1924] REHDER, LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF NORTHERN CHINA, II 141 



The specimen mentioned and described by Schneider as a remarkable 

 but incomplete specimen from Weichang collected by Purdom (in Sargent, 

 PI. Wilson. 1. 373 [1913]) I consider an abnormal form of B. Poiretii. 



It is unfortunate and misleading to the uninitiated that the species 

 which bears according to the rule of priority the name B. chinensis Poir. 

 (B. sinensis Desf.) is not a Chinese but a Caucasian species which had 

 been described and named from cultivated plants supposed to have been 

 raised from Chinese seed. 



Berberis Poiretii f. weichangensis Schneider in Sargent, PI. Wilson, i. 

 372 (1913). 



Chili: east of Weichang, W '. Purdom, nos. 2 and 35. — See also Schnei- 

 der, 1. c. 



This form differs very little from typical B. Poiretii. 



Berberis Dielsiana Fedde in Bot. Jahrb. xxxvi. beibl. lxxxii. 41 

 (1905).— Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, vm. 261 (1908), quoad 

 specimen Giraldii; in Sargent, PI. Wilson, in. 441 (1917). — Hers in Jour. 

 N. China Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 107 (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 

 4 (1922). 



Berberis Henry ana Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, s6r. 2, vm. 261 (1908), 



quoad specimina Giraldii. 

 Berberis Poiretii Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 107 (1922); 



Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 4 (1922). — Non Schneider. 



Honan: Yung ning, Ku hsien, alt. 800 m., J. Hers, no. 841, October 6, 

 1919; Yung ning, Tsi li ping, J. Hers, no. 443, May 22, 1919; Yung ning, 

 Yo tze ping, alt. 1000 in., J. Hers, no. 827, October 4, 1919; Lushih, Kiao 

 ho, alt. 1000 m., J. Hers, no. 982, October 13, 1919; Lushih, Tsi tsuen kow, 

 alt. 800 m., J. Hers, no. 855, October 8, 1919; Lushih, Lao kiun shan, alt. 

 2000 m., J. Hers, no. 1167, September 21, 1919 (sterile); Sung hsien, Shih 

 tze miao, J. Hers, no. 598, May 26, 1919; Cheng chow nursery, introduced 

 from Sung shan, J. Hers, no. 332, April 24, 1921. 



Shensi: south of Yenan fu, TV. Purdom, no. 341 (1910). — See also Fedde, 

 1. c, and Schneider, 1. c. 



Distribution: also Szechuan. 



The specimens from Yung ning, Honan, differ somewhat in their smaller 

 leaves of firmer texture. 



Berberis dubia Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, v. 663 (1905); 



vm. 259 (1908). 



Berberis sinensis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 31 (1886), quoad plantam 



e Kansu. — Non Desfontaines. 

 Berberis vulgaris Hemsley, 1. c. (1886), quoad plantam e Kansu. — Non Linnaeus. 

 Berberis sinensis var. crataegina Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, 



v. 178 (PI. David, i. 26) (1882).— Maximowicz, Fl. Tangut. 33 (1889).— 



Non Regel. 

 Berberis vulgaris a. normalis Maximowicz in Fl. Tangut. 29 (1889); in Act. 



Hort. Petrop. xi. 41 (1890).— Non Hooker f. & Thomson. 

 Berberis vulgaris s. emarginata Maximowicz in Act. Hort. Petrop. xi. 41 



(1890).— Non Regel. 



