herberis. 277 
Berberis dumetorum fruftu rubro. Duham* 
Fruit. i. p. t. i. 
Berberis oxyacantha. Blackw. Herb . t . i6p. 
Spina acida f. oxyacantha. Dod. Pempt . 73/. 
Berberis officinarum. Dalech. Hift . i. />. /3^. 
Berberis vulgaris f. crefpinus. Camer .Epit.$6, 
Pharm . BERBERIDIS Cortex, Bacex, Se¬ 
mina. 
Locus . Europa, in fylvis, locis elevatis, /th- 
tex* 
FORMA\ rec * Cortex fatis tenuis, cinereus, 
longitudinaliter fulcatus, lxviufculus, atomis ni¬ 
gris adfperfus; parencymate croceo* Racemi bac¬ 
carum rubri, penduli. Bra&ece lanceolatx, acu¬ 
ta: , concaviufculx, iolitarice ad pedicellos* Pe- 
dicelli fubverticillati , longitudine baccx, apice 
clavati. Baccx ovaii-oblongx, utrinque obtufx, 
lineas 3 vel 4 longx, fangvinex, Ixviufculx, 
nitidiufculx, apice umbilicatx: umbilico parviii- 
fculo, fufcefcente, fubrotundo, convexo, centro 
cavo. Parencyma carnofo-fuccofum, fangvine- 
um, tenue, centro cavo, amplo, uniloculari, 
difpermo. Semina inclufa in communi ariilo, 
membranaceo, ficco, laxo, rubro-fufca, ovali- 
oblonga, undique minutim rugofa, hinc conve¬ 
xa, inde plana, fxpe teretia, inferne fenfim at¬ 
tenuata, apice obtufa, iubnitidiufcula, 2 circiter 
lineas longa. 
PROPR. corticis: Odor nullus; fapor inten- 
fius amarus; mafiic, faliva crocea. Baccar . rec. 
odor nullus; fapor intenfius acidus ; maflicata 
groffius comminuuntur, & infimul exfugitur fuc- 
cus acidus, faliva rubicundo tincta. Semm. Sapor 
fubamaricans, graviu{cuius y dubflypricus. 
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