HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Pepliy. 101 



BE'RBERIS.' Barberry. 



B. vulgaris. Common B. Thorns three- cleft. Clusters 

 hanging down. Leaves inversely egg-shaped-oblong, 

 with bristly serratiires. Petals entire. E. B. 49. 

 Spina acida, sive Oxyacantha. G. E. 1325. 



Hedges. * * Medley. Sb. Walls of Godstow Nunnery. R. W. 

 (Bagley Wood.) Between Middleton Stoney, and Ardley. Bx. 

 Shrub. May. 



Ls. deciduous, stalked, first Is. inversely egg-shaped, between saw- 

 toothed, and fringed. Secondary Is. oblong, saw-toothed, in 

 pairs. Fl. yellow, sometimes streaked with orange. J3err. red. 

 Stam. irritable near the base. If the filaments be touched, the 

 anth. immediately approach the stigm., and will burst to throw 

 out the pollen or dust. The irritability may be successfully 

 shewn, by touching the fil. with a pin, or needle. 

 Ls. acid. Berr. boiled w^itli sugar an agreeable preserve. In- 

 fusion of the bark in wMte wine purgative. The roots dye wool, 

 and leather yellow. The inner bark of the stem dyes linen a fine 

 yellow. Ls. of the barberry supposed, but without any good 

 reason, to occasion blight in corn, by the minute seeds of a para- 

 sitic fungus, ^cidium Berberidis,^ being conveyed from its Is. to 

 the corn. 



PEPLIS. Purslane. 



P. Portula. TVater P. Petals wanting', or scarcely 

 visible. Leaves opposite, inversely egg-shaped, stalked. 

 E. B. 1211. C. 4. 27. Alsine rotundifolia, sive 

 Portulaca aquatica. G. E. 614. 



Watery places, gravelly, sandy, or heathy soil. * Southleigh Heath, 

 Ensham Heath, Nettlebed. Sb. Clay-pit, N. E. corner of 

 Shotover Hill. (Bagley Wood.) B.i: 



An. July. 



Stems prostrate, a few inches long, resting in the mud, sometimes 

 floating, square, smooth, leafy. Fl. small, axillary, stalkless, 

 reddish. PeiJ. often wanting. i^z7. pinky red . Z/s. crowded at 

 the extremity. 



( Oxyria reniformis. Kidney -shaped Mountain Sorrel. 

 Rumex digynus. E. B. 910. Walls at Tortworth, 

 Gloucestershire. Tur.) 



1 Name Arabic. 



2 A very different fungus from that which is found on the stems and leaves 

 of wheat, &c. Bx. 



