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haud distincte papillosa, utrinque distincte elevato-reticulata. Inflorescen- 
tiae 1-3-florae, pedunculi nulli v. brevissimi; flores ab iis B. diaphanae vix 
diversae, petalis paulo angustioribus, ovulis 7-11; pedicelli fructiferi 2-3 cm. 
longi. Fructus aurantiaci, ut videtur leviter pruinosi, ovato-elliptici, 15-18 mm. 
longi et 8-10 mm. crassi, apice paulo attenuati (an semper?) et stylo brevissimo 
coronati; semina matura 3-5. 
Western Szech'uan: near Was-han (No. 930, type; see p. 353); without 
exact locality (Veitch Exped. No. 3145, in part, flowering specimens; see p. 354). 
On account of the dark-colored branchlets which are bright red on the cultivated 
specimens this species has to be kept distinct from B. diaphana. Young plants of 
B. aemulans cannot be distinguished from those of B. Tischleri Schneider, but this 
species is very distinct in its mostly elongate subracemose inflorescence and in its 
elongated almost rostrate fruits. 
Berberis diaphana, var. circumserrata (p. 354). This variety differs in several 
respects from the true B. diaphana Maximowicz, especially in its ovaries contain- 
ing only 4 ovules (not 6-12) and in its habit. It seems to represent a good species 
which inhabits a different geographical area. It may be described as follows: 
BERBERIS CIRCUMSERRATA Schneider, n. sp. 
Frutex erectus, satis dense ramosus; ramuli hornotini annotinique flavescentes, 
flavo-brunnescentes v. paulo rubescentes, glabri, striato-angulati, vetustiores 
cmerascentes; internodia 1.5-3 em. longa; spinae normales 3-fidae, flavescentes 
v. brunnescentes, interdum ad 5-fidae v. reductae 1-fidae, dorso sulcatae, mediae 
surculorum ad 2.5 em. longae. Folia ramulorum fertilium ad 5 fasciculata, matura 
chartacea, obovato-oblonga v. late obovata, apice rotunda v. leviter emarginata, 
versus in petiolum ad 0.5 em. longum sensim v. subito contracta, 1.5-3.5 cm. 
longa et 0.5-2.5 em. lata, superne intense viridia, subtus albescentia, pruinosa 
v. m planta vetustiori pallide viridescentia, utrinque distincte satis anguste v. 
laxius ut in B. diaphana graciliter elevato-reticulata, margine circumcirca dense 
spinuloso-serrulata, dentibus 0.5-2 mm. longis gracilibus 3-8 pro 5 mm., folia 
surculorum (juvenilia longe petiolata excepta) majora v. latiora, ovato- v. elliptico- 
rotunda v. late elliptica v. obovata, minus dense grossius spinuloso-serrata v. 
etiam fere integra, 1.5 : 1 em. ad 4:3 cm. v. ad 3 : 3 cm. magna, subtus distinctius 
albescentia, saepe laxius reticulata. Inflorescentiae 1-3 florae, pedunculo ad 2.5 
cm. longo; flores lutei, cireiter 10 mm. diametientes, ab iis B. diaphanae v. B. 
vix diversi, sed staminibus apice vix apiculatis; ovula pleraque 4, inter- 
dum 3 v. ad 7. Fructus (plantae cultae) anguste elliptici, apice plus minusve ut 
in B. Tischleri in stylum elongati, flavo-rubri, partim leviter pruinosi, stylo incluso 
circiter 13-15 mm. longi et 5-6 mm. erassi; semina 1-3, aurantiaca, laevia; pedi- 
celli 10-17 mm. longi, bracteis acuminatis ad 2-2.5 mm. longis suffulti. 
Shensi: Tai-pei-shan, 1910, W. Purdom (No. 4, type; with flowers); same 
ty, February 8, 1911, W. Purdom (Seed Nos. 604, 604», 608); young plants in 
the Arnold Arboretum, fruiting co-type). 
There are also young plants in this Arboretum under No. 182 of Purdom 
of which a record is wanting. These plants have not yet flowered and may possibly 
represent a somewhat different form. B. circumserrata seems to be a good species, 
resembling in its fruits B. Tischleri but in its inflorescences and in its growth much 
more B. diaphana. It does not form such regular dense bushes as the latter species 
and it grows much less vigorously than B. Tischleri. 
trice yunnanensis (p. 355). This species does not occur in western Szech’uan. 
plants mentioned under B. yunnanensis should be referred to B. T'schleri 
