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always 2 or sometimes 3 ovules. It also bears some resembrance to B. 

 xanthoxylon HASK. and B. Wattichuua, but differs from both iu having 

 more sparely serrated leaves, aud especially from the latter by its much 

 more rounded fruits. 



Berberis morrisonensis HAYATA (PL X.) Materials for a Flora of Formosa 

 p. 25. Shrub, erect, many-branched, branches with ternate spines. Leaves 

 clustered coriaceous, ovately spathulate, rounded at the apex, aristately 

 mucronate or obtuse, Bpinnksely dentate on the margin, cuneate at the base, 

 sessile or shortly petiolate, 15 mm. long, 7 mm. broad. Berries 3-clustered 

 globosely eUipsoid, obtuse on both ends, reddish, 9 mm. long, 3-seeded ; 

 stigma small, sessile ; seeds descent-shaped, 4 mm. long, smooth, scarlet, 

 peduncles li cm. long. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison. 



Near B. cKdyophtftta FRANCE. ; but differs from it in having 3-fasciculate 

 fruits which are much more rounded tliau those of FEAXCHET'S species. 



4, Epimedium Lixx. 



Epimedium sp. MATSUM:. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 18. Pe- 

 rennial herb. Radical leaves long petiolate, petioles 30-40 cm. long, trifolio- 

 late, petiolulate, petiolules 5 cm. long, shorter tliau the blades, uodas of 

 petiolules swollen, blades 8-10 cm. long, 7 cm. broad, ovately elliptical 

 acuminate at the apex, strongly oblique at the base, auriculate, cordate, 

 serrulate, (ieeth setaceous) S-10-nerved, glabrous, glaucous beneath. 



HAB. central parts of the island. 



5, fodophyUum Lixx. 



Podophyllum pleianthum. HAXCE in Journ. Eot. (1883) p. 175 ; 

 FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 33 ; HEXRY List PL Fonnos. p. 17 ; 

 MATSOE. et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 19. 



HAB. Tamsui. 







DISTRIB. Southern China : Kwangtuug. 



