BERBEKIDACEAE. — BERBERIS 371 



shan, alt. 3300 m., June 25, 1908 (No. 2857) ; Pan-lan-shan, west of 

 Kuan Hsien, alt. 2G00-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4288); Wa-shan, 

 thickets, alt. 2600 m., June and September 1908 (Nos. 2858, 955) ; west 

 and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2000-3000 m., July and 

 September 1908 (Nos. 1012, 1059); Mupin, thickets, alt. 1600-2800 m., 

 June, July and September 1908 (Nos. 2861, 1012'*); west and near 

 Wench'uan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1600 m., July 1908 (No. 2867; a 

 form with few-flowered, fasciculate-racemose inflorescences); with- 

 out locality, September 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3151''; fruiting 

 branches); Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4726). 



This species seems nearly related to the little known B. Tschonoskyana Regel 

 from Japan of which I have not yet seen the young branches. Especially No. 

 28G7 looks very like the Japanese form, as described by Rcgel in Act. Hort. Peirop. 

 II. 421 (1S73) and as B. sikokiana by Yatabc, in Tokyo Bot. Mag. V. 283, (1891). 

 At first sight this new species also resembles B. Tischleri Schneider which differs 

 chiefly in having 4 ovules and an elongated fruit with a distinct style. 



Named in honor of His Excellency Count Ernst Silva Tarouca, the president 

 of the Dendrological Society of Austria and Hungary, a famous garden maker and 

 plant lover, to whom I am much indebted for assistance. 



Berberis Mouillacana Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-3-metralis; ramuli annotini et biennes purpurascentes, 

 glabri, angulato-sulcati, vetustiores cinerascentes; internodia 1-2.5 

 cm. longa; spinae simplices, ramulorum juniorum ad 1.8 cm. longae, 

 flavescentes, rotundatae; folia ad 6 fasciculata, crasse membranacea, 

 obovato-lanceolata, apice obtusa v. rotunda, minime mucronulata, 

 basi plus minusve subito in petiolum distinctum 1-15 mm. longum 

 contracta, laminis 1:0.4 ad 2.5:1.4 cm. v. 3.5:1.7 ad 6:1.9 cm. magnis, 

 supra viridia, vix nitentia, subtus concoloria et nitentia raro leviter 

 pruinosa, utrinque, sed subtus distinctius, laxe reticulata, margine 

 Integra v. raro dentibus brevissimis distantibus utrinque ad 8 in- 

 structa. Inflorescentiae fructiferae plerumque distincte racemosae, 

 versus apicem ramorum interdum fasciculato-racemosae, 6-12-florae, 

 ad 4.5 cm. longae, glabrae; flores nondum vidi; pedicelli 0.5-1.3 cm. 

 longi, basi bracteis triangulari-acuminatis acutissimis, 1.5-2 mm. 

 longis suffulti. Fructus rubri ("scarlet or crimson" Wilson) leviter 

 pruinosi, ovato-elliptici, circiter 8-10 ad 5-7 mm. magni, stigmatibus 

 sessilibus; semina (l-)2. 



Western Szech'uan: Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2700-3600 m., 

 September and October 1908 (Nos. 1039, type, 1041, 1283); same 

 locality, uplands, alt. 2700-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4123). 



