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normalibus instructa, stamina normalia (v. breviter apiculata), ovaria ut videtur 
estylosa, ovulis 1-2 sessilibus instructa. Fructus nondum vidi. 
Yunnan: * in silvis ad collum Koua-la-po (Ho-kein)," alt. 3000 m., fl. 26 maj. 
1884, Delavay (No. 1047, type); “ in collibus ad collum Yen-tze-hay (Lan-kong)," 
alt. 3000 m., fl. jun. 1886, Delavay (No. 2447); “in silvis Kou-toui, supra Mosogyn,” 
alt. 3000 m., fl. 17 maj. 1887, Delavay. 
The first two specimens represent the type of Franchet’s B. sinensis typica, 
the last is the type of Franchet’s B. Thunbergii, var. glabra. In Bull. Herb. Boissier, 
sér. 2, VIII. 204 (1908) I have already stated that these two forms of Franchet 
may belong to one species. Indeed they differ only in this that Nos. 1047, 2447 
have more fasciculate 1 and apiculate stamens, while the specimen from 
Kou-toui has more elongated and umbellulate racemes and non-apiculate anthers. 
Unfortunately I have not yet seen any fruiting specimen. There is a Berberis 
cultivated under No. 3499 in the Arnold Arboretum, raised from seeds collected 
by Delavay in Yunnan, which in many respects seems to agree well with B. Le- 
comtet. The leaves of No. 3499 scarcely differ from that of our new species, but 
in the fruiting branches they are more broadly obovate, measuring from 2:0.8- 
1.3 em. to 3:1.2 em. The inflorescences of No. 3499 are mostly distinctly stalked 
and umbellulate-racemose. The flowers do not show any marked difference from 
that of No. 1047. The fruits are red, slightly pruinose, round-ovate with sessile 
stigmas, they contain two seeds. This cultivated form from Yunnan possibly 
may belong to B. Lecomtei, which seems to be rather nearly related to the 
Japanese B. Thunbergii. 
The name is given in honor of Professor Lecomte, the Director of the botanical 
department of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 
Sect. VULGARES Schneider. 
Berberis dictyoneura Schneider, n. sp. 
Frutex 1.00-2 m. altus; ramuli juniores nondum visi, vetustiores 
cinerei, angulati, leviter divaricati ; internodia 1.6-2.3 em. longa; 
folia (ramulorum fructiferorum) ad 7 fasciculata, membranacea, 
ovata, apice subacuta, basi satis subito in petiolum 2-6 mm. longum 
contracta, lamina 1:0.5 ad 3: 1.4 em. magna, utrinque fere concoloria, 
nitentia, eodem modo distinctissime anguste reticulata, margine 
dense fere duplo spinoso-dentata Spinis distantibus majoribus fere 
ad 2 mm. longis. Inflorescentiae racemosae v. fasciculato-racemosae, 
circiter 6-florae, 2-3 cm. longae, glabrae, pedicelli 0.8-1.4 cm. longi, 
basi bracteis triangularibus, acuminatissimis, 1.5 mm. longis suffulti; 
flores non vidi. Fructus immaturi obovati, 7-8 mm. longi et 4-5 mm. 
lati, stigmatibus sessilibus; semina 2, sessilia. 
Western Szech'uan: Min valley, near Sungpan, roadsides, alt. 
2600-3000 m., August 1910 (No. 4633). 
! For lack of some important type specimens I have not been able to determine 
all the material belonging to this group. I expect to give supplementary notes in 
the second volume of this work. 
