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Folia 4-8-fasciculata, inaequalia, matura satis crasse chartacea, ra- 

 mulorum fertilium anguste elliptica, vel ovato-elliptica, a})ice obtusa vel 

 brevi-acuta, mucronulata, basi subsensim in j)ctioluin ad 5 mm. longum 

 contracta, margine graciliter spinoso-serrata dentibus brevibus circiter 

 1-1.5 mm. longis utrinque 5-10 vel subintegerrima, superne intense viridia, 

 subtus discoloria, pruinosa, utraque pagina laxe elevato-reticulata (margine 

 cellularum epidermidis faciei superioris subrectae inferioris distincte 

 undulatae), minimis exceptis 2.5-5 cm. longa, 0.9-2 cm. lata, ramulos 

 novellos fulcientia majora, grossius spinoso-serrata, ad 5.5 : 1.5 cm. 

 magna, late elliptica, interdum longius petiolata, surculorum late ovato- 

 vel obovato-elliptica, obtusiora, ad 5 : 3 cm. magna, subtus distinctius 

 albescentia, grossius subsinuato-serrata, vel satis parva, late elliptica et 

 integerrima. Inflorescentiae distincte elongato-racemosae, pedicellis sae- 

 pissime a basi incipientibus, interdum basi nudae sed saepe ima basi 

 floribus singulis longius pedicellatis additis, nutantes pendentesve, cir- 

 citer 15-20-florae, 4-8 cm. longae, iis B. aristatae valde similes; pedicelli 

 fructiferi satis crassi, plerique rubescentes, 5-10 (infimis longioribus 

 exceptis) cm. longi, apice satis incrassati, bracteis ovato-triangularibus 

 acutis vel acuminatis 2-2.5 mm. longis suffulti; flores ut videtur aurei, 

 aperti circiter 10 mm. diametientes; sepala externa bracteiformia, parva, 

 media late ovata, internis late obovatis basi contractis circiter 6 mm. 

 longis duplo minora; petala sepalis internis similia, interdum ad 6.5 mm. 

 longa, apice integra vel levissime emarginata, basi contracta, glandulis 2 

 aurantiacis mediocribus breviter ovato-oblongis praedita; stamina petalis 

 %-% breviora, apice vix apiculata; ovarium ellipticum stylo brevi, 

 stigmate mediocri coronatum, ovulis 2-3 subsessilibus instructum. Fruc- 

 tus 10-12 : 5-6 mm. magni stylo brevi distincto excluso, atroviolacei, 



pruinosi; semina 1-2, cinnamomea, levissime punctulata, circiter 7-7.5 mm. 

 longa. 



This interesting plant I have not yet been able to study in a living state. 

 It came to the Arnold Arboretum from Kew under the name of B. Lycium 

 and flowered in the Arboretum in May, 1900. Fruits also were collected 

 there by A. Rehder in September, 1900 and November 1, 1902 (no. 1781-5, 

 olim 3243). In the Arboretum it received the name li. aristata, and the 

 leaves, flowers, and fruits do, indeed, much resemble those of that species 

 and nothing points to B. Lycium Royle. The angulate and distinctly 

 purple or purple-brown branchlets which are brownish-gray even in the 

 second year make it impossible to regard this form as a mere variety of 

 B. aristata DC. It may possibly be a distinct species raised at Kew from 

 East Indian seeds, and of all the species known to me from the Himalayas 

 it comes nearest to B. Huegeliana Schneid., the type of which has yellow- 

 brown twigs and is not yet in cultivation. Of B. chitria Hamilt., which was 

 introduced at least a hundred years ago, I cannot detect any influence upon 

 B. kewensis. No specimen which I have seen shows a trace of a paniculate 

 inflorescence. I do not know whether this well marked form is still in 

 cultivation. 



