Berberis.] ploha indica. 227 



anihium coriaceo-carnoaum. Petala bifida. Stamina breviuscula. BacccE nigrse, 

 \ unc. longse, pulposoe, stylo brevissimo, stigmate parvo, 3-4-sperm8e, carne aureo. 



A native of the lofty damp forests of Sikkim and East Nepal, where it forms a 

 most beautiful evergreen bush, with leaves closely resembling those of holly, and 

 clusters of pale golden blossoms. The rarity of spines, terete branches, solitary 

 and very large leaves, are all remarkable characters, but no doubt susceptible of 

 great modifications by climate, of which wo have indications in the occasional deve- 

 lopment of 3-7 -fid spines, and in the leaves becoming smaller, with a tendency to be 

 fasciculate, in the drier more northern valleys. The leaf-spines, too, which are ge- 

 nerally divergent from the margin, sometimes point upwards towards the apices of 

 the leaves which then strongly resemble those of B. Wallichiana, var. 7. 



There are leaves of a Javanese species in Herb. Hook, much resembling this, but 

 they are broader, more membranous, finely toothed, rather glaucous beneath, and re- 

 ticulated above. 



9. B. ulicina (H.f. et T.) ; fruticiilus glaucus robustus horridus, 

 spinis validis 3-partitis basi latis, foliis fasciculatis spinis eequilongis 

 lineaii-lanceolatis cuneatis obovatisve pungentibus marginibus incras- 

 satis, floribus parvis brevissime pedicellatis dense congestis, ovaviis sub- 

 glandulosis, ovulis 4, baccis parvis. 



Hab. In Tibetia occidentali; Nubra, in petrosis aridis, alt. 14- 

 16,000 ped.!— (PI. Jul. Aug.; fr. Sept.) [v. v.) 



Fruticulus 1-2-pedalis, TJlicem referens, conferte foliosus et creberrime spinosus, 

 glaucescens, ramis strictis crassis, cortice rufo-brunneo. Spinm rigidsc, validse, pa- 

 tentcs, basi elongata crassa subdilatata. Volia J-poUicaria, valde coriacea, rigida, 

 conferta, omnia conformia, utrinqne uni-bispinuloso-dentata v. rarius lobata. Flores 

 inter folia densissime fasciculati, parvi, vix i-poUicarcs, aurautiaco-flavi. Petala 

 bifida. Stamina brevia. Ovarium obscure glandulosum, 4-ovulatum. Bacem breviter 

 pedicellatte, nigrse, glaucse ; stigmate sessili ; seminibns 1—4. 



A very remarkable-looking little species, and by far the most alpine of any ; it is 

 also the smallest leaved and flowered, most rigid, woody, and densely armed of any 

 Indian species. All our specimens are very uniform in appearance. The branches 

 are clothed throughout their whole length with spines, flowers, and leaves. 



§ 3. Pedicelli solitarii, rarissime bini, unijlori, rarissime biflori; sepala 

 exterio?'a majuscula, interdum interioribus majora. 



10. B. angulosa (Wall. Cat. 1475 ! in parte); ramis sulcatis no- 

 vellis puberulis, spinis 3-5-fidis, foliis parvis obovatis obovato-lanceo- 

 latisve ariatatis integerrimis v. sinuato-dentatis marginibus incrassatis 

 minute puberulis, pedicellis validis curvis foliis longioribus, floribus 

 majusculis nutantibus, sepalis exterioribus interiora sequantibus, baccis 

 5_7.spermis, stigmate sessili v. stylo brevi. 



/3. pedicellis"fasciculatis interdum S-floris. 

 Hab. In Himalaya temperata; Nipal, Wallich! Sikkim, 11-13,000 

 ped. !— /3. Sikkim, alt. 10,000 ped. !— (PI. Jun. Jul. ; fr. Sept.) (u.».) 



Trutex 4-podalis, e basi ramosus ; ramis strictis elongatis rigidis patulis foliosis, 

 ramulis crassis sajpe pubescentibus uovellis subtomentosis ; spinis 3-5-fidis, interdum 

 dorso puberulis, gracilibus, foliis longioribus brevioribusve. Folia l-lJ-poUicaria, 

 fasciculata, sessilia, obovata, coriacea sed non crassa, plerumque integerrima, nunc 

 spinuloso-sinuata v. dentata, apice rotuudata, apiculata, superne opaca, papillis mini- 

 mis puherula, subtus subuitida, costa prominula, nervis subparallelis. Pedicelli soli- 

 tarii (in var. /3 fasciculati et interdum divisi), validi, glanduloso-puberuli. Flores 

 maiusculi, flavi. Sepala exteriora ampla. Petala sepalis pauUo minora, Integra. 



