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BERBERIS sibirica. 
Stherian Barberry. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. — 
Nat. ord. BERBERIDES. Jussieu gen. 286. 5 
BERBERIS. Cal. 6-phyllus extis 3-bracteatus. Pet. 6 ungue intis 
2-glanduloso, calycinis foliolis opposita. Stylus 0; stigma latum orbicula- 
tum. Bacca parva, ovata aut rarids subsphericea, 1-locularis 2-3-sperma. 
Frutices; folia alterna, sepé alternatim fasciculata, fasciculo squamis im- 
bricatis basi cincto et subtus spina simplict aut partitd plerumque stipato ; 
flores @ medio fasciculo spicati, aut rarius subcorymbost solitartive ut in 
Magellanicis Commers., pedicellis basi 1-bracteolatis. Staminum filamenta 
glandulis petalorum implicita elustice solvuntur. Juss, |. c. 
B, sibirica, pedunculis unifloris solitariis, foliis obovatis ciliato-dentatis. 
Willd. arb. 35. 
Berberis sibirica. Pallas itin. 2. append. 787. n. 108. tab. P. fig. 2. Ejusd. 
ross. 2. 41; (in text). Murr. in commentat. goett. 6. (1784) 87. t. 6. 
Willd. sp. pl. 2.229. Hort. Kew. ed, 2. 2. 314, : 
Berberis altaica. Pallas ross. 2. 41. t. 67; (in icone). 
Fruticulus é fissuris rupium excelsarum procrescens, spithameus v. peda- 
lis, rard major, nunquam sesquipedali altior, crassitie vix digiti minoris, 
rigidus, alterne ramosus, erectus, ligno citrino, cortice extis grisco striato, 
_ ints itidem flavissimo, sub singulo ramulo vel gemmé spina (stipula spini- 
formis Murray.) palmato-ramosa, 5-fida, 4-fida v. 3-fida, in ramos divari- 
‘catos et striatos setaceos rigidos divisa. Folia & gemmis v. spinarum alis fas- 
ciculata, oblonga, dentibus setaceis distantibus ciliata. In plantis é semine 
- educatis folia longé petiolata, suborbiculata, ciliata. Flores inter folia soli- 
tarii pedunculo nudo, cernui, subglobosi, majores quam in BERBERIDE 
yulgari. Calyx exterior triphyllus, virescenti-flavus; interior corolla major 
et latior, totidem foliolis coloratis. Cor. sexpetala intensits flava. Bacce 
cernue, majores ct majus ovate quam in BERBERIDE vulgari, stigmate fun- 
giformi umbilicate, ruberrime, grate acide, continentes semina 5 oblonga 
hinc compressa, grisea, gustt acerbo. Pallas ross. l. c. 
A curious species of Barberry, known among the Mogol 
Tartars by the name of Schara-médon, or Yellow-Wood, 
and applied by them to the purposes of both superstition 
and medicine. ; 
Native of the Altaic Mountains on the confines of China, 
of Dauria, and other districts of the Oriental portion of the 
Russian dominions. Said by the Chevalier Pallas to grow: 
from the crevices of the highest rocks, and seldom to ex- 
ceed a foot in height. 
The drawing was taken from a sample which flowered 
in June last, at the nursery of Messrs. Malcolm and Co. at 
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