The Canadian Barberry.
Berberis canadensis, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. ii. p. 227. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 219.—Hexandria Monogynia, Linn. Berberides, Juss.
This species of Barberry is very abundant in Maine and Massachusetts, as well as in the British provinces. It is an erect shrub, from five to eight feet in height, with triple prickles, simple obovate remotely serrated leaves, short corymbose racemes; yellow flowers, and pendulous oblong red berries, having an agreeable acid taste.