June. 1919.1 s. MATSUT) A :— PLANTS COLLECTED ON 3IT. OMfJL 131 



3. Clematis sp. 



Allied to C. Japonka Thunb. 



4. Ranunculus affinis R. Br, /9. tanguticus Maxim., F1. Tangutica 

 14- ; Pkitzkl I.e. 334. (On the summit). 



This speeies is allied to R. acris L. 



2. Berberidaceae 



5. Berberis sp. 



Shrub, branehlets glabrous, sulcate, dark brown. Leaves fascicled, 

 obovate oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, attenuated towards very short 

 petiole, glabrous, pergamentaceus, upper surface dark-colored, paler 

 beneath, spinulose-serrulate except the base and tip, with nerves 

 reticulate, elevated on both surfaces, 2.5 cm. long, 1.5 cm. broad. 

 Spines 3-fid, a little shorter than 1 cm. Flowers 2 (always ?) fascicled, 

 pedicels gracile, a little longer than 2 cm, 8 mm. across. Sepals 6, 

 roundish, distinctly nerved : petals 6 much smaller than the sepals, 

 obovate oblong, shortly and broadly clawed, with 3 distinct nerves, 

 and 2 oblong glands near base. Stamens 6, opposite the petals, and 

 much shorter than them, filament thick, a little longer than the anthers. 

 Ovary thick, oblong, stigma well developed, peltate. 



3. PapaYeracese 



6. Corydalis sp. (On the summit and slope). 



Herb glabrous, about 5 dm. high, little or not branching, lower 

 half of the stem naked. Leaves bi-ternate, ultimate segments cuneate, 

 several-lobed, lobes oblong. Raceme terminal, somewhat denseflowered. 

 Lower bracts leaf like, upper ones gradually reduced in size. Flowers 



purple (?), 2 cm. long. Sepals Spur cylindrical, nearly straight, 



obtuse, 8 mm, long, a little shorter than the acute lamina. The inner 

 petals with a dark blue patch near the tip. 



7. Corydalis (Sect. Capnoides DC.) sp. (Collected in Chengtu, 

 Sze-chuen). 



Herb less than 3 dm. high (always ?), glabrous, erect, branched. 

 Leaves 2-pinnate, 3-jointcd, lower ones iietiolate with petiole 6 cm. 

 long ; pinna; shortly stalked, 3-5 sected, pinnules cuneate, cut into 

 oblong lobes. Racemes terminating stem or branches, lax-flowered. 

 Bracts ovate-oblong, acuminate, subequal to the pedicel. Flowers 

 purple (?) 2 cm. long. Sepals Spur cylindrical obtuse, 6 or 7 mm. 



