14 BERBERIDE2E. 



fasciculati, fasciculis 10-15 floratis, ad apicera ramulorum brevissimorum 

 terminalibus basi perulis vel bracteis plurinlis suffultis, bracteis oblongis 

 1| mm. longis apice bi-aristatis vel obtusis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis. Sepala 9, 

 in forma et magnitudine variabillima, exterioribus 3 minoribus tri angular i- 

 oblongis 2 |- mm. longis apice acnmiiiatis, interioribus 6 majoribus obovatis 

 5^ cm. longis 4 mm. latis apice rotundatis basi cnneatis a basi l- mm. latis, 

 margine tennibus, 3-nerviis. Petala 6, obovato-spatlnilata, 5 mm. longa 2 

 mm. lata, apice rotmidata, bi-apiculata, basi cuueata, a basi 1^ mm. longa, 

 prope basin 2-glandulosa, glandulis elevatis 1 mm. longis oblongo-fusiformibus. 

 Stamina 6, patalis opposita, 3 mm. longa, patalis breviora, filamentis com- 

 planatis incrassatis 2 mm. longis, antlieris f mm. longis, connectivis productis 

 obtusis. Ovarium obovoideo-cyliiidricum, 3 mm. longnm 1 mm. latum, infra 

 stigma leviter contractum, 1-loculare, 2-ovulata, stigmate dilatato sessili 

 peltato crassiusculo. 



HAB. Montibus Ceutralibus, Aprili. 1910. 



Near .B. WaHichiana, B. Baranduna, and B. Kawakamii, but differs 

 from them by the aristately serrulate leaves. 



Berberis brevisepala HAYATA sp. nov. Kami cinerascentes, glabri, 

 cortice longitudinaliter fisso gradatim soluto, aculeati, aculeis ternatis 11 mm. 

 longis, utraque latere stipulo triangular! uno instructis. Folia ad ramulos 

 brevissimos ad axillas aculeorum sitos ternatim verticillatimque disposita, 

 obovato-lanceolata, 5^ cm. longa, 14- cm. lata apice aristato-acuta, basi cuneato- 

 atteiiuata, valde coriacea, costa supra impressa basi elevata venis lateralibus 

 primariis utroque latere costse 3-4, ad medium furcatis vix conspicuis 

 margine serris aristatis 3 utroque latere instructa, fere sessilia. Flores 

 7-8-fasciculati, fasciculis ad ramos brevissimos terminalibus, basi perulis 

 multiseriatis suffultis, pedicellis florum 1 cm. longis. Flores non visi. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, leg. U. MORI, 1910, Aprili. 



Seems to be different from B. Kaivakamii HAYATA by the less dentate 



mi 



leaves. 



