Holbcellia
(named after Fred. Louis Holboll, once Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Copenhagen). ORD. Berberideae. A genus of only two species. H. latifolia is an interesting cool greenhouse evergreen climbing shrub. It is of easy culture in any light soil. Propagation is effected by cuttings, made of half-ripened shoots, in spring.
H. latifolia (broad-leaved). fl. purple or greenish, very fragrant; racemes axillary, corymbose; peduncles longer than petioles. March. l. ternate or quinate, coriaceous; leaflets oblong, obtuse, mucronate. h. 20ft. Himalaya, 1840. (B. R. 1846, 49.) H. l. angustifolia is a form having seven to nine linear-lanceolate leaflets.