BERBERIDACEAE. — BERBERIS 363 
The following descriptions and notes referring to species of this section are based 
on specimens not collected during the Arboretum Expeditions. 
Berberis Veitchii Schneider, n. sp. 
Berberis acuminata Hort. Veitch (nomen nudum, non Franchet). — Schneider, 
Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 916 (pro parte) (1912). 
Frutex; ramuli juveniles glabri, rotundati v. leviter striati, rubescentes, vetus- 
tiores cinerei; internodia 3-6 cm. longa; spinae 3-fidae, apice ramulorum debiles, 
parvae, basim versus majores, robustiores, mediae ad 2 (v. in plantis cultis ad 
5) em. longae, flavae, subtus canaliculatae; folia ad 3 fasciculata, tenuiter coriacea, 
lanceolata v. anguste ovato-lanceolata, apice subacuminata, basi acuta, in petiolum 
brevissimum contracta, margine spinoso-dentata, spinis pungentibus 2-3 mm. 
longis utrinque circiter 9-22 instructa, 5.5:0.9 cm. ad 11.5:1.9 cm. (v. in plantis 
cultis ad 10:2.4 cm.) magna, supra pallide viridia, hypodermate non instructa, 
subtus pallide viridia, utroque latere tantum nervis lateralibus plus minus visi- 
bilibus, v. subtus praeter costam elevatam fere enervia; flores 5-8 fasciculati 
mediocres (circiter 9 mm. diam.), flavi; pedicelli 2.2-3.5 cm. longi, basi bracteis 
late-triangularibus breviter acuminatis suffulti; prophylla sepalaque exteriora late 
obovato-rhombica, sepala interiora late ovato-rotunda petalis obovatis apice 
emarginatis basi breviter unguiculatis glanduliferis majora; stamina normalia; 
ovaria ovulis 2, raro 3, subsessilibus instructa, estylosa. Fructus nondum vidi. 
Western Hupeh: without locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1138). 
In Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, VIII. 197 (1908) I placed this specimen with B. 
acuminata, but I now think that Franchet's species is different and that it may be 
distinguished by the much slighter and shorter serratures of the larger, somewhat 
thinner and a little more reticulate leaves. See also the key of the section Wal- 
lichianae on page 367. 
Berberis subacuminata Schneider, n. sp. 
Frutex ad 1.50 m. altus; ramuli juniores valde sulcato-striati, glabri, flaves- 
centes; internodia 4-5 em. longa; spinae 1-3-fidae, mediocres v. parvae, mediae 
ad 1.8 cm. longae, teretes, flavae. Folia ad 5 fasciculata, tenuiter coriacea, hypo- 
dermate non instructa, ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta sed non v. vix acuminata, 
basi acuta in petiolum 2-8 mm. longum contracta, viridia, utrinque fere con- 
coloria et tenuiter reticulata, 4.5: 1.4 em. ad 9:2.2 cm. magna, margine graciliter 
et satis breviter spinoso denticulata, spinis utrinque 5-15. Flores ad 2-6 fasciculati 
mediocres (ad 8 mm. diam.) pedicelli 1.8-2.2 cm. longi; sepala interiora late obo- 
vata petalis obovato-oblongis apice leviter emarginatis basi unguiculatis nec- 
tariis valde elongatis instructis paullo majora; ovaria ovulis 2 sessilibus instructa. 
Fructus ignoti (in specimine Delavayana immaturi, ovati, circiter 7:4.5 mm. 
magni, stigmatibus sessilibus). 
Yunnan: Yuan-chang, alt. 2000 m., A. Henry (No. 13267, type; shrub 1.25 m. 
: tall, flowers yellow); “ Mt. che tchotze sur Ta-pintze," 23, Delavay (in Herb. 
Mus. Paris; differs in the solitary lowers and the shorter pedicels only 3-6 mm. 
long; Delavay says: “fruits mûrs noirs." I have only seen branches of the second 
year, which are slightly angulate). 
In Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér 2, VIII. 197 (1908), I have mistaken this form for 
B. acuminata Franchet, but the type of Franchet’s species has round twigs, much 
more elongated, distinctly acuminate leaves and petals with short nectaries. It 
seems to be a very rare species, and also Wilson’s No. 1138 (1900) from western 
Hupeh, cited by me also under B. acuminata (l. c.), belongs to a different species, 
namely to B. Veitchii Schneider. In the reticulation of their leaves B. acumi- 
