Berberis.] flora indica. 225 



crasse coriacea, |-3 unc. longa, aristata v. apice iuermi, vane grosse spinulosO-den- 

 tata V. integerrima, subtus glauca, alba, sicco utrinque pallida. Flores parvuli, ^— ^ 

 uuc. diametro, ia eodem ramulo fascioalati et corymboso-racemosi, fascicnlis race- 

 misve foliis brevioribus, pediceUis rubris glaueisve rigidis i-1-pollicaribus. Stamina 

 ut in B. mlgari. Baccm rubra; v. nigrae, glaucEe v. nitidse, magnitudiae varise, stylo 

 distincto stigmateque discoideo terminatte. 



Tbough difficult to defiDe by words, this species may be distinguisbed in all states 

 from B. aristata by its pale bark, smaller, often 5 -fid spines, extremely bard, coria- 

 ceous, strongly nerved and reticulated leaves, that are lacunose on the surface, pale 

 and very glaucous below, and by the much shorter racemes or fascicles of more nu- 

 merous flowers. 



B. Asiatica affects dry rocky places, seldom attaining a great elevation, and is 

 found neither in Sikkim, the Khasia, nor the peninsula, whereas it abounds on the 

 summit of Parasnath in Bahar, and occurs in the dry Himalayan valleys of Bhotau 

 and Nepal, and thence westward to Afghanistan, though we have seen no specimens 

 from the counti-y between the Indus and Satlej. The berries are often large and 

 eatable. 



6. B. Lycium (Eoyle ! El. 64) ; spinis mediocribus trifidis, foliis 

 anguste v. obovato-lanceolatis integerrimis v. spinoso-dentatis pungen- 

 tibus pallidis subtus glaucis, floribus corymboso-racemosis, pediceUis 

 eiongatis, baccis ovoideis stylo distincto. — Boyle, in Linn. Soc. Trans. 

 xvii. 94. 



Hab. In apvicis Himalayae subtropicse et temperatse vulgaris : Garh- 

 wal, 3500 ped., Boyle! Str. et Wint.! Simla, 3-9000 ped. ! Jamu, 

 3-4000 ped.! Kishtwar, 2500-9000 ped.! Kashmir, 5000 ped.; Marri, 

 'Fleming! — (Fl. Apr. Mai.; fr. Jun. Jul.) {v. w.) 



Fruticulus rigidus, raraulis virgatis, cortice pallido. Folia 6-8 fasciculata, 1^2^- 

 poUicaria, ^ vix 4 poll, lata, pallida, laxe veuosa, subtus glauca, plerumque integer- 

 rima, pungentia, rarius varie spinuloso-dentata. Bacemi saepius folio longiores, rnul- 

 tiflori, longe pedunculati, erecti v. nutantes, demum penduli, pedicelli elongati, soli- 

 tarii v. fasciculati. Fructus violaceus, glaucus, 2-4-spermus. 



This is a very distinct-looking form, of which we have a profusion of specimens 

 from all the localities indicated. It frequents sunny places at elevations between 

 2500 and 9000 feet, whence the specimens at the lowest elevations are often fruit- 

 ing whilst those at the upper are in flower. The narrow, entire, not lacunose 

 leaves, pale colour, and copious small flowers, well distinguish it from the ordinary 

 state of B. Asiatica ; but there are states with broader, more coriaceous, and more 

 reticulated leaves, that are difficult of discrimination. Other states resemble forms 

 of B. aristata, var. micrantlm, and still others the B. vulgaris, var. Cretica, from 

 which, however, the style and stigma always distinguish it. The broader, paler 

 leaves chiefly (in the absence of fruit) distinguish it from the B. Ckinensis. B. co- 

 riacea, Royle, mss., which we have included under B. aristata, var. ^, floribunda, 

 may be referable to this, but we are inclined to think not. 



§ 2. Pedicelli fasciculati, uni/lori {vide B. Asiaticam in § 1). 



7. B. Wallichiana (DC. Prodr. i. 107) ; sempervirens, spinis gra- 

 cilibus 8-5-fidis, foliis fasciculatis late orbiculari- v. oblongo-elliptieis 

 lanceolatisve utrinque acuminatis varie grosse spinuloso-serratis utrin- 

 que lucidis, pediceUis plurimis aggregatis brevibus, bacca stigmate sub- 

 sessili terminata. 



a. atroviridis ; ramulis angulatis, foliis H-4-pollicaribus lanceo- 

 latis V. anguste obovatis spinuloso-serratis. — B. atroviridis, Wall. mss. 



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