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nata and B. subacuminata somewhat resemble B. arguta, B. Sargentiana and B. 

 Ferdmandi-Coburgii, but the serration of the leaves is rather different. See also 

 the key of Wallichianae on page 367. 



Berberis Ferdinandi-Coburgii Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex 0.75-1.5 m. altus; ramuli juniores glabri, angulati, flavescentes, vix 

 divaricati, vetustiores cinerei; internodia 2-4 cm. longa; spinae 3-fidae, breves v. 

 mediocres, acuta v. brunnescentes, mediae ad 1.5 cm. longae, subtus sulcatae; 

 foha crasse coriacea, eUiptico-lanceolata v. anguste ovato-lanceolata, apice breviter 

 acuta, basi in petiolum 2-5 cm. longum contracta, acuta, 4.5:1.1 cm. ad 11:2.5 

 V. 13:3 cm. magna, supra viridia, hypodermate distincto instructa, subtus palli- 

 diora, utroque latere leviter nitentia et reticulata, rete nervorum visibili, margine 

 gracillime anguste aequaliter spinoso-serrata, spinis vix plus quam 1 mm. longis 

 approximatis (circiter 6 pro 1 cm.); floras 15-25-fasciculati, lutei satis parvi, (cir- 

 citer 6 mm. diam.); pedicelli 1-1.5 cm. longi; prophylla sepalaque externa rubes- 

 centia, lanceolata, acuta; sepala interna ovato-lanceolata plus minus acuta, 

 petalis obovato-lanceolatis apice emarginatis basi breviter unguiculatis nor- 

 maliter glanduhferis paullo longiora; ovaria ovulo 1 subsessili instructa. Fructus 

 maturi nigri, ovato-elliptici, circiter 8-9:5 mm. magni, apice stylo brevi sed di- 

 stincto coronati; semina solitaria. 



Yunnan : Mengtze, alt. 2400 m., woods, A. Henry (No. 10257, type; shrub 0.75- 

 1.5 m. tall, fruit reddish, flowers yellow); Szemao, E. Mt. forests, alt. 4000 m., 

 A. Henry (No. 11617; shrub 1.25 m. tall, flowers yellow; No. 11617% shrub 1.50 m. 

 tall, fruit black). Western Hupeh: Patung, A. Henry (No. 1458); Ichang, A. 

 Henry (No. 3170). 



I take the liberty of naming this species in honor of His Majesty King Ferdi- 

 nand I. of Bulgaria, a great botanist and patron of natural history. 



Berberis Griffithiana Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, V. 403 (1905); 

 VIII. 198 (1908). 



B. Wallichiana, var. pallida Hooker f. & Thomson, Fl. Brit. Ind. I. Ill (pro 



parte) (1872), secundum specimen originale. 

 B. Wallichiana, var. parvifolia Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XXXIII. 

 388 (1886); PI. Delavay. 38 (1889), secundum specimen originale. 



Yunnan: in monte Tsang-shan, supra TaH, alt. 2000 m., March 28, 1884, 

 Delavay (No. 1124). Kwei-chou : Kouy-yang, May 1898, H. Bodinier (No. 2143). 

 Western Hupeh: Changyang, May 1900, E. H. Wilson (Veitch Exped. No. 

 535; the flowering branches of the specimen in Herb. Hof-Museum, Vienna). 



The type of this species was collected by Griffith in Bhootan (No. 125; which 

 is the same as No. 1741). The Vienna specimen, the only one I had seen in 1905, 

 has small leaves, measuring from 2:0.6 to 4:1.2 cm., like those of B. Wallichiana 

 var. parvifolia Franchet. Both these specimens bear small papillae on the upper 

 surface of the leaves. In the Kew Herbarium the number 1741 of Griffith, being 

 the same as No. 125, bears leaves, of which the largest measure 7:1.6 cm., and I 

 find similar leaves on No. 1742 of Griffith. These large leaves so much resemble 

 the smaller leaves of B. Julianae and also the leaves of B. Bergmanniae, that one 

 is inclined to unite these three species, but in their typical forms they look very dif- 

 ferent. It will need further investigations to decide, whether there are three distinct 

 species or only three forms of one rather variable species. I have not yet seen the 

 fruit of B. Griffithiana. 



Berberis Delavayi Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex ad 1.5 m. altus; ramuU juniores flavescentes, leviter angulati, glabriusculi 



