BERBERIDACEAE. — BERBERIS 371 
shan, alt. 3300 m., June 25, 1908 (No. 2857); Pan-lan-shan, west of 
Kuan Hsien, alt. 2600-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4288); Wa-shan, 
thickets, alt. 2600 m., June and September 1908 (Nos. 2858, 955); west 
and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2000-3000 m., July and 
September 1908 (Nos. 1012, 1059) ; Mupin, thickets, alt. 1600-2800 m., 
June, July and September 1908 (Nos. 2861, 1012); west and near 
Wénch’uan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1600 m., July 1908 (No. 2867; a 
form with few-flowered, fasciculate-racemose inflorescences); with- 
out locality, September 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 31515; fruiting 
branches); Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4726). 
This species seems nearly related to the little known B. T'schonoskyana Regel 
from Japan of which I have not yet seen the young branches. Especially No. 
2867 looks very like the Japanese form, as described by Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. 
II. 421 (1873) and as B. sikokiana by Yatabe, in Tokyo Bot. M. ag. V. 283, (1891). 
At first sight this new species also resembles B. Tischleri Schneider which differs 
chiefly in having 4 ovules and an elongated fruit with a distinct style. 
Named in honor of His Excellency Count Ernst Silva Tarouca, the president 
of the Dendrological Society of Austria and Hungary, a famous garden maker and 
plant lover, to whom I am much indebted for assistance. 
Berberis Mouillacana Schneider, n. sp. 
Frutex 1-3-metralis; ramuli annotini et biennes purpurascentes, 
` glabri, angulato-suleati, vetustiores cinerascentes; internodia 1-2.5 
cm. longa; spinae simplices, ramulorum juniorum ad 1.8 em. longae, 
flavescentes, rotundatae; folia ad 6 fasciculata, crasse membranacea, 
obovato-lanceolata, apice obtusa v. rotunda, minime mucronulata, 
basi plus minusve subito in petiolum distinctum 1-15 mm. longum 
contracta, laminis 1:0.4 ad 2.5:1.4 em. v. 3.5:1.7 ad 6:1.9 em. magnis, 
Supra viridia, vix nitentia, subtus concoloria et nitentia raro leviter 
pruinosa, utrinque, sed subtus distinctius, laxe reticulata, margine 
integra v. raro dentibus brevissimis distantibus utrinque ad 8 in- 
structa. Inflorescentiae fructiferae plerumque distincte racemosae, 
versus apicem ramorum interdum fasciculato-racemosae, 6—12-florae, 
ad 4.5 em. longae, glabrae; flores nondum vidi; pedicelli 0.5-1.3 cm. 
longi, basi bracteis triangulari-acuminatis acutissimis, 1.5-2 mm. 
longis suffulti. Fructus rubri (“scarlet or crimson” Wilson) leviter 
pruinosi, ovato-elliptici, circiter 8-10 ad 5-7 mm. magni, stigmatibus 
sessilibus; semina (1-)2. 
Western Szech'uan: Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2700-3600 m., 
September and October 1908 (Nos. 1039, type, 1041, 1283); same 
locality, uplands, alt. 2700-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4123). 
