Descriprion.— Shrub, 3-6 ft. high; branches angular- 
striate, greyish. Leaves obovate-cuneate, rounded at the 
apex, mucronate, 3-14 in. long, 4-2 in. broad, entire or 
spinose-serrate ; veins few, conspicuous on both surfaces ; 
spines three- or five-partite, 2-3 in. long, spreading ; scales 
of the winter-buds ovate. Flowers solitary or in few- 
flowered fascicles, 3 in. in diameter ; pedicels slender, 3—$ in. 
long. Sepals 6 or 7, subequal, ovate or elliptic, about 4 in. 
long. Petals broadly ovate, subacute, very slightly emar- 
ginate, } in. long, pale yellow; glands of the petals elliptic. 
Stamens half the length of the petals. Stigma subsessile, 
capitate. Berry red, ellipsoid, 1—} in. long, about 4 i. 
wide.—J. Hurcsinson. 
Cutrivation.—Berberis yunnanensis is one of the new 
Barberries introduced to cultivation by Mr. Maurice L. de 
Vilmorin, and it is to him that Kew is indebted for the 
plant from which the plate was prepared. It was received 
in February, 1907. It is a bush of dense rounded habit, at 
present 2 to 3 ft. high. The flowers are large as compared 
with those of other cultivated Barberries, as is also the 
fruit. The species is a welcome addition to a beautiful 
group of hardy shrubs. Barberries are not fastidious as to 
soil; in the sandy soil of Kew they thrive better than most 
shrubs, and they produce seeds sufficiently plentifully to 
afford a simple means of increase.—W. J. BEAN. 
Fig. 1, stamen and petal, showing the two glands near the base of the latter 
2, stamen with the anther-valves still closed; 3, pistil:—all enlarged. 
