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aulo impressa infra eminens; nervi supra evanidi infra sat 
conspicui ; folia superiora minora, suprema linearia. Ramuli 
floriferi 10-20 rami apicem versus laxe corymboso-aggregati 
3-5 cm. longi, fere recto angulo saepe abeuntes vulgo capitulum 
solitarium gerentes, canescenti-puberuli; capitula vix I cm. 
alta, diametro circ. 2 cm. Involucri phylla circ. 4-seriata, 
interiora 4-5 mm. longa lanceolata marginibus hyalina apice 
villosa obtusa vel subacuta, exteriora 2-3 mm. longa ovata 
dorso canescentia apice roseo-rubro-tincta. Receptaculum 
planum alveolatum. Flores ligulati fere 2 cm. longi, 1.5 mm. 
lati. Flores tubulosi 4-5 mm. longi, medio tubo subito ampliati 
glabrescentes. Achaenia (immatura) 1.5 mm. longa o 
lata anguste ovata paulo complanata pilosa ; pappus uniseriatus 
3-4 mm. longus sordide albus. 
“Stony places and hot banks about Siku, Kansu, Western 
China. October 1914.’’ Farrer and Purdom. No. 456 
Berberis Jamesiana, G. Forrest et W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis B. Franctsci-Ferdinandi, Schneider sectionis 
Tinctoriarum ; foliis obovatis vel oblanceolatis saepius integris 
utrinque dense papillosis recedit. 
rutex ad 2 m. altus; ramuli juniores striato-sulcati minute 
verruculosi glabri laete rubri, vetustiores diu rubridi; spinae 
plerumque simplices ad 2.5 cm. longae rubridae. Folia 2-6- 
fasciculata, plerumque 3-4 cm. longa, + 2 cm. lata, obovata 
vel late oblanceolata, apice rotundata vel obtusissima saepe 
breviter apiculata, basi in petiolum + 5 mm. longum sensim 
attenuata, margine integra vel dentibus minutis spinoso-denticu- 
lata, coriacea utrinque epilosa, utrinque dense papillosa, utrinque 
anguste et distincte elevato-reticulata, supra vix nitentia infra 
pallidiora opaca. Inflorescentiae racemosae usque ad I0 cm. 
longae (pedunculo nudo ad 2 cm. longo incluso) + 20-florae 
glabrae ; pedicelli + 1 cm. longi; flores desunt. Fructus 
subglobosi in sicco circ. I cm. diametro stigmatibus sessilibus, 
laete scarlatini. Semina plerumque duo. 
“Spinous shrub of 5 ft. In fruit. Fruits bright scarlet. 
Open situations amongst rocks on the mountains in the N.E. of 
the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 11,000 it. 
October 1913.’ G. Forrest. No. 11,474. 
«Shrub of 6 ft. In fruit. Fruits purplish? drying pink! 
Open stony pasture in the mountains of the Chungtien plateau, 
Yunnan. 27° 55' N. Alt. 11,000 ft. July 1973.’ 
Forrest. No. 10,633- 
“Shrub of 4-6 ft. In fruit. Fruits bright red. Open 
situations amongst scrub on the Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan. 
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