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latere leviter nitentia, subtus distinctius quam supra reticulata, 

 nervulorum reticulo plus minus elevato, margine anguste et graciliter 

 duplicato-spinoso-dentata, dentibus majoribus 1.5-2.5 mm. longis, 

 acutissimis; flores 2-6, fasciculati, pallide flavi, mediocres (circiter 

 8 mm. diam.); pedicelli 6-18 mm. longi; prophylla late ovato-triangu- 

 laria; sepala interiora late ovato-rotunda petalis late obovatis apice 

 emarginatis, basi brevissime unguiculatis, glandulis normalibus vix 

 majora; ovaria ovulis 2-3 sessilibus instructa. Fructus maturi nigri, 

 ovato-globosi, ad 8:6-7 mm. magni stigmatibus sessilibus; semina 

 2-3. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, alt. 1300-1600 m., 

 June and November 1907 (No. 564, type); Fang Hsien, woodlands, 

 not common, alt. 1600 m., November 1907 (No. 555)- 



There is a little difference in the shape and serrature of the leaves of the two 

 numbers. No. 564 looks very much hke the typical B. arguta, but Franchet's 

 type specimen seems to be well distinguished by its rather thinner, more finely 

 reticulated leaves (on both faces), which are without any hypoderm and bear 

 finer and more numerous spines. The leaves of B. Sargentiana are furnished with 

 a distinct epiderm-like hypoderm like those of B. Wallichiana. 



Berberis Sargentiana is the only evergreen Barberry which has proved per- 

 fectly hardy at the Arnold Arboretum and for this reason is one of the most de- 

 sirable of the recent introduction as a garden plant. 



Berberis levis Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XXXIII. 386 

 (1886); PL Delavay. 37 (1889). — Schneider, III. Handb. Lauhholzk. 

 II. 916 (1912). 



B. stenophylla Hance in Jour. Bot. XX. 257 (non Lindley) (1882). 

 B. Soulieana Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, s^r. 2, V. 449 (1905). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1300-2000 m., 

 November 1908 (No. 1284; bush 1-1.60 m. tall, fruit jet-black); 

 Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, thickets, alt. 2000-2300 m., 

 October 1910 (No. 4287; evergreen shrub, 1.60 m. tall, fruit orange- 

 red [apparently not quite ripe?]). 



Wilson's specimens agree very well with the type of Franchet, the fruits of 

 which are without bloom. 



Berberis Julianae Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex ad 2-metralis; ramuli juniores glabri, flavescentes, angulati, 

 vetustiores cinerascentes; internodia 2-4 cm. longa; spinae satis 

 robustae, 3-fidae, mediae ad 4 cm. longae, flavo-brunnescentes, 

 subtus levissime sulcatae; folia ad 5-fasciculata, crasse coriacea, ovata, 



