74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40139 to 40201— Continued. 



still more effective when laden in September with its branches of 

 salmon-red fruits. The shrub grows very freely and is apparently 

 quite hardy; the freedom with which it fruits promises to make its 

 propagation easy. Like other species of Berberis, this one enjoys 

 a well-drained loamy soil." (Curtis's Botaniml Magazine, pi. 85.'/'J.) 



40150. Berbekis stapfiana Schneider. 



See S. P. I. No. 37975 for previous introduction and description. 



"A deciduous, or partially evergreen, glabrous shrub, probably 5 

 or 6 feet high, of elegant habit, the stems spreading and arching; 

 leaf clusters one-third inch apart, spines three pronged, very slender 

 and needlelike, brown, one-third to three-fourths inch long. Leaves 

 oblanceolate, rounded to pointed at the apex, mostly entire, but some- 

 times toothed near the end, tapered at the base; one-half to 1 inch 

 long, one-twelfth to three-sixteenths inch wide ; scarcely stalked, of 

 hard" texture. Flowers pale yellow, globose, one-sixth inch wide, 

 borne four to seven together in axillary, stalkless, or very shortly 

 stalked clusters. The stalk of the individual flower is one-eighth to 

 one-sixth inch long. Fruit oval, carmine red with a slight bloom, one- 

 fourth inch long, containing two or three seeds. 



'• Native of western China ; introduced to Kew from St. Petersburg 

 in 1896, and later from Wilson's seeds. M. Maurice de Vilmorin has 

 also grown it for some years at Les Barres, in France. It is a 

 charming shrub, of free, graceful growth, allied to B. icilsonae, but 

 that species is distinguished by its downy shoots." (W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 2.}3.) 



40151. Berberis virescens Hook. f. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 27122 and 30753 for previous introductions. 



"An elegant, deciduous shrub, 6 to 9 feet high; with smooth, red- 

 dish brown, shining branches, armed at each leaf tuft with a slender, 

 3-parted or single spine up to three-fourths inch long. Leaves two- 

 thirds to 1% inches long, obovate, thin, pale but bright green ; the 

 apex round or tipped with a small spine, the margins toothed or 

 entire. Flowers one-third inch in diameter, pale greenish or sulphur 

 yellow, and produced on slender, short stalks, either in panicles or 

 short racemes. Berries slender, nearly one-half inch long, reddish, 

 covered with bloom. 



" Discovered by Sir Joseph Hooker, at an elevation of 9,000 feet, 

 in Sikkim, in 1849, and introduced to Kew about the same time ; this 

 barberry was not given specific rank until described 40 years after. 

 It is not one of the most attractive of barberries in regard to its 

 flowers or fruit, but its habit is elegant, and the red tinge of its 

 stems is pleasing in winter. There are two forms of the species at 

 Kew, one regarded as typical, with red fruits; the other, var. macru- 

 carpa, with large black fruits five-eighths inch long." ( W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 251.) 



40152. Berberis wilsonae Hemsl. 



"An elegant, deciduous, sometimes partially evergreen shrub, 2 to 

 4 feet high, of spreading habit, and usually more in diameter; 

 branches comparatively thin, reddish brown, slightly downy, armed 

 with slender 3-parted spines one-half to three- fourths inch long, and 

 red when young. Leaves as a rule less than 1 inch long, otherwise 



