Sprves 3-5, united at the base, and closely attached to 
the fasciculi of leaves. Leaves elliptico-oblong, occasionally lance- 
olate, terminating in a sharp point, attenuated downwards, with a 
cartilaginous margin, veins much branched, of a bright shining green 
on the upper side, paler beneath ; arranged in tufts or fasciculi along 
the stem; of variable size, some being broad, others narrower, sur- 
rounded at the base by several brown ovate scales. Stem-leaves on 
the young growing shoots, possessed of very long foot-stalks, dilated 
at the base. Prrroxes thickly beset with short hairs, seated on small 
EFERENCE TO THE DissEcTIONS. 
J, An outer sepal, 2, An inner sepal, 3,Apetal. 4, A stamen. 
