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BE'llBERIS* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. Hexa'ndria f, Moncgy'nia. 



Natural Order. Berberi'det:, Vent. — Lindl. Syn. p. 14. ; In- 

 trod. to Nat. Syst. p. 30. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 469. — Loud. Hort. 

 Brit. p. 497. — Berberides, Juss. Gen. FI. p. 286. — Sm. Gram, 

 of Bot. p. 154. — Rosales; Subord. Rhveadoste ; Sect. Ranun- 

 culiNvE ; Subsect. Berberiana-: ; Type, Berbekaceas ; Burn. 

 Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 784, 828, 829, & 831. 



Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, of 6 spreading, concave, coloured, 

 deciduous sepals ; the 3 outer ones the smallest. Corolla of 6 

 roundish egg-shaped, concave, spreading petals, opposite to the 

 sepals, each with 2 oblong, more deeply coloured, probably 

 nectariferous glands at the base (fig. 2.). Filaments (fig. 3.) 6, 

 strap-shaped, flattened, blunt, opposite to the petals, but shorter, 

 attached to the base of each. Anthers of 2 separate lobes, on the 

 opposite edges of the summit of the filament, each opening by a 

 valve, from the bottom upwards. Germen (fig. 4.) superior, cylin- 

 drical, as long as the stamens. Style none. Sliyma single, round 

 and flat, broader than the germen, acutely bordered, permanent. 

 Berry (fig. 6.) oblong, blunt, of one cell, pulpy, opening at the top. 

 Seeds (fig. 7.) 2 or 3, oblong, cylindrical, upright, attached by short 

 stalks to the lower part of the cell. 



The calyz of 6 sepals ; the inferior corolla of 6 petals ; and the 

 2 or 3 seeded berry ; will distinguish this from other genera in the 

 same class and order. 



One species British. 



BE'RBERIS VULGA'RIS. Common Barberry. Pipperidge-bush. 



Spec. Char. Thorns 3-c.eft. Clusters pendulous. Leaves in- 

 versely egg-shaped, oblong, with bristly serratures. Petals entire. 



Engl. Bot. t. 49.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 471. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 137. — 

 Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 387. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 184. Tracts on Natural History, 

 p. 165. — Woodv. Med. Bot. Suppl. t. 234. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 450. — Gray’s 

 Nat. Arr. v. ii. p.708. — Lindl. Syn. p. 14. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 150. — Lightf. FI. 

 Scot. v. i. p. 178. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 108. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 80. — Purt. 

 Midi. FI. v. i. p. 180. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 145. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 

 111. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 82. — FI. Devon, pp. 63 & 192. — Johnst. FI. Berw. 

 v. i. p. 81. — Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. viii. t. 378. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 101. — 

 Petry’s PI. Varvic. Select®, p. 32. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 2. — Mack. Catal. of PI. 

 eflrel. p. 34. — Berberis dumetorum, Ra> ’s Syn. p. 465. — Spina acida, sive 

 oxyacantha, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1325. 



Localities. — In woods, and hedges, and on bushy calcarious hills. — Oxford- 

 shire ; Medley: Dr. Sibtiiorp. In hedges by the road side between Middle- 

 ton Stony and Ardley: plentiful : July 22, 1831, W. B. Abundant in a hedge 

 that divides Bucknell-neld from that of Ardley : Rev. W. Baker, M. A. About 

 Great Chesterton and Bucknell : Mr. G. Woodward. On the walls of God- 

 stow Nunnery: Rev. R. Walker. — Berks ; In ,Bagley Wood: 1834. W. B. 

 In a hedge in the Vineyard Piece, near Cumner: Mrs. King. — Bedfordshire ; 

 Clapham Lane, and Milton Ernys : Rev. C. Abbot. — Cambridgesh. Chester- 



Fig. 1. A Petal. — Fig. 2. Inside view of a Petal, showing the 2 nectariferous 

 glands at its base. — Fig. 3. Stamens, Germen, and Stigma. — Fig. 4. Germen 

 and Stigma. — Fig. 5. A single Stamen. — Fig. 6. A Cluster of Berries. — Fig. 7. 

 A Seed. 



* Berberys is the Arabic name of the fruit. 

 + See Galanthus nivalis, folio 33, note t- 



