59 



V 



in. 



1-5 



^green. 

 across, 

 culafce 



a-eddish. Leaves mostly in fascicles 

 of 6, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 



long, ^-1^ in. broad, bright 



Flowers yellow, 3^-4^ Tin. 



arranged in elongated pani- 



racemes. Fruits scarlet, 



ovoid or ellipsoid, ^ in. long. Wes- 



' tern China. (Arnold Arboretum; 



H. A. Hesse, Weener, Hanover.) 



^Berberis levis. {PI Wih. L 360; 



Lemoine Cat. 1913-14, n. 185, 6,) H. 

 An evergreen shrub about 5 ft. high, 

 with strong tripartite spines up to 

 If in. long. Leaves lanceolate, large, 

 slightly spiny, very shining, dark 

 green above, yellowish-green beneath. 

 Panicles 15--40-flowered. Flowers 

 sulphur-yellow. Fruits blue-black. 

 Western China. (Arnold Arboretum; 

 V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy.) 



*Berberls pruinosa. {M. D. G. 1913, 



266.) H. A freely branched spread- 

 ing shrub. Leaves many together in 



fascicles, roundish-ovate, up to 2 in. 

 long and 1^ in. broad, spiny toothed, 

 whitish beneath; petiole short. In- 

 florescence up to 6-flowered. Pe- 

 duncle 1 in. long. Corolla 4r-5 lin. 

 across, pale golden-yellow. Yunnan, 



China. (Arnold Arboretum; H. A, 

 Hesse, Weener, Hanover.) 



Serberls Rehderiana. {S^atK Cat. 



1913-14, No. 158,82.) H. A densely 

 branched shrub with rather small 

 obovate light green leaves on brown- 

 red branches. Flowers small, yellow 

 suffused with red. Fruits small, 

 scarlet. Origin unknown. (L. Spath, 

 Berlin.) 



^Berberis Sargentiana. [PI. 



2. 359.) H. An evergreen 



4-6i ft. high, 

 brownish 3-fid 



Wih. 

 shrub, 



with 

 1 in. 



ovate- 



furnished 

 spines up to 

 long. Leaves ovate-oblong or 

 lanceolate, spiny toothed, up to 5J in. 

 long and 1^ in, broad. Flowers 2-6, 

 in fascicles, pale yellow, about \ in. 

 across. Fruits black, ovate-globose, 



up to i in. long. Central China. 

 (Arnold Arboretum.) 



^BerberisSilva-Taroucana. {PL Wils, 



i. 370; M, D. G. 1913, 266.) H. 



Shrub, 10 ft. high. Branchlets at 

 first brownish, later grey. Leaves 

 mostly in fascicles of 6, oblong - 

 lanceolate or obovate-oblong, entire 

 or toothed, about 2 in. lone and 

 Ij in, broad. Inflorescence loosely 

 racemose, up to 12-flowered. Fiowers 

 yellow, rather small. Fruits ovoid- 

 globose, red. Western China. (Ar- 

 nold Arboretum; H. G- Hesse, 

 TiVeener, Hanover.) 



*Berberis subcaullalata. (G. C, 1913, 



liv. 335; M. D. G, 1913, 266.) H, 

 Very similar iil general aspect to 

 B, Slapfiana, but distinguished by 

 its distinctly angled branchlets, larger 

 leaves, and translucent yellowish- 

 reen fruits, suffused with red. See 

 ''edde, Eepert. vi. 267. Tibet and 

 Western China. (M. L. de Vil- 

 morin, Les Barren, France ; Hon. 

 Vicary Gibba.) 



Bomarea alpicola. (K. B. 1913, 188.) 



Amaryllidaceae. G. Allied to B. 



CaldaHanUj but it is much smaller 

 in all its parts, the flowers being 



only a quarter of the size, and it has 

 a denser pubescence. Columbia. (F, 

 Sander & Sons.) 



Bomarea Mooreana. {K. B. 1913, 



190.) G. A new species, and the 

 smallest yet described. Stem twining, 

 1 ft. long or more. Leaves shortly 

 petiolate, lanceolate or ovate-lance- 

 olate, long-acuminate, 3 in. long, 

 7^ lin. broad. Peduncles about 6, 

 2-3 in. long, 1-3-flowered. Flowers 

 tubular, pendulous, white in the 

 dried state, with rose tips and veins. 

 Sepals ligulate, 7 lin. lon^. Petals 

 sub-pandurate, nearly 1 m, long. 

 Origin unknown. (Glasnevin B. G.) 



Brassocatlaelia amabilis. 



iii. 275.) Orchidaceae. G. 



(0. W. 



Garden 



hybrid between Brasso-ladia Helen 

 and Laelw'cattleya Martinetii. (F. 

 Sander & Sons.) 



Brassocatlaelia excelsior. (0. TT. iii. 



213.) G, Garden hybrid between 

 Laelio-cattlftya George Woodhams and 

 Brassavola Dighyaiia, (Armstrong 

 & Brown.) 



Brassocatlaelia Leonardl. (0. i?. 



1913, 87.) G. Garden hybrid be- 

 tween Brasso-laelia Helen and Catt' 

 leya Mossiae* (Ch. Maron, Brunoy, 

 France.) 



Brassocatlaelia nola. (0. TT. iii. 



112.) G. Garden hybrid between 

 Brassavola nodosa and Latlio-caUleya 

 callistojiossa, (J, & A. McBean.) 



Brassocatlaelia vindobonensls. [0. 



O. Z, 1913, 91, as Brasso'laeliocaU' 

 leya.) G. Garden hybrid between 

 La^lio-catthya Erzherzogin Maria 

 and Brassavola Digbyana, (Schon- 

 brunn Hofgarten.) 



Brasso-cattleya albanensis. (G. C* 



1913, liv. 92.) Orchidaceae. S. 

 Garden hybrid between Cattleya 

 Adandiae and Brassavola Digbyana^ 

 (F. Sander & Sous.) 



