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B. empetrifolia. Page 306. line 21. from the top, for “ Engraving ,” read“ Engravings and add “ Swt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2d ser., t. 350.”
1. 23., after “ ( Don’s Mill., i. p. 117.),” add : “ A low procumbent shrub,with slender, twiggy, angular branches, covered with a chestnut-colouredbark. Leaves fasciculate, linear, mucronate; revolute and entire atthe margins; glaucous ; about \ in. long, and nearly a line in breadth.Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or in pairs, slender, filiform, often curved,as long as the leaves. Flowers rather large, spreading. Sepals ellip-tical, yellow. Petals orange, obovate, retuse, shorter than the sepals.Stamens 6, shorter than the petals, pale yellow. Ovarium elliptical,green. Stigma broad, peltate, sessile, yellow. A native of the Straitsof Magellan , whence it was sent to the Clapton Nursery by Mr.Anderson, an indefatigable collector for that establishment, whoaccompanied Captain King in his voyage of survey. The plant wasoriginally discovered by Commerson, and has been long known fromthe specimens collected by that botanist. The habit of the plant isextremely delicate; but its flowers are large, and of a rich orangecolour. It is readily increased by layers. (Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2d ser.)”
B. floribunda. 306. 1. 36. after “ Synonymes,” add “ B. Zycium angus-tifolium Boyle.”
B. amtica. 306. 1. 4. from the bottom, after “ Synonymes,” add “ theZycium of Dioscorides Boyle in Lin. Trans., xvii. p. 83., Ann. desScien. Nat., t. 2. p. 181.”
307.1. 17., after “ racemes,” add: “ The fruit of B. asiatica was formed, and ofconsiderable size, at Syon, on July 20.1837, when B. aristata was beau-tifully in flower, and with many of the flower buds not fully expanded.The fruit of B. asiatica was oblong, pinkish or purplish, wrinkled, andcovered with a fine thick bloom, like the best table raisins. Theflowers of B. aristata were of a brilliant yellow, and the plant wascovered with them.”
B. dealbdta. 307. 1. 33. after full stop, insert: “ Mr. Gordon says that thefruit is of a yellowish purple; and adds that the flowers are sweet-scented, and the plant quite hardy.”
Additional Species of Berberis. 308., add to the beginning of the paragraph :“ B. Coriaria Wall, et Boyle has been raised from seeds receivedfrom Dr. Wallich and Dr. Royle, in the Horticultural Society’s Gar-den, and another species from Kamaon, both of which are quite hardy.”308. 1. 38., after “ p. 306.,” add : “ Mr. Gordon informs us that there areplants of B. iuxifolia in some of the London nurseries, from which itappears to be very nearly related to B. duleis. It is the true B. pro-vincials of the French .”
Mah'onia. 309., add to the first paragraph : “ Sphte'ria sequilinearis Schwein.
occurs on some of the species.”
M. fascicularis. 309. 1. 16. from the bottom, after“ distinguished,” insert “ even.”
I. 15. ditto, insert a comma after “ distance.”
M. repens. 311.1. 27., for “but these have notyet been succeeded by fruit,” read “ and,like M. Aquifolium, it ripens seeds freely.
The seeds should be sown in a cold-pit, assoon as they are ripe, and they will comeup the following spring.”
§ Nandlnte. Add as a paragraph at bottom of page.
“ Nandlna domestica Thunb. Nov. Gen., 1. p. 14.,
Bat. Mag., t. 1109., and our Jig. 2410., is anelegant evergreen shrub, growing to the height ofaft. The flowers are white, with yellow anthers; 2410
and the berries, which are about the size of a pea, are red. It is a native ofChina and Japan , whence it was brought to England in 1804, and is nownot uncommon in British green-houses.”