. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 4-2 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus I. BE'RBERIS L. The Beebbrry. Lin. Syst. Hexandria Monogynia. Identification. Un. Gen., 442.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 105 ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 114. Synonymes. Pipperidge Bush ; E'pine vinette, Fr.; Berberitze, Ger. Derivation. Berberys, is the Ara
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 4-2 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus I. BE'RBERIS L. The Beebbrry. Lin. Syst. Hexandria Monogynia. Identification. Un. Gen., 442.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 105 ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 114. Synonymes. Pipperidge Bush ; E'pine vinette, Fr.; Berberitze, Ger. Derivation. Berberys, is the Arabic word used for this plant by Averrhoes and other writers on medicine ; but some persons derive the name from the Greek word berberi, signifying a shell, from the leaves of the common species having a hollow surface. Bochart says that the word Birberis is derived from the Fhcenician word barar^ which signifies sblning like a shell, from their shining leaves. Gerard says that the word Berbery is a corruption of amyrberis^ the name given to the plant by Avicenna. Du Hamel says that Bkrberis is derived from an Indian word signifying mother of pearl. Pipperidge bush, or piprage tree, Gerard says, is Dr. Turner's name for the plant, and it is still given to it in Cambridgeshire. E'pine vinette signifies the acid, or sorrel, thorn, from the taste of the fruit and leaves. Gen. Char. Sepals 6, guarded on the outside by 3 scales. Petals 6, with 2 glands on the inside of each. Stamens toothless. Berries 2—3-seeded. Seeds 2, rarely 3, laterally at the base of the berries, erect, oblong, with a crustaceoiis coat and fleshy albumen. Cotyledons leafy, elliptical. Radicle long, capitellate at the tip. (Don's Mill.) B. heterophylla Juss. has toothed stamens. Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen; toothed or serrated, coriaceous, with numerous small leaves produced at the axils of the larger ones, often abortive in the form of prickles. Flowers 3'ell6w. Fru
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