4 BERBEMDE^E. 



Closely allied to Podophyllum pleianthum HANCE (Bot. Mag. t. 7098), but 

 distinguishable from it in the narrower, not curled, petals, much larger stig- 

 mas and in the anthers with produced connectives. 



Berberis LINN 



Berberis Kawakamii HAYATA Ic, PL Formos. I. p. 40, t. 9. 



HAB. Mt. Arisan, prope Mingetsukei, leg. B. HAYATA et TAKEO ITO, Aprili. 

 1914. Flowers yellow, ovary reddish. . 



Berberis mingetsensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Tab. II.) Frutex ; ramuli gracil- 

 limi in exsiccato albo-cinerascentes tetragoni vel hexagoni longitudinaliter 

 elevato-rugulosi albo-cinerascentes, spinis ternatis a se angulo 100 egressis 

 13 mm. longis gracilibus medio \ mm. latis acutis, ternis spinarum remote 

 alternis a se 3-5 cm. distantibus. Folia ad axillas spinarum ternatim sita- 

 rum insita ternatim fasciculata (ternis alternis) lanceolata 5^-9 cm. longa \\- 

 2^ cm. lata apice triangulari-acuininata haud cuspidata ad summum aristata 

 basi cuneata margine remote tenuiterque aristato-serrulata, serrulis tenuissimis 

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

 supra nitida subtus glauca basi cuneata -prope basin integra, costa supra im- 

 pressa subtus elevata, venis venulis utrinque elevatis reticulatis, venis laterali- 

 bus primariis utroque latere costae 6-8 rectis a costa angulo 45 egressis circ. 

 ad medium furcatirn ramosis cum iis superioribus continuis, chartacea, petiolis 

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

 culatim siti vel ad apicem rarnulorum brevissirne reductorum fasciculatim dis- 

 positi, fasciculis basi perulis multis suffultis, perulis oblongo-triangularibus 

 3 mm. longis acutis glabris intus concavis, pedicellis glabris minus quam 1 cm. 

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

 bracteolis firme sepalo contactis triangularibus l^mm. longis totiusque latis apice 

 cuspidatis intus leviter concavis basi leviter contractis integris extus dorso 

 prominente carinatis glabris deciduis. Sepala virido-flavescentia 8 deccusatim 

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

 paten tia, interiora majora suberecta vel patentia oblongo-rotundata 5mm. longa 

 3^ mm. lata apice rotundata basi truncata contracta ad insertionem Jmm. lata 

 margine integra intus concava extus convexa tenuiter 5-nervia. Petala 4 

 virido-flavescentia erecta sepalis inclusa obovata 3mm. longa 2^ mm. lata 



