BERBERIDACEAE. — BERBERIS 363 



The following descriptions and notes referring to species of this section are based 

 on specimens not collected during the Arboretum Expeditions. 



Berberis Veitchii Schneider, n. sp. 



Berberis acuminata Hort. Veitch (nomen nudum, non Franchet). — Schneider, 

 III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 916 (pro parte) (1912). 



Frutex; ramuli juveniles glabri, rotundati v. leviter striati, rubcscentcs, vetus- 

 tiores cinerei; internodia 3-6 cm. longa; spinae 3-fidae, apice ramulorum debiles, 

 parvae, basim versus majores, robustiores, mediae ad 2 (v. in plantis cultis ad 

 5) cm. longae, flavae, subtus canaliculatae; folia ad 3 fasciculata, tenuiter coriacea, 

 lanceolata v. anguste ovato-lanceolata, apice subacuminata, basi acuta, in petiolum 

 brevissimum contracta, margine spinoso-dentata, spinis pungentibus 2-3 mm. 

 longis utrinque circiter 9-22 instructa, 5.5:0.9 cm. ad 11.5: 1.9 cm. (v. in plantis 

 cultis ad 10:2.4 cm.) magna, supra pallide viridia, hypodermate non instructa, 

 subtus pallide viridia, utroque latere tantum nervis lateralibus plus minus visi- 

 bilibus, V. subtus praeter costam elevatam fere enervia; flores 5-8 fasciculati 

 mediocres (circiter 9 mm. diam.), fiavi; pedicelli 2.2-3.5 cm. longi, basi bracteis 

 late-triangularibus breviter acuminatis suffulti; prophylla sepalaque exteriora late 

 obovato-rhombica, sepala interiora late ovato-rotunda petahs obovatis apice 

 emarginatis basi breviter unguiculatis glanduliferis majora; stamina normalia; 

 ovaria ovulis 2, rare 3, subsessilibus instructa, estylosa. Fructus nondum vidi. 



Western Hupeh: without locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1138). 



In Bull. Herb. Boissier, scr. 2, VIII. 197 (1908) I placed this specimen with B. 

 acuminata, but I now think that Franchet's species is different and that it may be 

 distinguished by the much slighter and shorter serratures of the larger, somewhat 

 thinner and a little more reticulate leaves. See also the key of the section Wal- 

 lichianae on page 367. 



Berberis subacuminata Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex ad 1.50 m. altus; ramuU juniores valde sulcato-striati, glabri, flaves- 

 centes; internodia 4-5 cm. longa; spinae 1-3-fidae, mediocres v. parvae, mediae 

 ad 1.8 cm. longae, teretes, flavae. Folia ad 5 fasciculata, tenuiter coriacea, hypo- 

 dermate non instructa, ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta sed non v. vix acuminata, 

 basi acuta in petiolum 2-8 mm. longum contracta, viridia, utrinque fere con- 

 coloria et tenuiter reticulata, 4.5:1.4 cm. ad 9:2.2 cm. magna, margine graciliter 

 et satis breviter spinoso denticulata, spinis utrinque 5-15. Flores ad 2-6 fasciculati 

 mediocres (ad 8 mm. diam.) pedicelH 1.8-2.2 cm. longi; sepala interiora late obo- 

 vata petalis obovato-oblongis apice leviter emarginatis basi unguiculatis nec- 

 tariis valde elongatis instructis paullo majora; ovaria ovulis 2 sessilibus instructa. 

 Fructus ignoti (in specimine Delavayana immaturi, ovati, circiter 7:4.5 mm. 

 magni, stigmatibus sessilibus). 



Yunnan : Yuan-chang, alt. 2000 m., A. Henry (No. 13267, type; shrub 1.25 m. 

 tall, flowers yellow) ; " Mt. che tchotze sur Ta-pintze," August 23, Delavay (in Herb. 

 Mus. Paris; differs in the solitary flowers and the shorter pedicels only 3-6 mm. 

 long; Delavay says: " fruits miirs noirs." I have only seen branches of the second 

 year, which are slightly angulate). 



In Bull. Herb. Boissier, s6r 2, VIII. 197 (1908), I have mistaken this form for 

 B. acuminata Franchet, but the type of Franchet's species has round twigs, much 

 more elongated, distinctly acuminate leaves and petals with short nectaries. It 

 seems to be a very rare species, and also Wilson's No. 1138 (1900) from western 

 Hupeh, cited by me also under B. acuminata (1. c), belongs to a different species, 

 namely to B. Veitchii Schneider, In the reticulation of their leaves B. acumi- 



