Darwiniane. N. O. Berberidez. 
TAB. DCLXXII. 
Berserts Darwint. Hook. 
Ramis junioribus rufo-pubescentibus, spinis brevibus palmato- 
partitis, foliis rigide coriaceis nitidis discoloribus cuneatis 
apice trifidis margine paucidentatis dentibus lobisque spinu- 
losis, racemis folio longioribus, pedicellis flores duplo super- 
antibus gracilibus, baccis (una cum stylo persis tente) lageni- 
formibus. 
Has. Chiloe, C. Darwin, Esq. Valdivia and Osorno, Bridges, 
n. 582, 585. 
There is no difficulty in characterizing this well-marked 
species. The leaves are very constant to their form, ses- 
sile, but tapering more or less at their base, very rigid, 
glossy, especially above, pale and often rusty-coloured beneath. 
Peduncles twice or thrice the length of the leaves, reddish, as are 
the long slender pedicels, each of which has an ovate, con- 
cave scale or bractea at the base. Berries, probably not quite 
mature, almost black, with a glaucous tinge, shaped like a flask, 
rage and stigma representing the neck and head of the 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Back view of ditto. jf. 3. Petal and 
stamen. /f. 4. Pistil :—magnified. 
