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BERBERIS pinnata. i 
Californian Barberry. 
Nays 
HEXANDRIA AZONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BERBERIDE®. Decandolle syst. veg. 2.1. 
BERBERIS. Supra vol. 6. fol. 487. 
Div. foliis impari-pinnatis. 
B. pinnata, foliis 3-6-jugis: foliolis oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, sinuato-denta- 
tis, uninerviis, utrinque reticulato-venosis, racemis aggregatis terminalibus 
axillaribusque brevibus erectis; bracteis membranaceis ; filamentis apice 
bidentatis. Don MSS. 
Berberis pinnata. Zagasca elench. h. madr. 1803. G. et 1816.14. Kunth 
nov. gen. et spec. pl. 5. t. 434. 
Mahonia fascicularis. Decand. syst. veg. 2.19. 
Frutex rigidus suborgyalis ramosus erectus, cortice fusco rimoso deciduo. 
Rami crebri, foliosi, erecto-patentes. Folia alterna, remotiuscula, impari- 
pinnata, 3-6-juga, 4-uncialia ud-spithamea, patentia: foliola opposita, sub- 
sessilia, oblonga, ovato-acuminata, glabra, sinuato-dentata dentibus utrinque 
5-12 inequalibus spinuld albicante prefixis, undulata, reticulato-venosa, 
supra viridissima atque lucida, subius glauco-pallentia, sesqui-biuncialia 
latitudine semunciali ad uncialem vel magis, basi rotundata rarius subcu- 
neata: jugum imum remotius sepeque a petioli basi distans: impar terminale 
subdependens, nunc bast subcordatum, longiis petiolulatum: rachis semifili- — 
formis, viridis, articulata, supra sulco obsoleto exarata, basi semiamplexi- 
cauli-dilatata. Racemi plures (3-6) in rami apice aggregati v. sepe in 
axillis sessiles conferti, multiflori, sesqui-triunciales, erecto-patentes, squa- 
mulis gemmaceis ad basin cincti, interdum solitarii; pedunculus Aae u- 
yascens filiformis, obsolete striatus; pedicelli capillares, bilineares 1 -floré 
sparsi, bractea parvd membranaced late ovatd cuspidatd concavad ad basin 
aliisque binis trinisve minoribus secs longitudinem gerentes. Flores cernyi 
flavi, gratissime olentes. Cal. serie triplici 9-phyllus, coloratus, foliolis 3 ex. 
timis minimis orbiculatis, intimis 3 petaloideis concavis excedentibus etal ‘ 
Petala 6, equalia, ovali-oblonga, concava, apice emarginata, glandula di. 
dymé crocato-flavescente intts ad basin. Fil. petalis opposita brevioragque,, 
crassa, linearia, plano-convexa sulco longitudinali dorsali atque Wants te 
flexo patente acuto v. nunc emarginato utrinque infra antheram ad apicem. 
Auth. oblonge, adnate, loculis bivalvibus parallelis discretis a basi ad apicem 
valvd dehiscentibus, valvuld alteré majore subelastice assurgente et in summo 
jilamento erecto-persistente. Germ. ovale, supra constrictum, uniloculare 
ovulis numerosis. Stigma sessile crassum, orbiculatum, integerrimum, obsolete 
umbilicatum. Bacca (nec nisi immaturam vidimus) ovalis, oligosperma. 
Don MSS. 
TE nes cone ney ee eee aan aera 
The points relied upon by M. de Candolle in separating 
Manonia from Berseris are, the absence of the glands of 
the petals and the presence of the teethlike appendages of 
