MACLOSKIE: BERBERIDACE/E. 417 



4. BERBERIS GRISEBACHII Lechl. (B. linearifolia Phil.). 



Spines rather short, 3-branched, branches divaricate, equal. Leaves 

 linear, margins revolute, apex mucronate ; 36 mm. by 5 mm. Peduncles 

 i -flowered, as long as the leaf. Fruit ovate, blue, terminated by a long style. 



(Chili) ; Patagon. : Magellan. 



5- B. HETEROPHYLLA JuSS. 



Bush, 150 cm. high, with wrinkled bark, dark on old, brown on young 

 parts. Spines 3-parted. Leaves fascicled, sessile, glabrous, oblanceolate, 

 entire, some with 3 pungent teeth. Pedicels solitary, i -flowered, scarcely 

 exceeding the leaves. Petals with basal glands, deep yellow-orange. 

 Filaments toothed. Berries black, with sessile stigma, edible. 



Magellan northwards to Rio Negro ; not in S. Fuegia. By Hatcher at 

 Coy Inlet. The S. Amer. ostrich (Rhea darwinii Gould) is fond of its 

 berries. Native name of the shrub, Gayankhia; of the berries Khalgo; 

 the shrub is also called Califate). 



6. B. ILICIFOLIA Forst. 



Erect evergreen shrub, to i m. high, with light-colored bark. Spines 

 tripartite. Leaves shining, obovate, coarsely spinose-toothed in the upper 

 part. Pedtmcles shorter than the leaves, 4-6-flowered; pedicels long, 

 subcorymbose. Flowers rather large, flame-colored, crowded near the top 

 of young shoots. Berries ovoid, blue, not edible. 



S. W. Patagon. ; E. and W. Magellan and through Fuegia to Cape 

 Horn. By Hatcher at Lapataia. Handsome with the moss, Ulota ful- 

 vella Mitt., on its stem. Its leaves resemble holly-leaves. Fuegian 

 name "Tchelia." 



7. B. INERMIS Pers. 



Spineless. Leaves elliptical, entire, smooth, scarcely mucronulate. 

 Pedicels solitary, i -flowered, exceeding the leaves. Berries ovate, crowned 

 by the stigma. 



Magellan. 



8. B. MICROPHYLLA Forst, 1787. (B. buxifolia Lam. 1791; B. dulcis 



Sweet, 1831.) 



Erect evergreen shrub, with stout, 3-partite spines, longer than the 

 leaves. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or ovate, large in the young plant, 



