a mass of twiggy branches out of which are thrust 
each year a number of long whip-like shoots. More 
beautiful when in flower than most Chinese species 
of the genus, it is still more effective when laden in 
September with its branches of salmon-red fruits. The 
material for our figure was gathered from a_ plant 
in the Arboretum Nursery at Kew, which had been 
purchased from Messrs. Veitch in 1909. The shrub 
grows very freely and is apparently quite hardy; the 
freedom with which it fruits promises to make its pro- 
pagation easy. Like other species of Berberis this one 
enjoys a well-drained loamy soil. 
Description.—Sirub, 6-10 ft. high; young twigs 
finely pilose, tawny, grooved; internodes 2-1 in. long; 
old twigs ash-grey. Spines undivided or more often 
3-partite, slender, 4-2 in. long, grooved underneath. 
Leaves in fascicles of 4-5 (according to Schneider a 
fascicle may include as many as 10) obovate-oblong or 
obovate, rounded or blunt and mucronulate at the tip, 
narrowed gradually below into a short or very short 
petiole, }-11 in. long, 1-2 in. wide, entire or more 
particularly on the lower part of the twigs spinulose 
serrate beyond the middle, green above, paler beneath, 
in drying very markedly reticulate on both surfaces. 
Panicles narrow, 13-2 in. long, glabrous; bracts ovate, 
caudate-acuminate, about 1 in. long; pedicels 1-1 in. 
long, bibracteolate at the tip, bracteoles triangular, 
obtuse, red, under +5 in. long. Flowers about + in. 
across. Sepals 6, wide elliptic-obovate, very concave, 
3-nerved, lateral nerves at length divided; three outer 
about 4 in. long, three inner about 1 in. long. Petals 6, 
opposite the sepals, obovate, 1-1 in. long, 4 in. wide, 
emarginate, 3-nerved with two rather large oblong glands 
on the lateral nerves a little above the base. Stamens 6, 
opposite the petals, yin. long. Ovary shortly stipitate, 
ovoid; style short; ovules 2, erect. Berry ellipsoid, salmon- 
red, { in. long, crowned by the short persistent style. Seeds 
1-2, oblong-obovoid, about 7 in. long, reddish. 
Fig. 1, flower-bud ; 2, flower; 3, petal; 4, stamen; 5, pistil :—all enlarged. 
