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Folia lanceolata, majora ad 12:1.8 cm. magna, subtus fere v. omnino 



enervia, dentibus satis distantibus (circiter 3 pro 1 cm.) B. levis, p. 360. 



Folia ovato-lanceolata v. elliptico-lanceolata dentibus valde approxi- 



matis V. ovato-elliptica et subtus non enervia. 



Folia ovato-lanceolata v. elliptico-lanceolata, anguste spinoso-serrata 



(dentibus circiter 6 pro 1 cm.) . . B. Ferdinandi-Coburgii, p. 364. 



Folia ovato-elliptica, dentibus distantibus B. harandana.'^ 



Folia coriacea, hypodermate pseudoepidermali (interdum difficile visibili), facie 

 inferiore nervis lateralibus distinctius elevatis. 

 Ovula plerumque singula, fere semper funiculo longo distincto suffulta. 



B. Wallichiana.^ 

 Ovula 1-3, sessilia v. subsessilia. 



Folia permagna ad 19:5.7 cm. plerumque solitaria v. bina, dentibus 6-10 



mm. inter se distantibus B. insignis? 



Folia maxima minora, semper ad 3-5-fasciculata. 



Folia parva v. mediocria, raro ad 7:1.5 cm. magna, dentibus distantibus. 

 Ramuli juniores sulcato-angulati. Fructus ut videtur stylares. 



B. Griffithiana, p. 364. 

 Folia majora, ad 13.5:3 cm. magna, anguste duplicato-spinoso-dentata, 

 subtus reticulo nervorum satis distincto. Fructus estylares. 



B. Sargentiana, p. 359. 



Facies superior foliorum hypodermate pertinente baud instructa, folia plus minusve 



tenuiter coriacea. 



Folia majora v. longiora plus quam 2.5 cm. longa, subtus nunquam albo-pruinosa. 



Folia facie inferiore (et etiam superiore) angustissime reticulata, margine 



angustissime et gracillime inaequaliter spinoso-serrata (dentibus pro 1 cm. 



circiter 6-9) B. arguta* 



Folia alio modo reticulata v. serrata. 

 Ovaria ovulo singulo funiculo distincto elongato sufFulto instructa. Folia 

 lanceolata, ad 7:1.8 cm. magna, utrinque laxe reticulata. Ramuli 

 juniores valde sulcati B. Wallichiana, var. microcarpa.^ 



1 Berberis barandana Vidal, Revis. PI. Vase. Filip. 45 (1886). 

 Philippine Islands. 



2 Berberis Wallichiana De Candolle, Prodr. I. 107 (1824). — Hooker f. & 

 Thomson, Fl. Ind. 225 (1885). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1. 110 (1875). — Schneider, 

 III. Handb. Lauhholzk. I. 304, fig. 196 n-p (1904), II. 916 (1912); in Bull. Herb. 

 Boissier, s4r. 2, V. 402 (1905). 



Eastern Nepal to Assam. 



3 Berberis insignis Hooker f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 226 (1855). — Hooker, Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. I. Ill (1875). 



Himalaya: Sikkim. 



* Berberis arguta Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, VIII. 197 (1908); 

 III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 916, fig. 574 c (1912). 



Berberis Wallichiana, i. arguta Franchet, PI. Delavay. 38 (1889). 

 China: Yunnan. 



5 Berberis Wallichiana, var. microcarpa Hooker f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 225 

 (1855). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. Ill (1875). — Schneider in Bull. Herb. 

 Boissier, s6t. 2, V. 402 (1905). 



Assam and Burma. 



