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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, 



12. B. heterophy'lla Jus. 



The various-leaved Berberr}' 



Don's 



S. heterophyUa. 



Identification. Juss. in Poir. Diet., 8.p. 622. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 108 



Mill., I. p. 117.; Lindl., Pen. Cyc, 4. p. 261. 

 Symmynies. B. jlicifolia Font. ; B. triscupidata Smil>i. 

 Engravings. Hook. Exot. Fl., 1. 1. 14. ; and oar fig. 67. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Spines 3-partecl. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 glabrous, some of them entire, others furnished with 3 

 pungent teeth. Pedicels solitary, l-flo\vered, 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. 



jt 13. B. .EMPETRiFO^LiA Lam. The Empetrum-leaved Berbeny. 



Identification. Lara. 111., t. 2.53.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 107.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 117. ; Pen. Cyc, 4. p. 261. 

 Engravings. Lam. 111., 1.2.53. fig.4.; Sw.Brit.Fl.-Gar., 2. s. t. 350.; and oar figM. 



Sj^ec. Char., Sfc. Spines 3-parted. Leaves linear, quite entire, 

 with revolute margins. Pedicels 1 2, 1-flowered. (D'm^s 

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

 of Chili in subalpine woods. Height 1ft. 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 ^'^- ^- ""peuifdiia. 

 a place in every collection. It is readily increased by laj'ers, in heath soil. 



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

 in Racemes. 



St 14. B. dealba'ta Lindl. The whitened-Zeawa 

 Berberry. ' 



Identification. Bot. Res., t. 1750. ; Pen. Cyc, 4. p. 261. 



Synonytne. B. glatica Hort. 



Engravings. Bot. Keg., t. 1750. ; and owr fig. 69. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Spines scarcely any. Leaves roundish, 

 coarsely toothed, rather glaucous, white beneath. Ra- 

 cemes very short and compact, pendulous. {Pen. Cijc.) 

 An upright evergreen bush, with white or glaucous 

 leaves. Mexico. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. 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 wedse-shaped and 3-toothed, but more frequently 

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

 A cu'i-ious and beautiful species, well deserving of cul- 

 tivation. It is quite hardy, and readily increased by 

 lavers. which root the same season that thev are made. 



