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283. BERBERI8. Gen. pi 5Q5. 
1. B. erecta 5 ramis confertim punctatis, aculeis triplicibus, 
foliis simplicibus obovatis remote serratis, racemis bre- 
vibus subcorymbosis, drupis vix carnosis. 
B. vulgaris var. Willd. sp . pl. 2. p. 22 J. Mich. ji . 
amer. 1. p. 205. 
On fertile hills, among rocks, &c. Canada to Virginia. 
Tj . April, May. v. v. Flowers yeliow, in pendu- 
lous racemes j berries red, of an agreeable acid. 
2. B. sarmentosa, inermis ; foliis pinnatis : foliolis sub-3- 
j ugis oblongis repando-dentatis venosis, petalis biden- 
tatis. 
B. pinnata. Herb. Banks. 
On the great rapids of Columbia River, among rocks, 
in rich vegetable soil. M. Lewis, . April, May. 
v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers yellow, in large clus- 
ters ; berries dark purple, eatable j called by Lewis’s 
company Mount nin-holly . 
Caulis fruticosus, laxe ramosus : ramis sarmentosis, 
procumbentibus. Folia sempervirentia alterna, petio- 
lata, impari-pinnata. Foliola 3-juga, opposita, sessi- 
lia, impari-petiolata, oblongo-ovata, basi oblique trun- 
cata, margine cartilaginea repando-dentata, coriacea, 
utrinque glabra, laevigata, nitida : dentibus aculeatis. 
Petioli teretes, glabri. Racemi congesti, bracteati, e 
gemma precedents anni. Flores aurei. Bractece ca~ 
ducae, solitariae, subcordatae, acuminatae, membrana- 
ceae. Calyx triplex, deciduus, patens : exterior mi- 
nimus, 3-phyllus : foliolis ovatis, acutis ; medius 
triplo longior : foliolis suborbiculatis, membranaceis, 
nervosis ; interior longior : foliolis ovalibus, membra- 
naceis, nervosis. Petala 6. suberecta, oblonga, apice 
inciso-bidentata, vix longitudine calycis. Filamenta 
6. corollae breviora, crassa, medio bidentata : dentibus 
oppositis. Anther ce bilobae, crassae. Germen superum, 
ovatum. Stigma sessile, 3-lobum. Bacca 3-locularis, 
3-sperma, abortione interdum monosperma. 
3. B. sarmentosa, inermis ; foliis pinnatis: foliolis 6-jugis 
ovato-oblongis repando-serratis, sub-5-nervibus, peta- 
lis integris. 
In the same situations, v. s . in Herb. Lewis. 
The specific difference excluded, the description of the 
preceding species is applicable in every other respect, 
and together with another in the collection of A, B. 
canadensis , 
Aquifolium . 
nervosa . 
