an addition to outdoor collections B. aggregata possesses 
the merit of being ornamental both when in flower and 
when in fruit, but more especially in the latter condition. 
It is evidently perfectly hardy, thriving well in a sunny 
spot planted in a loamy soil; its abundant seed renders 
its propagation easy. 
Descriprion.—Shrub, 4-5} ft. high ; young twigs finely puberulous, angular, 
sulcate, brown; older branches tawny-grey, faintly angled. Spines 3-fid, 
slender, brownish yellow, about 3 in. long. Leaves in clusters of 4-15, obovate- 
oblong or lanceolate, cuneately narrowed to a very short petiole, more or less 
rounded at the tip, shortly mucronate, 37 in. long, 3-2 in. wide, somewhat 
coriaceous, spinulose-toothed, dark green above, pale beneath, closely reticulate 
on both surfaces but more distinctly beneath. Racemes much congested with 
the flowers almost glomerulate ; pedicels ;; in. long, thickened at the tip; 
bracts subulate from an ovate base, rather longer than the pedicels. Sepals 
elliptic, very concave, 7 in. long, ~5 in. wide. Petals obovate, slightly 
' emarginate, fimbriate upwards, about 7 in. long, ~, in. wide, 8-nerved, with 
2 distinct elliptic-oblong glands situated slightly above the base within. 
Stamens about + in. long, with the connective slightly produced. Pistil 
iz in. long; ovules 2. Berry subglobose, about $ in. across ; style distinct. 
Tas. 8722.—Fig. 1, a leaf; 2, flower; 3, a petal; 4, stamen; 5, pistil ;—all 
enlarged, 
