IV. BERBERIDACEiE 
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Flowers in simple, short -stalked racemes, hardly 
longer than the leaves. 
Leaves thin, broadly lanceolate, lf-3| in. Flower- 
stalks thick, \ in. . . . . 4. B. coriaria. 
Leaves tough, narrowly lanceolate, 1|- in. Flower - 
# stalks slender, \ in. . . . . . . 5. B. Lycium. 
1. Berberis vulgaris, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 109. Bark brown. 
Leaves stalked, thin, ovate, 1J-2J in., teeth small, equal, numer- 
Fig. S. Berberis abistata. 
ous, close-set. Racemes shortly stalked, simple, drooping, much 
longer than the leaves. Stigma sessile. Berry oblong-ovoid, red. 
Narkunda ; June. — Temperate Himalaya, 8000-12,000 ft. — N. temper at g 
regions (Britain). 
2. Berberis brachybotrys, Edgew. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 109, under 
B. vulgaris. A low, rigid shrub. Leaves sessile, hard, lanceolate, 
in., teeth few, sharp. Racemes simple, sessile, shorter than 
the leaves. Mowers crowded. Stigma sessile. Berry ovoid, red. 
The Shali, 9000 ft. ; June. — Sikkim to Simla, 6000-12,000 ft. 
3. Berberis aristata, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 110. Young 
branches red. Leaves sessile, broadly lanceolate, l|-2 in., teeth 
