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eodem modo laxe elevato-reticulata, petiolo excluso 2:1-7:3.2 cm. 

 magna, toto margine spinoso-dentata spinis 1-1.5 mm. longis, 

 raro subintegra. Infiorescentiae paniculatae (v. elongato-paniculato- 

 racemosae), 5.5-12 cm. longae (pedunculo nudo ad 2 cm. longo 

 incluso), multiflorae, glabrae; flores flavi, circiter 7-9 mm. diam.; 

 pedicelli fructiferi ad 10 mm. longi, rubescentes, basi bracteis lineari- 

 bus acuminatissimis (2-) 3 mm. longis suffulti; prophylla anguste 

 lanceolata, acuminata, rubra, bracteis similia; sepala tribus seriebus 

 disposita, late ovata, exteriora quam infima duplo breviora; petala 

 oblanceolata, sepalis infimis paullo longiora, apice bifida, basi breviter 

 unguiculata, glandulis 2 normaliter obtecta; stamina quam petala 

 duplo minora, normalia, leviter apiculata; ovaria estylosa, ovulis 

 2 subsessilibus instructa. Fructus satis magni, scarlatini, ovati v. 

 elliptici, circiter 12: 7 mm. magni; semina 2. 



Western China : Mao-chou, thickets, alt. 1300-2300 m., June and 

 October 1908 (No. iiSo, type); Fei-yueh-ling, Ching-chi Hsien, thick- 

 ets, alt. 2600 m.. May 1908 (No. 2869; with very young inflorescences) ; 

 alt. 3400-4000 m.. May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3151; bush 1.25 m. 

 tall). 



A rather striking species, apparently most nearly related to the Himalayan B. 

 chitria Lindley, which is well distinguished, however, by its puberulous branchlets, 

 the longer stalked and numerous ovules and by the distinct styles. 



I take the liberty of dedicating this handsome species to His Imperial and Royal 

 Highness Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the High Protector of the Den- 

 drological Society of Austria and Hungary. 



Sect. INTEGERRIMAE Schneider. 



Berberis Caroli Schneider, var. hoanghensis Schneider in Bull. 

 Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, V. 459 (1905). 



Western Szech'uan: upper Min valley, Sungpan, alt. 3000 m., 

 October 1910 (No. 4022; bush 1.30-2 m. tall, fruit salmon-red); with- 

 out locality, alt. 4000-4500 m., forming hedges, October 1903 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 3157; bush 1.5-3 m.). 



Sect. SINENSES Schneider. 



Berberis Wilsonae Hemsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1906, 

 151; in Bot. Mag. t. 4814 (1912). 



Western Szech'uan: Mongkong Ting, alt. 2300-3000 m., June 

 and October 1908 (No. 1356, in part; bush 0.30-1.30 m. high, flowers 



