BERBERIDOPSIS (from Berberis, the Barberry, and opsis, like; resembling the Barberry). ORD. Berberideae. A handsome evergreen shrub, with climbing habit. Sepals and petals nine to fifteen; outer small, spreading; intermediate orbicular, concave; inner obovate-cuneate, erect, inserted upon the fleshy torus. Stamens eight to nine, free. With a slight winter protection, or planted at the foot of a south wall, it will prove quite hardy, being of easy culture in ordinary garden soil. It is an excellent plant for the cool greenhouse. Increased by seeds, which should be sown in spring; by layering, in autumn; or by young cuttings, in spring. BERBERIDOPSIS corallina (coral-red).* fl. crimson, in terminal, drooping racemes, leafy at the base. l. about 3in. long, alternate, simple, petiolate, oblong-cordate, obtuse or acute, spiny-toothed. Chili, 1862. (B. M. 5343.)