30 VI. BERBERIDACEjE [Berberis 



6. B. coriaria, Royle ; Bot. Register vol. xxvii. (1841) t. 46. Vern. 

 Tharmala, Chochar, Kambra, Narkanda, Bagi. 



A tall shrub, branches grey, rigid, spines generally trifid, i in. long, from a 

 broad base. Leaves thickly coriaceous, 1-3 in. long, upper side dark green, 

 with prominent whitish reticulate veins, under side pale green, shining, 

 lacunose when dry, oblanceolate or obovate, narrowed into a short petiole, the 

 upper half serrate, teeth large, spinescent. Racemes stiff, simple, sessile, longer 

 than leaves, pedicels in the axils of persistent, lanceolate, often serrate bracts, 

 with 2 minute lateral bracteoles. Berry ovoid, covered with thick white 

 bloom, purple when ripe. Stigma broad, flat, on a distinct style. 



North-West Himalaya, from Kulu to Kuinaun, 8,000-10,000 ft., extending into the 

 inner dry valleys. Abundant on the great ridge which separates the Sutlej and Tons 

 valleys, from Narkanda to Sungri. Fl. March-May. I call this remarkable species 

 B. coriaria out of deference to the authorities at Kew. The figure quoted has red 

 berries, stated to be without bloom, and it is very doubtful whether B. con'raria, "Roy le, 

 is this species. 



7. B. umbellata, "Wall. ; FL Brit. Ind. i. 110. 



Leaves more or less deciduous, obovate or oblanceolate, glaucous beneath, 

 sparingly serrulate. Fl. in umbelliform corymbs on a long naked peduncle, 

 berries ovoid-oblong, stigma flat, sessile. 



Himalaya 9,000-11,000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards. Fl. May- June. 8. E. virescens. 

 Hook, fil., Bot. Mag. t. 7116, Kashmir, Sikkim (9,000 ft.), Bhutan. Leaves small |-1| in., 

 fl. pale yellow or greenish-yellow, fasciculate or in few fid. racemes. Berry oblong, 

 scarlet, stigma nearly sessile. 



B. Peduncles fascicled, 1 flowered. 



9. B. Wallichiana, DC; Wall. PL As. Rar. t. 243. 



Evergreen. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, lanceolate, tufted, the arrested leaf, 

 bearing shoots often on the top of stout woody tuberculate branchlets up 

 to 1 in. long, spines 3-7 fid. Fascicles generally many-flowered, pedicels 

 slender. Berries ovoid, purple. 



Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards, 8,000-10,000 ft., Khasi hills, Manipur, Upper 

 Burma, Ruby Mines, and Southern Shan States at 4,000 ft. FL April, May. 1 0. B. 

 ulicina, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; Ladak, "Western Tibet, a small densely spiny shrub, 1-2 

 ft. high. Fl. on short peduncles, crowded. 



The following three species have solitary peduncles : 11. B. angulosa, Wall. ; 

 Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim (11,000-13,000 ft.). Leaves 1-1J in., usually quite entire, 

 peduncle longer than leaf, stout, curved, berry globose or broadly oblong, red, J-J in. 

 long. 12. B. macrosepala, Hook, fil., Inner Sikkim Himalaya, 12,000-13,000 ft. Leaves 

 obovate, spinulose-toothed, f-li in., berries J-f in., red, 6-10 seeded. 13. B. concinna, 

 Hook, fil., Garhwal, Knmaon, 9,000-13,000 ft. Interior valleys of Sikkim, 12,000-13,000 

 ft., a small much branched shrub, forming dense tufts or cushions. Leaves J-§ in., 

 obovate, spinous-toothed, white beneath, peduncles slender, exceeding the leaves. Fl. 

 bright orange, berries §-f in. 



14. B. insignis, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; Gamble List 5. 



A large shrub, resembling holly, differs from all Indian species of this 

 section by the leaves not being crowded on short arrested branchlets, but 

 separated by well developed internodes. Leaves lanceolate, rigidty coriaceous, 

 shining on both surfaces, with long spinescent teeth, 3-6 in. long ; secondary 

 nerves numerous, prominent beneath, copiously branching towards the edge. 

 Fl. golden-yellow, 3-20 in a fascicle, berries £ in., black. 

 Sikkim, 8,000-10,000 ft,, Bhutan, China. Fl. spring and autumn. 



