BERBERIDACEAE. — BERBERIS 367 



Ovaria ovulis 1-4 sessilibus vel subsessilibus instructa. 



Folia pcrmagna, 9-18 cm. longa et 1.5-3.3 cm. lata, longe acuminata, 

 breviter spinuloso-dentata dentibus vix 1 mm. longis distantibus. 



Ramuli juniores flavescontes, rotundati B. acuminata} 



Folia etiam maxima vix plus quam 10 cm. longa v. alio modo diversa. 

 Folia satis parva, ovata v. ovato-oblonga, 3.3-5.5 cm. longa et 1-1.8 

 cm. lata subtus laxe reticulata, breviter spinoso-dentata. Fructus 



estylares B. Delavayi, p. 364. 



Folia majora v. lanceolata. 



Ramuli juniores striato-sulcati, flavescentes. 



Folia ovato-lanceolata, majora ad 9: 2.2 cm. magna, margine gracil- 

 iter breviter spinoso-denticulata. Pedicelli 1.8-2.2 cm. longi. 



B. subacuminata, p. 363. 



Folia lineari-lanceolata, majora ad 6:0.5 cm. magna, margine 



dentibus satis crassiset approximatis dentata. Pedicelli 6-15 mm. 



longi B. sanguinea, p. 359. 



Ramuli juniores plus minus rotundati, flavescentes v. rubescentes. 

 Ramuli hornotini rubescentes, glabri. Ovula 1-3. 



Folia lineari-lanceolata, ad 6.5:0.8 cm. magna, margine denti- 

 bus gracilibus distantibus serrata B. triacanthophora, p. 358. 

 Folia lanceolata v. anguste ovato-lanceolata, ad 11.5:1.9-2.4 

 cm. magna, margine spinis 2-3 mm. longis dentata. 



B. Veitchii, p. 363. 



Ramuli hornotini flavescentes, plerumque minime verruculosi. 



Ovula 4. Folia lanceolata, ad 7: 1.5 cm. magna, graciliter et 



satis angustes pinoso-serrata .... B. Gagnepainii, p. 358. 



Folia majora v. longiora vix plus quam 2.5 cm. longa v. subtus distincte albo- 



pruinosa. 



Folia subtus viridia v. tantum leviter, non albo-pruinosa. Flores 1-3, longiua- 



cule pedicellati. 



Ramuli teretes, distincte verruculosi B. verruculosa, p. 357. 



Ramuli striato-sulcati, sublaeves B. Asmyana, p. 357. 



Folia subtus distincte alba. Ramuli glabri, rotundati. Flores singuli, breviter 

 pedicellati B. candidula, p. 357. 



Sect. TINCTORIAE Schneider. 



Berberis Francisci-Ferdinandi Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-3-metralis; ramuli juniores rubri, deinde purpurascentes, 

 glabri, leviter nitentes et angulati, vetustiores cinerascentes; inter- 

 nodia 2-3.5 cm. longa; spinae plerumque simplices, parvae v. ad 

 2.5 cm. longae, subtus sulcatae, flavo-rubrae; folia ad 6 fasciculata; 

 chartacea, decidua, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, utrinque acuta, basi 

 satis subito in petiolum distinctum 0.5-1.5 cm. longum contracta, 

 supra viridia, subtus claro-viridia, utrinque levissime nitentia et 



» Berberis acuminata Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bol. France, XXXIII. 387 (1886).— 

 Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 916 (1912). 

 China: Yunnan. 



