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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, 



j* 12. B. IIETEROPHY'LLA Jus. The various-leaved Berberry. 



Identification. Juss. in Poir. Diet., 8. p. 622. -, Dec. Prod., 1. p. 108. ; Don's 

 Mili., 1. p. 117.; Lindl., Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 261. 



tnonymes. B. licif61ia Forst. ; li triscupidata Smith. 

 igrdvings. Hook. Exot. Fl., 1. 1. 14. ; and our Jig. 67. 



Spec. Char., $c. Spines 3-parted. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 



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.) An 



evergreen shrub. Straits of Magellan. Height 3 ft. 'to 



4 ft. Introduced in 1823. Flowers orange yellow ; May 



and June. Berries red ; ripe in September. Decaying 



leaves greenish yellow ; June and July. 



Much branched, and the older branches covered with dark 



wrinkled bark. The leaves clustered, and of two kinds ; the 



old ones terminated with a sharp spinose point, and having 



a lateral spinule on each side above the middle, and the 



younger ones being pale green, unarmed, and having their 



margins entire and softish. The old leaves are also quite rigid, dark green, 



and shining. 



jtt 13. B. .EMPETRIFO V LIA Lam. The Empetrum- leaved Berberry. 



Identification. Lam. 111., t. 253. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 107.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 117. ; Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 261. 

 Engravings. Lam. 111., t.253. fig.4.; Sw.Brit.Fl.-Gar., 2. s. t. 350.; and ourj?g.G8. 



Spec. Char., $c. Spines 3-parted. Leaves linear, quite entire, 

 with revolute margins. Pedicels 1 2, 1-flowered. (Dim's 

 Mill.) An elegant, decumbent, evergreen bush. Cordilleras 

 of Chili in subalpine woods. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1830. Flowers yellow ; December to March. Ber- 

 ries ? yellow ; ripe in July. Wood reddish brown. 



Branches slender, twiggy, angular, covered with a chestnut- 

 coloured bark. Leaves fasciculate, linear, mucronate, revolute, 

 and entire at the margins, glaucous ; about half an inch long, 

 and nearly a line in breadth. Flowers large, spreading. A 

 very curious and pretty plant, in general aspect much more like 

 a heath than a berberry. It is perfectly hardy, and deserves 68> B - 

 a place in every collection. It is readily increased by layers, in heath soil. 



D. Leaves leathery, evergreen or sub-evergreen. Flowers 

 in Racemes. 



at 14. B. DEALBA'TA Lindl. The wliiteued-leaved 

 Berberry. 



Identification. Bot. Reg., 1. 1750. ; Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 261 . 



Synonyme. B. glatica Hort. 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1750. ; and our fig. 69. 



Spec. Char., $c. Spines scarcely any. Leaves roundish, 



coarsely toothed, rather glaucous, white beneath. Ra- 

 cemes very short and compact, pendulous. (Pen. Cyc.) 



An upright evergreen bush, with white or glaucous 



leaves. Mexico. Height 3ft. to 5ft. Introduced 



in 1830. Flowers yellow, sweet-scented ; December 



to March. Berries yellowish purple ; ripe in August. 



A tall, slender, evergreen bush, with deep brown 

 branches, and scarcely any spines. The leaves are some- 

 times wedge-shaped and 3-toothed, but more frequently 

 nearly round, with two or three spiny teeth on every side. 

 A curious and beautiful species, well deserving of cul- 

 tivation. It is quite hardy, and readily increased by 

 layers, which root the same season that they are made. M Btfrl ^ r{t daalNlt . ( 



