Sun,. ; ,,| the specimens are very similar in foliage to Pericam- 
//("* tiK'ftnt'*, Miers. hut easily distinguished l»v the elongated 
aflorescence usually exceeding the leaves. Of the numerous 
5 examined none Wears I'eiuale Holers.— W. B. H. 
Berberidaceae. 
Berberis Wilsonae, Hems!.; species adspecta 7?. Thuribergii 
simiiis, diiTert spinis infra foliorum fasciculus X fold's cra?>issimis 
eximie reticulatis Acres excedenribns et floribu.s numerosis 
minoribus in racemos congestos disposing.— W. 1*,. H. 
A deciduous semi-prostrate shrub, 1 to 2 m. hL 
angular, reddish-brown, puberulous. Leaves fascicled. eoria- 
ceous, subsessile, cuneately-ohovato or linear-oblong, 2-2-."> cm. 
long, entire, revolute, rounded or sliglitly truncate and emar- 
short petiole, glabrous, glaucoscent below, strong] v reticulated 
on both surfaces. S/i/udar ,,„,,.* ahvavs i 1 ,. a-icular. raiher 
under !•;» cm. long. F/meers bright Yellow, in sessile umbels or 
shortly stalked corymbs, hraeleate ; bracts small, scale-like, eon- 
obovato-orbioular, 2-.'> mm. long, outer whorl half size of inner 
and reddish ; veins prominent. Petals b, oboYat<", rather smaller 
than the sepals, rounded, obtuse. Stamens sliorter than the 
petals. Stigma shortly stipitate. Fruit globose, salmon-red. 
1-4-seeded. 
N SZHrirCAX. Scrub-. 
Wiisnn/MXLVAi. Henry's bo." 
Berberis verruculosa, Hemsl. et K. IT, Wits. ■ inter species foliis 
simplicibus munitas 11. pruinosae proxima, a qua cortice verru- 
culoso, floribus majoribus solitariis vel binis, sepalis petalisipie 
carnosis venosis et tilam. i.;i- crassis clavatis facile disth 
W. B. H. 
An evergreen shrub, about 1 m. high. Stems yellowish, scabrid, 
densely covered with short thick, rigid hairs. Leaves in fascicles, 
coriaceous, subsessile, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1-5-2-5 cm. long, 
about 1 cm. broad, sharply acute, base narrowed to the very short 
petiole, remotely toothed, teeth sharp, r-pin.-scnt. -Inning above, 
glaucescent below. Stiputar spines always o. aeicular, 1-2 cm. 
long. Flowers solitary or in pairs, yellow, over 1 cm. across; 
pedicels erect, 4-10 mm. long, surrounded at base with a cluster 
of reddish scale-like bracts. Sepal* and petals concave, broadly 
obovate to orbicular, rounded, entire, base >hnrtly clawed, promin- 
cells short, wi.bdv separated. Fruit viol, t-purple, oval, crowned 
with the sessile stigma.— E. H. W. 
Western SZECHUAN. Mountains around Tatien lu, in shrub- 
ikon, 3150, 3150a. 
