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Vase. Gen. I, 6 (1836) ; Spach, Hist. Veget. VIII, 29 (1839) ; 

 Meisner, 1. c. II, 7 (1843) ; Hooker & Thomson, Fl. Incl. I, 

 215 (1855) ; Agardh, Theor. Syst. PI. 138 (1858) ; Bentham 

 & Hooker, Gen. PI. I, pt. 1, 40 (1862), excl. trib. Lardizaba- 

 lecr; Eichxer in Martius, Fl. Brasil. XIII, pt. 1, 229 (1864); 

 Boissier, Fl. Orient. I, 98 (1867) ; Eichler, Bliitendiagram- 

 me II, 134 (1878). 

 Berberacece Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot. 29 (1836). 

 Herbae perennes vel suffrutices vel frutices, nunquam scandentes. 

 Folia alterna simplicia vel 1-3 ternatim decomposita vel 1-pinnata, 

 annua vel biennia, integra vel serrata, glabra vel pilosa in Berberide 

 ramorum turionum in spinas simplices vel palmatas transformantia. 

 Inflorescentia terminalis vel axillaris racemosa vel uniflora erecta vel 

 pendula bracteata. Flores pedicellati. Sepala trimera rarius tetramera 

 2-5 serialia, sed in Achlyde 0. Petala 4 vel 6, saspe calcarata, in 

 Achlyde 0. Stamina 4-9 libera. Antheras biloculares valvis 1-2 sur- 

 sum dehiscentes. Carpellum solitarium 1-loculare. Ovula ventrali- 

 affixa 2-serialia, vel 1-8 ex basi loculi ovarii erecta. Fructus cap- 

 sularis vel baccatus, et si capsularis alia vesicaria indehiscens, alia 

 bivalvatim dehiscens, alia sub apice rima horizontali vel obliqua de- 

 hiscens. In Caulophyllo tamen ovarium mox- evanescens et semina 

 globosa drupacea exposa. 



Genera 12 species circ. 200 in boreali-hemisphaerica incola. In Korea 

 species 8 generum 6 sunt indigents, qua; in sequenti modo inter sese 

 distinguendas sunt. 

 A. Herbae perennes. 



B. Folia simplicia utrinque emarginata. Scapi erecti uniflori 

 nucli. Flores violacei pulchri. Antheraj oblonga; valvis elonga- 

 tis binis sursum dehiscentes. Ovula & ventrali-pluriserialia. 

 Capsula fusiformes oblique dehiscens. 



Plagiorhegma dubium Maximowicz. 



B. Folia decomposita. 



C. Ovarium post anthesin emarcidum ita semina mox exposa 

 in quoque pedicello 1-3 stipitata. Folia ternato-pinnata. 

 Inflorescentia paniculata vel corymboso-paniculata. Foliola 

 integra vel lobata. Rhizoma repens crassum. 



