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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. Berberis repens. (4 nat. size.) 
foliage of a yellowish green tint, bearing terminal clusters of 
racemes of yellow flowers in early Spring. B. Juponieu, 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. Fortiinei.— 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. pinnita, syn. fasciewlaris, and B. Nepalénsis ave rarer 
species, the former from Mexico. The latter is very near B. 
Béealii. 
2. BERBERIDOPSIS. 
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 Bérberis, and éyus, resemblance. 
1. B. corallina.—Leaves about 3 inches long, alternate, 
