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costula ipsa tantum pilosula, marginibus late scariosa sparsim 
ciliolata. Petala circ. 8 mm. longa, late obovata, apice rotundata 
integra. Stamina 10 calycem subaequantia filamentis glabris. 
Ovarium fere globosum stylis duobus 4—5 mm. longis praeditum. 
‘‘ China :—Yunnan, in the mountains in the N.E. of the 
Yangtze bend. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Plant of 3-4 
inches. Flowers white. Limy pasture and ledges of limestone 
cliffs. Sept. 1913.’”’ G. Forrest. No. 10,998. 
“ China :—N.W. Yunnan, in the A-tun-tsu valley. Lat. 
28° 28’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Plant of 4-8inches. Flowers white. 
Open dry pasture. Aug. 1914.’’ G. Forrest. No. 13,210. 
Berberis concolor, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis B. Vernae, Schneider, a qua foltis con- 
coloribus magis coriaceis, floribus duplo majoribus recedit. 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus compactus. Ramuli glabri teretes vel 
subteretes, cinerascentes, lenticellis nigris sparsis notati ; inter- 
nodia 1-2 cm. longa; spinae simplices 1-1.5 cm. longae gracil- 
limae flavescentes. Folia 5~10-fasciculata, in eodem fasci- 
culo saepe inaequalia, in petiolum brevem attenuata, I-2 cm. 
longa, 3-5 mm. lata, plerumque oblanceolata, apice rotundata 
vel obtusa breviter mucronata, basi cuneata, margine integra, 
tenuiter coriacea, concoloria, laxe reticulata nervis utrinque 
eminentibus. Inflorescentiae densiflorae graciles cum pedunculo 
ad 1.5 cm. longo ad 4 cm. longae, plus minusve nutantes, glabrae ; 
flores lutei sat magni, complanati 7-8 mm. diametro ; pedicelli 
ad 7 mm. longi gracillimi, basi bracteis subulatis instruct. 
Sepala exteriora late ovata obtusa circ. 3 mm. longa ; interiora 
obovata circ. 5 mm. longa. Petala 4 mm. longa, obovata, apice 
incisa, basi breviter unguiculata, glandulis normalibus praedita. 
Stamina circ. 3mm. longa. Ovarium cum stylo brevi circ. 3 mm. 
longum, ovulis duobus. Fructus deest. 
“China :—N.W. Yunnan; Tung-chu-ling, 10,000 ft. and 
A-tun-tsu, 12,000 ft. In the shrub belt on dry exposed hill- 
sides. Compact bush of 4-6 ft. loaded with flowers in full 
bloom. May 31st, 1913.”’ F. K. Ward. No. 315. 
The following is a variety with obovate leaves about 18 mm. 
long, 9 mm. broad, occasionally with one or two teeth on the 
margin :— 
“B® Tibet :-—At Doker-la in the shrub belt at 13,000 ft. 
July 1913.” F. K. Ward. No. 707. . . 
This very floriferous little species of the Sinensis group 1s 
closely allied to B. Poiretii, Schneider, andto B ; Vernae, Schneider. 
Of these it comes nearest to B. Vernae, which has very small 
flowers. The variety with the broader leaves but quite similar 
inflorescence and flower-structure approaches B. aggvegata, 
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