14 BERBERIDE.S:. 



fasciculati, fasciculis 10-15 floratis, ad apicem rarauloram brevissimorum 

 terminalibus basi peralis vel bracteis plurimis suffultis, bracteis oblongis 

 1 mm. longis apice bi-aristatis vel obtusis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis. Sepala 9, 

 in forma et magnitudine variabillima, exterioribus 3 minoribus triangulari- 

 oblongis 2J mm. longis apice acuminatis, interioribus 6 majoribus obovatis 

 5 cm. longis 4 mm. latis apice rotundatis basi cuneatis a basi 1 mm. latis, 

 margine tenuibus, 3-nerviis. Petala 6, obovato-spathulata, 5 mm. longa 2 

 mm. lata, apice rotundata, bi-apiculata, basi cuneata, a basi 1 mm. longa, 

 prope basin 2-glandulosa, glandulis elevatis 1 nrni. longis oblongo-fusiformibus. 

 Stamina 6, patalis opposita, 3 mm. longa, patalis breviora, filamentis com- 

 planatis incrassatis 2 mm. longis, antheris f mm. longis, connectivis productis 

 obtusis. Ovarium obovoideo-cylindricum, 3 mm. longum 1 mm. latum, infra 

 stigma leviter contractum, 1-loculare, 2-ovulata, stigmate dilatato sessili 

 peltato crassiusculo. 



HAB. Montibus Centralibus, Aprili. 1910. 



Near B. WalUchiana, B. Barandana, and B. Kawakamii, but differs 

 from them by the aristately serrulate leaves. 



Berber is brevisepala HAYATA sp. nov. Kami cinerascentes, glabri, 

 cortice longitudinaliter fisso gradatim soluto, aculeati, aculeis ternatis 11 mm. 

 longis, utraque latere stipulo triangulari uno instructis. Folia ad ramulos 

 brevissimos ad axillas aculeorum sitos ternatim verticillatimque disposita, 

 obovato-lanceolata, 5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata apice aristato-acuta, basi cuneato- 

 attenuata, valde coriacea, costa supra impressa basi elevata venis lateralibus 

 primariis utroque latere costse 3-4, ad medium furcatis vix conspicuis 

 margine serris aristatis 3 utroque latere instructa, fere sessilia. Flores 

 7-8-fasciculati, fasciculis ad ramos brevissimos terminalibus, basi peralis 

 multiseriatis suffultis, pedicellis florum 1cm. longis. Flores non visi. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, leg. U. MORI, 1910, Aprili. 



Seems to be different from B. Kawakamii HAYATA by the less dentate 

 leaves. 



