Berberis (§ Mahonia) Veitchiorum, Hemsl. et E. II. Wils. ■ a 
'[- nrpalvHxl k II. o», t ,h,' f Hful(, r,.li(,li s mult H entatis a basi 
pmnativenosis, racemis densioribus brevioribusquc bracteolifl 
W g B H^ 110601 ^ 18 l0nge aCUmiuatis flores excedentibus differfc.- 
An erect shrub, about 1 m. high, glabrous in all parts. Leaves 
coriaceous, U-.V) cm. long, fining ab,.y,., v Ilowish below, 
. ! pi, r, • ! ll-rssessile, oblong, 5-10 cm. long, d-l^ cm. wide, 
acuminate mucronate, base oblique, entire, rv-ularly spinescent- 
■Ij'iit.a.-: lov^r pair „f 1-ail. . -u ,1!. ;,,»„!, ,1 leaflet largest, 
obiong-ovate base rounded ; veins pinnate and reticulate ; petioles 
very short sheathing; rhachis angular, swell,. ,, :ir the point of 
insertion of leaileis. /,,//,„, <„ ,,„• rae-mose, terminal; racemes 
about 8 ma cluster, ascending, 5-12 cm. long, bracteate at the 
haws bracte oblong, acute, 1-2 cm. long, fibrous, persistent, 
flowers yellow about 1 cm. across, .|. u^lv crowded on the 
' » m 3, oracteate ; bracts subulate, acuminate, 8-12 mm. long, 
g the flowers, membraneous, persistent ; pedicels 
Th.nT' ng ' mked ' ereCt ' 8e P als 6 ' outer 3 oblong, shorter 
thai rll V "^'^ "uierol,lnn-ovat,,ol,ruse, 6 mm. loi^ promin- 
ently veined. JW«fo similarto inner sepals but smaller: .U„,„* 
bS ovn g v5 a ? « er " Cell ? sh0rt; ^ments flatt,n,d. F, -' Iduisli- 
stlgma mm ' g ' downed with the small, sub-sessile 
sepalis quam petalis pauUo longi. . w B H 
^high, round, glabrous. Gauline leaves 
lly6-8 r -h 
oblong, oft .; , 
obovate, rounded or Subacute ^ \ caduC ° US ' ° bl ° ng : 
pubescent outside. Pe^G^nrX^^^l ^ **}* 
elliptic, roun ' P T ratl fr shorter than sepals, 
filaments , ™ 6 > f ^J longer than petals ; 
g Western Szechuan. In wood, and forosts, 2500 m., V.feon, 
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