Tap. 8185. 
BERBERIS acuMiInaTA. 
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China. 
BERBERIDACEAE. 
Berseris, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 43. 
Berberis acuminata, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, vol. xxxiii. p. 387; 
B. Wallichianae, DO., affinis, sed foliis angustioribus longe acutatis vel 
acuminatis magis et longius spinoso-serratis, spinis firmioribus differt. 
Frutec sempervirens 1-2 m. altus, glaberrimus; rami cortice pallido vel 
cinerascente tecti. olia lanceolata, longe acutata vel acuminata, spinoso- 
serrata, 5-10 em. longa, 0° 6-2 em. lata, coriacea, anguste calloso-marginata, 
spinulis 1°5-3 mm. longis prorsus directis firmis; spinae tripartitae, 
10-15 mm. longae, patentes. lorwm fasciculi 2-15 (plerumque 5-9)-flori, 
perulis ovatis acuminatis subpungentibus ; pedicelli graciles, 15-20, raro 
ad 30 mm. longi. Sepala 6, exteriora 2-2°5mm. interiora 5-6 mm. 
longa, omnia suborbicularia. Peiala obovato-orbicularia, sepala interiora 
aequantia, luride aurea. Stamina quam petala triente breviora. Stigma 
subsessile, pileiforme. Bacca nigra, glauco-pruinosa, ellipsoidea, 8-10 mm. 
longa, 5-6 mm. diametro. 
Berberis acuminata was discovered by Delavay in woods 
near Tcheng-fong-chau, Yunnan, in 1882. Since then it has 
been collected by Dr. A. Henry and Mr. EK. H. Wilson in the 
mountains of Western Hupeh, where it is, however, according 
to the latter collector, who found it growing on grassy slopes 
at from 5,000 to 6,000 feet above sea-level, very rare. The 
specimens from which the plate was prepared were com- 
municated by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, who raised 
plants from seeds obtained on their behalf by Mr. Wilson. 
These plants flowered at Coombe Wood in-May, 1907. The 
most nearly allied species, Berberis Wallichiana, is a native 
of the Temperate Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards. It 
differs mainly in having relatively broader leaves with less 
tapering tips and much smaller marginal spines. 
Description.—Shrub, evergreen 3-6 feet high; bark of 
the young branches pale or greyish. Leaves lanceolate, 
long tapering towards the tips or acuminate, spinous-serrate, 
Mazcu, 1908. 
