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Berberis polyantha Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIX. 302. 
(1892). — Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, V. 815 (1905); 
VIII. 264 (1908). 
Western Szech’uan: Tachien-lu, alt. 2600-3300 m., July and 
September 1908 (No. 1048; bush 2-4 m. tall, flowers deep yellow); 
Min valley, north of Mao-chou, alt. 2900-3200 m., August 1910 (No. 
4634; shrub 1.0 m. tall, fruit salmon-red); valley of Hsao-chin-ho 
near Monkong Ting, alt. 2300-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 2872; bush 
2-3 m. tall, flowers yellow); without locality, July 1904 (Veitch Exped. 
No. 3152); without locality, A. von Rosthorn (No. 2527). 
Berberis polyantha, var. oblanceolata Schneider, n. var. 
A typo recedit praecipue foliis integris v. fere integris majoribus 
oblanceolatis ad 2.4 mm. longis et 6 mm. latis, minoribus obovatis v. 
ovalibus, inflorescentiis minoribus et angustioribus cum pedunculo 
2.5-4 cm. longis. 
Western Szech'uan: valley of Hsao-chin-ho near Monkong 
Ting, alt. 2300-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 2868; decumbent bush, 
1-1.60 m. tall, flowers deep yellow). 
Berberis Prattii Schneider, n. sp. 
Frutex 2-3-metralis; ramuli floriferi paullo hirtelli v. fere glabri, 
cinereo-brunnei, sulcati, internodia 2-3 cm. longa; spinae 1-3-fidae, 
satis debiles, mediocres ad 13 mm. longae, flavo-brunneae, acutae, 
subtus leviter sulcatae; folia ad 10 fasciculata, oblonga v. obovato- 
oblonga v. obovalia, apice rotunda v. leviter emarginata v. breviter 
acuta, mucronulata, basim versus in petiolum brevem subito con- 
tracta, sed lamina ad imam basim decurrente, margine integra v. 
utrinque supra mediam dentibus 1-9 satis parvis instructa, supra 
viridia, ut videtur nitentia, subtus pallidiora, papillosa, utrinque dis- 
tincte et anguste elevato-reticulata, majora 2.5:1—1.5 cm. ad 4.5:1.5- 
2.5 cm. magna. Inflorescentiae paniculatae, elongatae, fructiferae 
ad 15 em. longae, brevissime v. indistincte pilosae; flores flavi, parvi, 
circiter 5-6 mm. diam.; pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi, bracteis acuminatis, 
ad 3 mm. longis instructi; petala sepalis internis late ovatis vix bre- 
viora, obovato-oblonga, apice incisa, basi late unguiculata, glan- 
dulifera; stamina apice apiculata, petalis breviora; ovaria ovulis 2 
sessilibus instructa. Fructus salmoneo-rubri, verisimiliter pruinosi, 
ut videtur globosi, parvi, circiter 6:6 mm. magni, stylo distincto sed 
brevi coronati; semina 2. 
