VI. BERBERA CE: BE'/RBERIS. 47 
C. Leaves leathery, evergreen, or sub-evergreen. Flowers solitary, or in Clusters. 
% 9. B. pv‘ucis D. Don. The sweet-fruited Berberry. 
Identification. Swt. Brit. Fl.-Gard.; Lindl. Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 261. 
Engravings. Swt. Brit. Fl. Gard., 2d ser., t. 100.; and ourJig. 64. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spines long, slender, simple, or 3- 
parted. Leaves obovate obtuse, with or without a 
bristly point, quite entire, glaucous on the under side. 
Flowers solitary, on slender stalks, twice as long as 
the leaves. (Lindl., Pen. Cyc.,) An evergreen shrub, 
with shining leaves. Straits of Magellan to Valdivia. 
Height 2 ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 1830. Flowers 
yellow; March to June. Berries round, black, about 
the size of a black currant; ripe in August. Decay- 
ing leaves bright yeliow ; dropping in May and June. 
An elegant evergreen bush, which, in some places, has f 
attained the height of 5 ft. The flowers are large, of a 
fine bright yellow, more expanded than they are in 7 g 
many species, and, from their long slender stalks, they 64. Bérberis duilcio. 
hang down in a very graceful manner. In its native country, the fruit is 
used, both green and ripe, as we use gooseberries, for making pies and tarts 
and preserves, for which it is most excellent. It is quite hardy and evergreen. 
Identification. Lam. IL, t. 253. tig. 3.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 117. 
Engravings. Lam. Il. t. 253. fig. 3.; and our jig. 65. 
Spec. Char., &c. Spines 3-parted. Leaves ovate, or ovate- 
lanceolate, smooth, quite entire. Pedicels longer than 
the leaves, either solitary, 1-flowered, or in threes, 
rising from a short peduncle. (Don’s Mill.) A small 
twisted sub-evergreen shrub. Native of the Straits 
of Magellan. Height 2ft. to 3ft. Introduced ?. 
Flowers yellow. December to March. Berries blu- 
ish purple, 4-seeded. ae 
Said to be nearly allied to B.dilcis. A very valuable 65. Berbers buxifolia. 
addition to our hardy evergreens; though, at present, rare in British gardens. 
» 11. B. acrinaca’nTHA Mart. The ray-spined Berberry. 
Identification. Roemer and Schultes, 7. p.12.; Hook. 
Pot. Mis., 3. p. 135. 
Engraving. Our fig. 66. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spines palmate, 3—5 
divisions. Leaves ovate elliptic, rigid, 
but sometimes more numerous. Straits 
of Magellan. Height 3ft. to 4ft. In- 
troduced ? 1830. Flowers deep yellow, 
a little larger then those of &. vul- 
garis; May and June. Fruit i 
A very desirable species, nearly allied 
to B. heterophylla. Our engraving 1s of 
a specimen taken from a very handsome 
plant in the rich collection of evergreens ; y 
at Elvaston Castle. Dr. Hooker mentions a variety with smailer leaves than 
the species, but it does not appear to be introduced. Quite hardy. 
66. Berberis actinacdntha. 
