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in petiolum 3-10 (-13) mm. longum contracta v. attenuata, minora 1.5-3 cm. longa, 
0.8-2.8 cm. lata, majora ad 5 :2.5 cm. et maxima longe petiolata ad 6:3 cm. magna 
(petiolo excluso), supra intense viridia, subtus discoloria, cinerascentia, pruinosa, 
utraque pagina satis laxe subdistincte elevato-reticulata, margine integra v. 
paucidentata (minora) v. (majora) satis dense graciliter spinuloso-serrata serraturis 
divaricatis 0.5-1 mm. longis, ramulorum sterilium praecedentibus similia v. 
subtus subviridescentia et saepe densius breviter serrulata.  Inflorescentiae 
breviter v. longius racemosae, basi haud paniculatae, circiter 10-20-florae, 2.5-6 
em. longae (pedunculo nudo interdum ad 2 cm. longo incluso), pendentes; flores 
flavi, 9-10 mm. diametientes; pedicelli 5-9 mm. longi, basi bracteis lanceolatis 
acuminatis 1—1.5 mm. longis suffulti; prophylla bracteis similia sed latiora; sepala 
externa elliptica v. ovato-elliptica, internis obovatis 5-7 mm. longis plus minusve 
v. fere duplo breviora; petala late ovato-oblonga, circiter 5-6 mm. longa, apice 
incisa, basi contracta, glandulis 2 ellipticis separatis aurantiacis instructa; stamina 
normalia, apice vix v. haud producta; ovarium elliptico-oblongum, versus apicem 
leviter attenuatum, ovulis 2 sessilibus oblongis instructum. Fructus (in vivo) 
elliptici, circiter 9 mm. longi et 6 mm. crassi, obscure sanguinei, praesertim 
basi leviter pruinosi, stigmate subsessili coronati; semina 2, flavo-brunnea, laevia. 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, summit of Wan-tiao-shan, alt. 2400 m., 
June 5, 1907 (No. 2864; shrub 1.5-2.4 m. tall, flowers yellow); Changyang Hsien, 
mountains, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 645; bush 1.2 m. high, flowers yellow); 
without precise locality, A. Henry (Nos. 5470, 54704, 54702, type, in Herb. Hof- 
mus., Vienna). Eastern Szech’uan: Wushan Hsien, 1907 (No. 391; bush 
1.5 m. tall, fruits red; seeds only; young plants in this Arboretum from which 
the above description is partly drawn); without precise locality, A. Henry 
(No. 5470»). 
This Barberry represents apparently B. vulgaris in Hupeh and eastern Szech'uan, 
but it is very different from the European species and its nearest relatives especially 
in its brownish, sometimes almost purplish branches which are yellowish gray in 
B. vulgaris Linnaeus and B. amurensis Ruprecht. On the other hand the plant of 
Hupeh is closely related to the following species, but living plants of both look 
rather distinct. See also my remarks under B. Dielsiana Fedde. 
BzgBERIS DrgLSrANA Fedde in Bot. Jahrb. XXXVI. Beibl. 82, 41 (1905). — 
pong in Bull. Herb. Boiss. sér. 2, VIII. 261 (1908), quoad specim. Giraldii 
0. 2 
Berberis Henryana Schneider, 1. c. (1908), quoad specim. Giraldiana. 
s A B. Henryana praecipue recedit: foliis ramulorum fertilium anguste el- 
lipticis v.elliptico-lanceolatisutrinque acutioribus 3:0.8 cm. ad 7:2.8-3 cm. magnis, 
petiolis longioribus instructis subtus plerisque distinctius viridescentibus, inflores- 
centiis majoribus saepe infra paniculatis ad 7 em. longis, floribus in vivo luteis, 
pedicellis infimis ad 13 mm. longis, fructibus 9-10 mm. longis ellipticis, sed 
basi paulo angustatis splendidius coloratis. 
Western Szech’uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1600-1800 m., May 1908 (No. 
2863; shrub 1.2-3 m. tall, flowers yellow, foliage often bronzy). Shensi: “ Sciu 
jan shan, am Kan y huo, blühend am 15. Mai," G. Giraldi (No. 2298, type, ex 
Fedde); south of Yenan Fu, 1910, W. Purdom (No. 341); same locality, alt. 1300 
m., February 8, 1911, W. Purdom (Seed No. 549; bush 1.8 m. high, red fruits; 
Plants in this Arboretum); at Chempu, February 1911, W. Purdom (Seed No. 
543; plants in this Arboretum); at Chung-pu, February S, 1911, W. Purdom 
Seed No. 605*; plants in this Arboretum). 
Not having seen the type of Fedde's species I am not entirely convinced that 
