4 nEEBERIDEJ:. 



Closely allied to Podophjllum plcianthum Ha^xe (Bot. Mag. t. 701)8), Lut 

 distinguishable from it in the nanowcr, not ciuled, petals, uiuch Uirgcr stig- 

 mas and in the anthei-s with iirodiiced conncctives. 

 Bevberis Linx 



Berberis Kawakamii Hayata Ic. Pl. Formos. I. i>. 40, t. \). 



Hae. Mt. Arisan, proi^e Mingetsukei, leg. B. Hayata ct T.UvEu Ito, Ajjrili. 

 1914. Flowers yellow, ovaiy reddish. 



Berberis mingetsensis H.\yata sp. uov. (Tah. II.) Frutex ; ramuli gracil- 

 limi in exsiccato albo-cinerascentes tctragoni vel hexagoni longitudinaliter 

 elevato-rugulosi albo-cinerascentes, si^inis ternatis a se angulo 100' egressis 

 13 mm. longis gracilibus medio ^ mm. latis acutis, ternis siiinanim remote 

 alternis a se 3-5 cm. distantibus. Folia ad axiUas spiuarum ternatim sita- 

 rum iusita ternatim fascicidata (ternis alternis) lauceolata 5J-9cm. longa l^- 

 2i cm. hita ajiice trianguh^ri-acuminata haud cuspidata ad summum ai'istata 

 basi cimeata mai-gine remote tenuiterquG aristato-seiTidata, scrrulis tenuissimis 

 a se 5 mm. remotis arista 1 mm. longa instructis ascendentibus, utraque glabra 

 supra uitida subtus ghiuca basi cimeat-a prope basin iutegia, costa suiira im- 

 pressa subtus elevata, venis venulis utrinque elevatis reticulatis, venis latei-ali- 

 bus primariis utroque latere costfe 6-8 rectis a costa angulo 45° cgressis circ. 

 ad medium fm^catim ramosis cum iis superioribus coutinuis, cliartacea, i^etiolis 

 3 mm. longis intus profimde sulcatis. Flores ad axillas spinarum 3-5 fasci- 

 culatim siti vel ad ajiicem ramidorum brevissime reductorum fasciculatim dis- 

 positi, fasciculis basi j)erulis midtis suffultis, perulis oblongo-triangidai-ibus 

 3 mm. longis acutis ghxbris intus concavis, iiedicellis ghibris minus quam 1 cm. 

 longis apice plus miuus dilatatis apice sub basi floris bracteolis duabus instuctis, 

 bracteolis firme sepalo contactis triangidaribus l^mm. longis totiusque hitis apice 

 cuspidatis intus leviter concavis basi leviter contractis integris extus dorso 

 prominente carinatis glabris decidius. Sepala virido-flavescentia 8 deccusatim 

 4-seriatim disposita, exteriora minora in flore apertienti exteriore reflexa vel 

 patentia, interiora majora suberecta vel patentia oblongo-rotimdata 5mm. longa 

 3^mm. lata apice rotundata basi tnmcata contracta ad iusertionem Jmm. lata 

 margine integi"a intus concava extus convexa teuiuter 5-nervia. Petahi 4 

 virido-flavescentia erecta sepalis inchisa obovata 3 mm. longa 2i mm. lata 



