1923) SCHNEIDER, NOTES ON HYBRID BERBERIS 195 



Berberis emarginata var. britzensis, var. nov. 



Frutex ramosus, vix ad 1 m. altus; ramuli annotini leviter brunnescentes 

 vel cinereo-brunnei, valde sulcati, biennes cinerascentes, vetustiores 

 cinereo-nigrescentes; internodia 1.5-2 cm. longa; spinae 3-fidae, brun- 

 nescentes vel flavescentes, subtus sulcatae, mediae 0.5-2 cm. longae, 

 lateralibus longiores. Folia ad 8-fasciculata, inaequalia, matura crasse 

 papyracea, ramulorum fertilium oblanceolata vel anguste elliptica, apice 

 acuta, basi sensim in petiolum ad 5 mm. longum attenuata, margine 

 densissime graciliter serrulata serraturis 0.5-1 mm. longis circiter 4-5 

 pro 5 mm., minimis exceptis 2.5-4 cm. longa et 0.7-1.3 cm. lata, superne 

 saturate viridia, indistincte reticulata, subtus laete viridia, paullo dis- 

 coloria, distincte anguste elevato-reticulata (margines cellularum epider- 

 midis utriusque faciei aequimagnarum subrectae vel paullo undulatae); 

 folia ramulos novellos fulcientia aliis similibus sed ad 5: 1.5 cm. magnis 

 interdum grossius serrulata, surculorum elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, distan- 

 tius et saepe longius ad 4.5: 1.8 cm. magna, subtus pruinosa. Inflorescen- 

 tiae racemosae, ad 4 cm. longae, subdensae, pendentes; pedicelli 8 (infimi) 

 vel 5-6 mm. longi, bracteis lanceolatis acutis ad 2 mm. longis suffulti; 

 flores aperti circiter 7 mm. diametientes, Plutei; sepala externa (pro- 

 phylliformia) minima, late triangularia, mediis late ovatis duplo minora, 

 interna ovato- vel obovato-elliptica, circiter 4.5 mm. longa; petala ob- 

 longo-elliptica, circiter 5 mm. longa, apice emarginata, basi haud vel 

 paullo unguiculata, glandulis 2 aurantiacis mediocribus oblongis separatis 



praedita; stamina petalis }4 breviora, apice truncata; ovarium ovato- 



ellipticum, stigmate satis lato, ovulis 2-3 sessilibus instructum. Fructus 

 ut videtur coccinei, leviter pruinosi, elliptic! vel obovato-elliptici, circiter 

 9 : 4 mm. magni, estylares; semen 1, purpureum, levissime punctu- 



latum. 



This form has been distributed by L. Spath of Berlin under the name of 

 B. cretica according to a specimen from Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y. 

 (no. 26, June 5 and October 15, 1907). It is very similar to B. emarginata 

 and conspicuous by its densely and finely serrate leaves. It has not been 

 possible to trace its origin, and it needs further observation. 



Berberis provincialis Audibert apud Schrader in Linnaea xn. 381 



(1838).— Schneider in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. xv. 181 (1907). 



Berberis vulgaris var. provincialis Audibert, Cat. 1831/2, pt. 2, p. 6, nom. nud. 



Frutex ut videtur dense ramosus, altitudine incerta (ex cl. Schrader 

 probabiliter "5-6 ped."); internodia circiter 1.5 mm. longa; spinae 1-3- 

 partitae, graciles, flavo-brunnescentes, mediae subtus sulcatae, ad 1 cm. 

 longae vel surculorum longiora. Folia 3-6-fasciculata, inaequalia, matura 

 chartacea, ramulorum fertilium anguste oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, apice 

 obtusa vel subacuta, basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, margine graciliter 

 setoso-serrulata dentibus utrinque circiter 6-12 infimis ad 1.5 mm. 

 longis, superne intense viridia, nitida, subtus laete viridia discoloria, 



