1090 



from Kew, Bulletin Miscellaneous Information, Addi- 

 tional Series 9, pp. 199, 200, under Herminiera elaphrox- 

 ylon, and from Engler & Prantl, Naturlichen Pflanzen- 

 familien, III. 3, p. 319.) 



Herberts brachypoda Maximowicz. (Berberidaceae . ) 

 43818. Plants of barberry from Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. A bush from western 

 China, 4 to 7 feet high, with 3-parted spines, oval 

 serrate leaves, yellow flowers in long slender pan- 

 icles, and scarlet fruit which are up to -g inch in 

 diameter. In its native country this barberry grows 

 at elevations of 5200 to 11700 feet. (Adapted from 

 Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, part 1, p. 375, 1913, 

 and from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laub- 

 holzkunde, vol. 2, p. 922.) 



Berberis diaphana circumserrata Schneider. (Berberida- 

 ceae'.) 43819. Plants of a barberry from Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass. Originally from the Tai-pei-shan, Shensi , China. 

 Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. A bush from cen- 

 tral China, up to 7 feet high, with roundish oval 

 leaves with very numerous and slender spine-tipped 

 serrations. The spines are 3-parted, about | inch 

 long, and the bright yellow flowers, | inch wide are 

 solitary or in twos or threes on a common stalk. The 

 Scarlet fruits are oblong, with slightly bloom, and 

 nearly | inch long. In autumn the leaves turn scar- 

 let. Differs from the common barberry in its few 

 flowers and large fruits. (Adapted from Sargent, 

 Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, part 3, p. 354, and from 

 Rehder, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul- 

 ture, vol. 1, p. 491.) 



Berberis poiretii Schneider. (Berberidaceae.) 43821. 

 Barberry plants from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 

 the Arnold Arboretum. A shrub found in northern China 

 and Amurland, with slender, arching branches and 

 spines about 1/3 inch long. The leaves are entire, 

 narrowly lance-shaped, about an inch long and green 

 beneath. The yellow flowers occur in many-flowered 

 racemes from 1 to 2 inches long, and the deep blood- 

 red fruits are oval-oblong. It is hardy and handsome, 

 but is not often found in cultivation. Differs from 

 the ordinary barberry in its entire leaves and blood- 

 red fruit. (Adapted from Rehder, in Bailey, Standard 

 Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol 1, p. 490.) 



