BERBERIDACEAE, — BERBERIS 359 



Berberis sanguinea Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, s6t. 2, V. 453 (ex parte, 

 non Franchet)! (1905); VIII. 129 (1908). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2000 m., 

 June 1907 (No. 698, in part; bush 0.60-1.20 m. tall, flowers yellow 

 within, reddish without); Fang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-1600 m., 

 November 1907 (No. 698, in part; bush 0.60-1.20 m. tall, fruit black); 

 north and south of Ichang, woods, rare, alt. 1300-1600 m., June 1907 

 (No. 698, in part; bush 0.60-1.20 m. tall, flowers yellow within, red- 

 dish without) ; Chienshi, alt. 1600-2400 m., June 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 Nos. 951, 952; shrub 1.5 m. tall, flowers red); Changyang (A. Henry, 

 No. 5681, type). 



Berberis sanguinea Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^r. 2, 

 VIII. 194, t. 5 {PI. David. 12, t. 5) (1885). — Schneider in Bull. 

 Herh. Boissier, ser. 2, V. 403 (pro parte) (1905); VIII. 196 (1908). 



Frutex ramulis junioribus striatis v. sulcatis, pallide cinereis v. 

 flavescentibus, foliis subtus paullo v. vix pallidis, margine dentibus 

 satis crassis et approximatis (in foliis 5 cm. longis utrinque 13-15); 

 pedicellis vix supra 6-12(-15) mm. longis. 



Western Szech'uan : Tachien-lu, open country, alt. 2300-2600 m., 

 September 1910 (No. 4637; bush 1-1.60 m. tall, fruit bluish black). 

 Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, thickets, rare, alt. 3000 m., June 

 21, 1908 (No. 2875; bush 0.75-1.5 m. tall, flowers yellow and bronze). 



The typical Berberis sanguinea is well distinguished by these characters. The 

 preceding species is according to my opinion quite distinct. No. 2875 represents 

 a form with smaller leaves, the serration of which is very much like that of B. 

 triacanthophora Fedde, but the branches are yellow and distinctly sulcate and the 

 flowers are short-pedicelled. The unripe fruits contain three ovules. 



Berberis Sargentiana Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.25-2 m. altus; ramulos juniores non vidi, biennes glabri, 

 fere rotundati, leviter brunnescentes, vetustiores cinerei; internodia 

 3-6 cm. longa; spinae plerumque bene evolutae, 3-fidae, brunnescentes, 

 mediae ad 2.5 cm. longae, satis robustae, subtus sulcatae; folia ad 

 3 fasciculata, coriacea, hypodermate modo B. Wallichianae instructa, 

 ovato-oblonga v. ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta, basi acuta in petiolum 

 3-6 mm. longum contracta (4:1.8 cm.) v. 6-8:2 cm. ad 8.5:3 cm. v. 

 13.5:3 cm. magna, supra viridia, subtus pallide viridia, utroque 



» Differt a Berberis sanguinea ramulis junioribua purpureia v. rutilis, rotun- 

 datis, foUis subtus distincte pallidis, margine dentibus gracilibus distantibus (in 

 foliis 5 cm. longis utrinque circiter 5-6); pedicelli saepissime 1-2 cm. longia. 



