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Berberis polyantha Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIX. 302. 

 (1892). — Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, V. 815 (1905); 

 VIII. 264 (1908). 



Western Szech'uan: Tachien-lu, alt. 2600-3300 m., July and 

 September 1908 (No. 1048; bush 2-4 m. tall, flowers deep yellow); 

 Min valley, north of Mao-chou, alt. 2900-3200 m., August 1910 (No. 

 4634; shrub 1.0 m. tall, fruit salmon-red); valley of Hsao-chin-ho 

 near Monkong Ting, alt. 2300-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 2872; bush 

 2-3 m. tall, flowers yellow) ; without locality, July 1904 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 3152); without locality, A. von Rosthorn (No. 2527). 



Berberis polyantha, var. oblanceolata Schneider, n. var. 



A typo recedit praecipue foliis integris v. fere integris majoribus 

 oblaneeolatis ad 2.4 mm. longis et 6 mm. latis, minoribus obovatis v. 

 ovalibus, inflorescentiis minoribus et angustioribus cum pedunculo 

 2.5-4 cm. longis. 



Western Szech'uan: valley of Hsao-chin-ho near Monkong 

 Ting, alt. 2300-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 2868; decumbent bush, 

 1-1.60 m. tall, flowers deep yellow). 



Berberis Prattii Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-3-metralis; ramuli floriferi paullo hirtelli v. fere glabri, 

 cinereo-brunnei, sulcati, internodia 2-3 cm. longa; spinae 1-3-fidae, 

 satis debiles, mediocres ad 13 mm. longae, flavo-brunneae, acutae, 

 subtus leviter sulcatae; folia ad 10 fasciculata, oblonga v. obovato- 

 oblonga v. obovalia, apice rotunda v. leviter emarginata v. breviter 

 acuta, mucronulata, basim versus in petiolum brevem subito con- 

 tracta, sed lamina ad imam basim decurrente, margine Integra v. 

 utrinque supra mediam dentibus 1-9 satis parvis instructa, supra 

 viridia, ut videtur nitentia, subtus pallidiora, papillosa, utrinque dis- 

 tincte et anguste elevato-reticulata, majora 2.5:1-1.5 cm. ad 4.5:1.5- 

 2.5 cm. magna. Inflorescentiae paniculatae, elongatae, fructiferae 

 ad 15 cm. longae, brevissime v. indistincte pilosae; flores flavi, parvi, 

 circiter 5-6 mm. diam.; pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi, bracteis acuminatis, 

 ad 3 mm. longis instructi; petala sepalis internis late ovatis vix bre- 

 viora, obovato-oblonga, apice incisa, basi late unguiculata, glan- 

 dulifera; stamina apice apiculata, petalis breviora; ovaria ovulis 2 

 sessilibus instructa. Fructus salmoneo-rubri, verisimiliter pruinosi, 

 ut videtur globosi, parvi, circiter 6:6 mm. magni, stylo distincto sed 

 brevi coronati; semina 2. 



