82 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Lat. 28° ro’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. - Oct. rorq.”” G. Forrest. No. 
13,566 
In No. 10,633 the fruits are scarcely mature ; in No. 13,566 
the leaves are larger than in the type-plant No. 11,474 and, 
while some are obovate and oblanceolate, others are elliptic to 
nearly orbicular. The plant is dedicated to a brother of the 
collector. 
639 Berberis leucocarpa, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis B. Jamesianae, G. Forrest et W. W. Sm. a 
qua foliis multo minus coriaceis, nervatione diversa, fructibus 
ex collectore albis divergit. 
Frutex 2-3 m. altus; ramuli juniores subteretes graciles 
distincte verruculosi glabri laete rubri; spinae simplices vel 
trifidae ad 2.5 cm. longae rubridae. Folia 2~—5-fasciculata, 
plerumque 4-8 cm. longa petiolo I-1.5 cm. incluso, 2-3 cm. 
lata, obovata vel subelliptica, apice rotundata vel obtusissima 
saepius breviter apiculata, basi in petiolum sensim attenuata, 
margine dentibus minutis crebre spinoso-denticulata, tenuiter 
coriacea, utrinque epilosa papillosa, supra viridia haud nitentia 
nervis paululo elevatis subdistinctis, infra pallidiora nervis 
elevatis distinctis. Inflorescentiae racemosae usque ad I2 cm. 
longae (pedunculo nudo 3-5 cm. longo incluso) + 20-florae 
glabrae ; pedicelli + rz cm. longi; flores desunt. Fructus 
elliptico-globosi circ. I cm. longi, 7-8 mm. lati, stigmatibus 
een albi. Semina plerumque duo. 
b of 6-8 ft. In fruit. Fruits white. Open scrub 
and Fasied rocks on the Mekong-Yangtze divide, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. rz,000 ft. July 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 
12,855. 
Distinguished from the preceding species by the less coriaceous 
leaves and the white fruit ; the habit, form of inflorescence, and 
the red shoots are very similar. 
10 Berberis mekongensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis B. brachypodae, Maxim. et B. dasystachyae, 
Maxim. a quibus foliis subsessilibus inter alia facile dignoscitur. 
Frutex circ. 2 m. altus; ramuli vetustiores striato-sulcati 
minute verruculosi glabri cinerei; spinae trifidae robustae ad 
2.5cm.longae. Folia (ramulorum fructiferorum) ad 7-8-fascicu- 
lata, petiolo brevissimo vix 1 mm. longo suffulta, vulgo 2-3 cm. 
longa, 1.2-1.7 cm. lata, obovata apice rotundata basi late cuneata, 
margine spinoso-dentata spinis subapproximatis 1 mm. haud 
rantibus, nonnunquam subintegra, siccitate membranacea, 
utrinque fere concoloria, vix nitentia, supra nervis obscurioribus 
