BERBERIDE^:. 



integris obscure trinerviis, venis 

 venulisque supra tenuiter elevatis 

 subtus prominente elevatis supra 

 nitidis subtus pallidis sed haud 

 glaucis. Racemi ad basin ramuli 

 hornotini vel ad axillas foliorum 

 hornotinorum dispositi. Fl. : 

 sepala 3 ovato-lanceolata 2 cm. 

 longa 7 mm. lata apice obtusa 

 basi plus minus contracta ; petala 

 3 lineari-lanceolata 18 mm. longa 

 3 mm. lata ; carpella 3 cylindrica 

 plus minus interiore recurva 3 mm. 

 longa, stigmatibus sessilibus ob- 

 longis 1 mm. longis facie ventrali 

 profunde sulcatis. 



HAB. Nantd : Kwannondald, 

 leg. S. FUJII, Mart. 1913. 



Differs from S. hexaphylla 

 DECNE by the obovate or oblanceo- 

 late leaves, usually with a cuspi- 

 date tip. 



NOTE : Sepals pale cream- 

 green outside, but reddish inside. 



Stauntonia obovatifoliola 

 HAY ATA var. pinninervis HAYATA 

 n. v. (Fig. 3, 7-13). Foliola obo- 

 vato-oblonga apice breve caudata 

 (cauda apice obtusa mucronata) 

 basi truncata vel rotundata mar- 

 gine integra 7-8 cm. longa 2^-3 

 cm. lata, venis venulisque supra 

 tenuiter elevatis subtus prominente 



Fig. 3 ; Stauntonia obovatifoliola HAYATA ; 

 1, a leaflet ; 2, a female flower ; 3, a sepal ; 4, 

 a petal ; 5, ovary ; 6, a carpel ; 7, a leaflet of the 

 var. pinninei-vis HAYATA ; 8, a male flower ; 9, a 

 sepal; 10, a petal; 11, staminal column; 12, a 

 stamen seen from I without ; 13, the same, seen 

 from within. 



