BERBERIDACEAE. — BERBERIS 307 
Ovaria ovulis 1—4 sessilibus vel subsessilibus instructa. 
Folia permagna, 9-18 em. longa et 1.5-3.3 em. lata, longe acuminata, 
breviter spinuloso-dentata dentibus vix 1 mm. longis distantibus. 
Ramuli juniores flavescentes, rotundati . . . . . . . B. acuminata 
Folia etiam maxima vix plus quam 10 em. longa v. alio modo diversa. 
Folia satis parva, ovata v. ovato-oblonga, 3.3-5.5 cm. longa et 1-1.8 
em. lata subtus laxe reticulata, breviter spinoso-dentata. Fructus 
GHDPIRPOB- 19.7. 20.77. X eda HEAR B. Delavayi, p. 364. 
Folia majora v. lanceolata. ; 
Ramuli juniores striato-sulcati, flavescentes. 
Folia ovato-lanceolata, majora ad 9: 2.2 cem. magna, margine gracil- 
iter breviter spinoso-dentieulata. Pedicelli 1.8-2.2 em. longi. 
B. subacuminata, p. 363. 
Folia lineari-lanceolata, majora ad 6:0.5 cm. magna, margine 
dentibus satis crassis et approximatis dentata. Pedicelli 6-15 mm. 
lob £a et 6v a 03 00s B. sanguinea, p. 359. 
Ramuli juniores plus minus rotundati, flavescentes v. rubescentes. 
Ramuli hornotini rubescentes, glabri. Ovula 1-3. 
Folia lineari-lanceolata, ad 6.5:0.8 cm. magna, margine denti- 
bus gracilibus distantibus serrata B. triacanthophora, p. 358. 
Folia lanceolata v. anguste ovato-lanceolata, ad 11.5:1.9-2.4 
cm. magna, margine spinis 2-3 mm. longis dentata. 
B. V eitchii, p. 363. 
Ramuli hornotini flavescentes, plerumque minime verruculosi. 
Ovula 4. Folia lanceolata, ad 7: 1.5 cm. magna, graciliter et 
satis angustes pinoso-serrata . . . . B. Gagnepainii, p. 358. 
Folia majora v. longiora vix plus quam 2.5 em. longa v. subtus distincte albo- 
pruinosa. 
Folia subtus viridia v. tantum leviter, non albo-pruinosa. Flores 1-3, longius- 
cule pedicellati. 
Ramuli teretes, distincte verrueulosi. . . . . . . B. verruculosa, p. 357. 
Ramuli striato-suleati, sublaeves ....... . B. Asmyana, p. 357. 
Folia subtus distincte alba. Ramuli glabri, rotundati. Flores singuli, breviter 
podiooditro. ee C us c sac eec D. Cufdidula, D. 957. 
Sect. TINCTORIAE Schneider. 
Berberis Francisci-Ferdinandi Schneider, n. sp. 
Frutex 2-3-metralis; ramuli juniores rubri, deinde purpurascentes, 
glabri, leviter nitentes et angulati, vetustiores cinerascentes; inter- 
nodia 2-3.5 em. longa; spinae plerumque simplices, parvae v. ad 
2.5 em. longae, subtus sulcatae, flavo-rubrae; folia ad 6 fasciculata; 
chartacea, decidua, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, utrinque acuta, basi 
satis subito in petiolum distinctum 0.5-1.5 em. longum contracta, 
supra viridia, subtus claro-viridia, utrinque levissime nitentia et 
1 Berberis acuminata Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XXXIII. 387 (1886). — 
Schneider, 7U. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 916 (1912). 
China: Yunnan. 
