CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO VOLUME I 437 



Berberis triacanthophora (p. 359). Strike out Voitcli Exped. No. 951. 



Berberis levis {p. 360). This species needs further investigation. I beUeve 

 that there are several different species mixed under what I have referred to B. levis 

 and even in the specimens mentioned by Franchet. Wilson's Nos. 1284 and 4287 

 with jet-black fruits from western Szech'uan represent a new species different 

 from the true B. levis as well as from B. Soulieana Schneider (see below). It may 

 be described as follows: 



Berberis atrocarpa Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-1.5 m. altus; ramuli homotini (plantae in Arboreto Amoldiano olim 

 cultae) laeves, striato-angulato-sulcati, flavescentes, annotini vetustioresque 

 grisei v. cinerascentes, sulcati; internodia 2.5-4 cm. longa; spinae 3-fidac, flaves- 

 centes, dorso applanatae, mediae 1-4.5 cm. longae. Folia sempervirentia, firma 

 sed satis flexilia, coriacea, lanceolata v. rarius anguste elliptico-lanceolata, basi in 

 petiolum vix ad 5 mm. longum contracta, apice acuta, mucronata, plana, margins 

 spinoso-serrata dentibusporrecto-divergentibus 0.5-1.5 mm. longis 2-3 pro 1 cm., 

 latiora ad 5.5 cm. longa et 1.5 cm. lata, angustiora ad 7 cm. longa et 1.4 cm. lata, 

 supeme saturate viridia, subnitentia, nervis paulo v. vix visibiUbus, subtus plus 

 minusve discoloria, flavo-viridia, fere enervia. Flores ignoti. Fructus in inflores- 

 centia unica ad 8 fasciculati (ramuhs fructiferis brevissimis saepe pluribus congestis), 

 ovato-globosi, stylo distincto excepto circiter 5 mm. longi et 4 mm. crassi, atri, 

 nitiduli; pedicelli vix ultra 8 mm. longi, saepe rubescentes; ovula 2-3 subsessilia, 

 semina pleraque 2. 



Western Szech'uan : Mupin, Nos. 1284, type, and 4287 enumerated on p. 360 

 of vol. I. 



As far as I know there is no other species of this section which has such jet-black, 

 almost globose fruits. According to Franchet the fruits of B. levis are " ovatae 

 nigro-coeruleae." As I said on p. 360 the fruits I have seen of the type of B. levis 

 are without bloom, but it is often difficult to tell the real color of fruits from dried 

 specimens only. Apparently B. atrocarpa and B. levis are closely related, but a 

 very careful examination of the Chinese Berberis shows that there are many more 

 different species, each confined to a certain region. 



The typical B. levis Franchet of which I have a cotype (Delavay's No. 993 

 from He-chan-men) from the Kew Herbarium before me, is also represented by a 

 specimen collected by G. Forrest in Yunnan: " shady situations amongst scrub on 

 the ascent of the Sung-kwei pass from the Lang-kong valley, alt. 9-10000 ft., 

 April 1906 " (No. 2012; spreading shrub of 3-6 ft., flowers bright-yellow) which is 

 named B. levis by Diels (in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 341 [1913]). 



Berberis Soulieana Schneider is, as I now beUeve, a distinct species and 

 B. stenophylla Hance is a synonym of it. The type was raised in Hort. 

 Vilmorin from seeds collected byR. Fargesin the region of " Tchen keou tin " in 

 eastern Szech'uan. In the same region probably, E. H. Parker collected the type 

 specimen of B. stenophylla and not at Chungking as stated by Hance because there 

 is no evergreen Berberis at all at this locality according to Wilson's observations. B. 

 Soulieana has very firm leaves, rather patent spinose teeth (1-2 mm. long and three 

 or four or even five in 1 cm. of the length of the margin) and distinctly glaucous 

 fruits with mostly three seeds and otherwise similar to those of B. atrocarpa. 



To B. Soulieana apparently belong the following specimens: Shensi : Tai-pei- 

 shan, 1910, W. Purdom (No. 7), which I doubtfully referred to B. Julianae on p. 

 361 and southwestern Kansu: near Kua-tsa, on decomposed rock slope, alt. 

 1400 m., November 9, 1914, F. N. Meyer (No. 1823; shrub). Both are exactly 

 alike. 



