SPECIES CHINENSES. 83 
infra laxe reticulatis. Inflorescentiae racemosae + 15-florae, 
fructu circ. 3 cm. longae, glabrae vel minute puberulae ; pedicelli 
5-Io mm. longi; flores desunt. Fructus ovali-oblongi + 8 mm. 
longi, -+ 4 mm. lati, stigmatibus sessilibus ; semina I-2. ~ 
‘‘ Spinous shrub of 6 ft. In fruit. Open situations amongst 
scrub on the Bei Ma Shan, Mekong-Yangtze divide, Yunnan. 
Lat. 28° 20’ N._ Alt. 12,000 ft. Aug. 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 
13,204. 
A species of the section Vulgares, Schneider, closely allied to 
the Kansu species B. brachypoda, Maxim. and B. dasystachya, 
Maxim. from which it is separated by the almost sessile 
leaves. The thick shoots are densely covered with the racemes 
of fruit. 
53% Berberis sublevis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Wallichianae, Schneider, affinis B. levi, 
Franch. a qua foliis lineari-lanceolatis tenuiter coriaceis subtus 
haud enerviis inter alia recedit. 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus ; ramuli juniores striato-sulcati, minute 
verruculosi glabri cinerei; spinae trifidae robustae ad 3 cm. 
longae. Folia 1-6-fasciculata, 5-7 cm. longa, I-1.5 cm. lata, 
lineari-lanceolata, apice acuta spinoso-mucronata, basi in peti- 
olum brevissimum cuneata, margine regulariter crebre spinoso- 
serrata, tenuiter coriacea, facie superiore hypodermate pertinente 
haud instructa, supra nitentia (nonnunquam obscure) subtus 
pallidiora nitentia nervis bene reticulatis paululo elevatis. 
Flores + 12-fasciculati, saepe pauciores mediocres flavi ; pedicelli 
graciles + 2 cm. longi; prophylla triangulari-lanceolata. 
Sepala externa triangulari-ovata vix 1.5 mm. longa, interna 
late ovata -- 2 mm. longa. Petala late obovata apice emar- 
ginata basi breviter unguiculata nectariis elongatis praedita 
circ. 7 mm. longa. Ovaria ovulo solitario instructa. Fructus 
6-7 mm. longi circ. 3.5 mm. lati elliptici saturate rubri stylis 
brevissimis. 
‘Spinous shrub of 5 ft. Flowers deep yellow. Open 
scrub on hills west of Tengyueh, Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. t. 
6000 ft. Feb. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 9559. 
‘‘ Spinous shrub of 3-5 ft. Flowers yellow. Open scrub on 
hills to north-west of Tengyueh. Lat. 25° 10’ N. Alt. 7000 ft. 
Feb. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 9693. 
‘ Spinous shrub of 4-5 ft. Flowers yellow, tinged red on 
exterior, amongst scrub on hills to the south of Tengyueh. 
Lat. 25° N. Feb. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 9560. 
‘“Spinous shrub of 3-5 ft. In fruit. Fruits deep red. 
Amongst scrub in side valleys in the hills to the east of 
