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BERBERIS empetrifolia.
Crowherry-leaved Barberry.
Linnean Class and Order. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
Natural Order. BERBERIDE4Ì. Vent. tabi. 3. p. 83. Decand. syst.
2. p. 1.
B E R B E R IS . Suprà fol. 100.
** Foliis simplieibus, pedunculis unifloris.
B. empetrifolia, spinis tripartitis, foliis linearibus integerrimis margine revolutis,
pedunculis subsolitariis unifloris.
Berberis empetrifolia. Lam. ill. t. 2 5 3 ./. 4. Decand. syst. 2. p. 16. prodr.
1. 107. G. Don, gen. syst. gard. ^ bot. 1. /). 117.
B. revoluta. Herb. Smith.
A low procumbent shrub, with slender twiggy angular
branches, covered with a chesnut-coloured bark, heams
fasciculate, linear, mucronate, revolute and entire at the
margins, glaucous, about half an inch long, and near y a
line in breadth. Peduncles one-flowered, solitary or in pairs,
slender, filiform, often curved, as long as the leaves. Blowers
rather large, spreading. Sepals elliptical, yellow. e a s
orange, obovate, retuse, shorter than the sepals. Stamens b,
shorter than the petals, pale yellow. Ovanum elliptical,
green. Stigma broad, peltate, sessile, yellow.
A native of the Straits of Magellan, whence it was introduced
to the Clapton nurseries by Mr. Anderson, an indefatigable
collector for that establishment, who accompanied
Captain King in his voyage of survey. The plant was
originally discovered hy Commerson, and was, previous to
its introduction to our gardens, only known from the specimens
collected by that enterprising botanist.
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