CHAP. VIII. BERBERA CE. BE‘RBERIS. 305 
Variety. 
% B. e. 2 serratifolia Poir. The serrated-leaved Cretan Berberry.— Leaves 
ciliately serrated. 
zw 8. B. cratm’cina Dec. The Cratzgus-like Berberry. 
Identification. Dec. Syst., 2. p.9.; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 116. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spines simple. Leaves oblong, reticulated, hardly serrated. 
Racemes many-flowered, crowded, spreading, scarcely longer than the leaves. 
(Don’s Miill., i. p. 116.) | Native of Asia Minor. “ Allied to Bérberis 
crética and sinénsis ” (Dec.): said to be like B. vulgaris by G. Don. “ De- 
scribed by De Candolle from specimens collected in Asia Minor. Young 
plants, of what is said to be this species, are in the gardens, but they have 
not yet flowered.” (Lind/.) Where we meet with many doubts, we are 
always disposed to simplify; and, from the geography of this species, we 
think it highly probable that it will turn out to be a mere variety of B. 
vulgaris. 
©, Leaves leathery, evergreen or sub-evergreen. Flowers solitary or in Clusters. 
2 9. B, pu’tcts. The sweet-fruited Berberry. 
Identification. Swt. Brit. F).-Gard. ; Lindl. Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 261. 
Engravings. Swt. Brit. Fl. Gard. 2d ser., t. 100. ; and our fig. 51. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spines long, slender, simple, or 3-parted. 
Leaves obovate obtuse, with or without a bristly 
oint, quite entire, glaucous on the under side. 
owers solitary, on slender stalks, twice as long as 
the leaves. (Lindl., Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 216.) This species, 
or alleged species, is not recognised by De Candolle 
or George Don: itis said by Dr. Lindley to be “a 
native of the south-western part of South America, 
from the Straits of Magellan to Valdivia, where it 
forms a small evergreen bush. The species has been 
some years in this country; but it is at present very 
rare.” (Pen Cyc., 5. p. 261.) There are plants in 
the Hort. Soc. Garden between 2 ft. and 3 ft. high ; 
and it is to be procured at Low’s Nursery, Clapton, se 
where it flowered in March, 1831. It was sent to AGS l 
Mr. Low by Mr. Anderson, the collector attached to Capt. King’s expe- 
dition, from the Straits of Magellan. In Sweet’s Flower-Garden, where 
it is figured, it is said that, in its native country, “ the fruit is used, both 
green and ripe, as we use gooseberries, for making pies and tarts, and_pre- 
serves, for which it is most excellent. The berries are round and black, 
being about the size of a black currant, and are produced in great abund- 
ance. The flowers are very handsome, being of a bright yellow, and nod- 
ding: they make a very elegant appearance.” (Swit. Fl.-Gard., 2d s., i. 
t. 100.) It is quite hardy, and evergreen ; but there is a deciduous variety, 
also possessed by Mr. Low, which, by some, is supposed to be a distinct 
species. 
2 10. B. weTEROPHY’LLA Juss. The various-leaved Berberry. 
Identification, Juss. in Poir. Dict., 8. p. 622. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 108.; Don’s Mill, 1. p.117.; Lindl, 
Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 261. 
Synonymes. B. ilicitdlia Forst.; B. triscupidata Smith. 
ngraving. Hook Exot. Fl, 1. t. 14. ; and our jig, 52. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spines 3-parted. Leaves ovate-lancolate, glabrous, some of 
them entire, others furnished with 3 pungent teeth. Pedicels solitary, 
1-flowered, hardly longer than the leaves. Filaments toothed. (Don’s 
Mill. i. p.117.) This species Dr. Hooker describes as a shrub about 3 ft. 
in height, much branched, and the older branches covered with dark wrinkled 
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