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120. PODOLEPIS contorti. 



P. contorta ; glabriuscula, erecta, foliis oblongis carnosis sessilibus obsolete tri- 

 plinerviis, pedunculis foliis longioribus parce squamatis monocephalis, capi- 

 tulis primum pendulis sub anthesi erectis, involucri foliolis cordatis acumi- 

 natis glabris planis exterioribus sessilibus intermediis stipitatis interioribus 

 lineari-lanceolatis, ligulis trifidis, radio dextrorsum contorto. 



A native of Van Diemen's Land, whence seeds of it were 

 sent to the Horticultural Society by Mr. J. Bunce. It is a 

 pretty perennial, with dark green fleshy leaves, a flower- 

 stem from 6 to 9 inches high, and solitary golden yellow 

 flower heads. The latter are the size and form of the com- 

 mon Amberboa moschata, or Yellow Sultan, and are remark- 

 able for the florets of the ray having all a distinct twist to the 

 left, so as to give the flower-head the appearance of what is 

 called a Catharine-wheel. The species will perhaps be 

 hardy; at least it will only require moderate protection in 

 winter. It is very different from the old Podolepis acuminata, 

 figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. 956, under the name 

 of Scalia jaceoides, in its leaves not being sagittate, and in its 

 much dwarfer habit. As however, M. DeCandolle takes no 

 notice of the remarkable sagittate leaves of P. acuminata, 

 it must be doubted whether he had that plant, or the present 

 one, before him, when he framed his definition for the 

 Prodromus. 



121. BERBERIS tenuifolia. 



B. tenuifolia ; foliis pinnatis ternatisque, foliolis ovato-oblongis acutis tenuibus 

 planis integerrimis. 



Although I have not seen any flowers of this plant, it 

 is so well marked a species, that I venture to publish it. 

 Its seeds were sent by Mr. Hartweg to the Horticultural 

 Society from the neighbourhood of Vera Cruz, where it was 

 found growing at a place called Zaquapam, near the rancho 

 of Mr. Lavater, in company with a Helonias resembling 

 H. officinalis. It is an evergreen bush, with thin, smooth, 

 rather glaucous, pinnated leaves, entirely free from all spi- 

 nosity. As an addition to the beautiful section of ash- 

 leaved Berberries it must be considered a very interesting 

 plant, but it cannot be expected to prove more hardy than 

 B. fasciculai'is, if so much so, 



