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in petiolum 3-10 (-13) mm. longum contracta v. attenuata, minora 1.5-3 cm. longa, 

 0.8-2.8 cm. lata, majora ad 5 : 2.5 cm. et maxima longe petiolata ad 6 : 3 cm. magna 

 (petiolo excluso), supra intense viridia, subtus discoloria, cinerascentia, pruinosa, 

 utraque pagina satis laxe subdistincte clevato-reticulata, margine integra v. 

 paucidentata (minora) v. (majora) satis dense graciliter spinuloso-serrata serraturia 

 divaricatis 0.5-1 mm. longis, ramulorum sterilium praecedentibus similia v. 

 subtus subviridescentia et saepe densius breviter serrulata. Inflorescentiae 

 breviter v. longius racemosac, basi baud paniculatae, circiter 10-20-florae, 2.5-6 

 cm. longae (pedunculo nudo interdum ad 2 cm. longo induso), i)endentes; flores 

 flavi, 9-10 mm. diametientes ; pedicelli 5-9 mm. longi, basi bracteis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis 1-1.5 mm. longis suffulti; prophylla bracteis similia sed latiora; sepala 

 externa elliptica v. ovato-elliptica, internis obovatis 5-7 mm. longis i)lus minusve 

 V. fere duplo breviora; petala late ovato-oblonga, circiter 5-6 mm. longa, apice 

 incisa, basi contracta, glandulis 2 ellipticis separatis aurantiacis instructa; stamina 

 normalia, apice vix v. haud producta; ovarium elliptico-oblongum, versus apicem 

 leviter attenuatum, ovulis 2 sessilibus oblongis instructum. Fructus (in vivo) 

 elliptici, circiter 9 mm. longi et 6 mm. crassi, obscure sanguinei, praesertim 

 basi leviter pruinosi, stigmate subsessili coronati; semina 2, flavo-brunnea, laevia. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, summit of Wan-tiao-shan, alt. 2400 m., 

 June 5, 1907 (No. 2864; shrub 1.5-2.4 m. tall, flowers yellow); Changyang Hsien, 

 mountains. May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 645; bush 1.2 m. high, flowers yellow); 

 without precise locahty, A. Henry (Nos. 5470, 5470-^, 5470^, Unpe, in Herb. Hof- 

 mus., Vienna). Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, 1907 (No. 391; bush 

 1.5 m. tall, fruits red; seeds only; young plants in this Arboretum from which 

 the above description is partly drawn); without precise locahty, A. Henry 

 (No. 5470"). 



This Barberry represents apparently B. vulgaris in Hupeh and eastern Szech'uan, 

 but it is very different from the European species and its nearest relatives especially 

 in its brownish, sometimes almost purplish branches which are yellowish gray in 

 B. vulgaris Linnaeus and B. amurensis Ruprecht. On the other hand the plant of 

 Hupeh is closely related to the following species, but hving plants of both look 

 rather distinct. See also my remarks under B. Dielsiana Fedde. 



Berberis Dielsiana Fedde in Bat. Jahrb. XXXVI. Beibl. 82, 41 (1905). — 

 Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, VHL 261 (1908), quoad specim. Giraldii 

 No. 2295. 



Berberis Henryana Schneider, 1. c. (1908), quoad specim. Giraldiana. 



A B. Henryana praecipue recedit: foUis ramulorum fertilium anguste el- 

 lipticis v.elliptico-lanceolatisutrinqueacutioribus 3:0.8 cm. ad 7:2.8-3 cm. magnis, 

 petiolis longioribus instructis subtus plerisque distinctius viridescentibus, inflores- 

 centiis majoribus saepe infra paniculatis ad 7 cm. longis, fioribus in vivo luteis, 

 pedicelhs infimis ad 13 mm. longis, fructibus 9-10 mm. longis ellipticis, sed 

 basi paulo angustatis splendidias coloratis. 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1600-1800 m.. May 1908 (No. 

 2863; shrub 1.2-3 m. tall, flowers yellow, foliage often bronzy). Shensi : " Sciu 

 Jan shan, am Kan y huo, bliihend am 15. Mai," G. Giraldi (No. 2298, tjqpe, ex 

 Fedde); south of Yenan Fu, 1910, W. Purdom (No. 341); same locahty, alt. 1300 

 m., February 8, 1911, W. Purdom (Seed No. 549; bush 1.8 m. high, red fruits; 

 plants in this Arboretum); at Chempu, February 1911, IF. Purdom (Seed No. 

 643; plants in this Arboretum); at Chung-pu, February 8, 1911, W. Purdom 

 (Seed No. 605"; plants in this Arboretum). 



Not having seen the type of Fedde's species 1 am not entirely convinced that 



