BER'BERIS ARISTA'TA. 
AWNED BARBERRY. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
BERBERIDACE^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Nepal. 
6 feet. 
April, May. 
Perennial. 
in 1820. 
No. 753. 
The word Berberis is adopted from the Arabic 
language, in which it is used as the name of the 
well-known fruit of the Barberry. Aristata is 
formed from the Latin arista, a bristle or prickle, 
as a specific name for this species of Berberis, on 
account of the bristly terminations of the serratures 
or teeth of the leaves. On reference to our figure, 
it will be seen that this character is not present ; 
and without examination of the whole shrub, such 
a specimen would be determined as belonging to a 
diflferent species. Had De Candolle seen the entire 
plant, it may be presumed that he would not have 
adopted a name founded on a character which in 
the present instance proves so variable. The young 
flowering branches will be usually found with leaves 
as they are represented in our drawing; whilst 
the foliage of other parts of the shrub is more gen- 
erally serrated, with spinulose teeth ; and mucro- 
nate, that is, with the apex terminated by a prickly 
point. 
In reference to this plant, it is stated in that 
excellent and most comprehensive work, Arbore- 
tum et F ruticetum Britannicum” of Mr. Loudon, that 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
