48 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, 
« 12. B. wereropny’Lxa Jus. The various-leaved Berberry. 
Identification. Juss. in Poir. Dict., 8. p. 622.; Dec. Prod., 1. p.108.; Don's 
Mill, 1. p.117.; Lindl., Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 261. 
Synonymes. B. ilicifdlia Forst.; B. triscupidata Smith. 
ngravings. Hook. Exot. Fl, 1.t.14.; and ourjig. 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 7. x», heterophyile. 
younger ones ‘being pale green, unarmed, and having their 
margins entire and softish. The old leaves are also quite rigid, dark green, 
and shining. 
« 13. B. empeteiro‘tia Lam. The Empetrum-leaved Berberry. 
Identification. Lam. Ill., t. 253.; Dec. Prod., 1. p.107.; Don’s Mill.,1. p.117.; Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 261. 
Engravings. Lam, Ill., t.253. fig.4.; Sw. Brit.Fl.-Gar., 2. s. t.350.; and our jig.68. | 
Spec. Char., §c. Spines 3-parted. Leaves linear, quite entire, 
with revolute margins. Pedicels 1—2, 1-flowered. (Dun’s 
Mill.) An elegant, decumbent, evergreen bush. Cordilleras 
of Chili in subalpine woods. Height 1 ft. to 2ft. 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 %: 3-empetrifélia. 
a place in every collection. It is readily increased by layers, in heath soil. 
D. Leaves leathery, evergreen or sub-evergreen. Flowers 
in Racemes, 
14. B. peatBa‘ta Lindl, The whitened-/eavea 
Berberry. 
ene ce Bee Bite 1750.; Pen. Cyc., 4. p. 261. 
mgravings. 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 
lavers, which root the same season that they are made. 
G9. Bérberis dealbata. 
