200 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Schneider, which has fine hairs on the young shoots and 
peduncles. 
Ctl Berberis favosa, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
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Species affinis B. subcaulialataec, Schneider et B. Stapfianae, 
Schneider a quibus habitu nano prostrato, inflorescentiis pauci- 
floris inter alia divergit. 
Fruticulus nanus prostratus vix 30 cm. altus ramosus ; 
ramuli juniores angulati glabri vel hic illic minutissime puberuli, 
vetustiores cinerascentes ; spinae trifidae graciles circ. I. cm. 
longae. Folia in petiolum brevissimum attenuata, subpersis- 
tentia, papyracea, 5-12-fasciculata, 1-2 cm. longa, 3-4 mm. lata, 
oblanceolata, apice subobtusa et mucronata vel acuta vel 
subrotundata et fere emucronata vel nonnunquam late tri- 
cuspidata, basi cuneata, margine integra paulo revoluta, supra 
viridia, subtus paulo pruinosa, papillosa, utrinque favoso- 
reticulata costa media inter rugas indistinctissima. Inflore- 
scentiae foliis breviores 1~7-florae, breviter fasciculato-race- 
mosae ; pedicelli 4-8 mm. longi, rubidi, basi bracteis squami- 
formibus apiculatis circ. 1 mm. longis muniti. Flores flavidi 
3-4mm.diametro. Sepala exteriora late ovata 2-3 mm. longa, 
interiora late elliptica vel suborbicularia 4.5 mm.longa. Petala 
obovata circ. 4 mm. longa, apice breviter emarginata, basi 
breviter unguiculata, glandulifera. Stamina circ. 3 mm. longa. 
Ovarium 3 mm. longum ovulis tribus. Fructus deest. 
“Upper Burma :—Hpimaw, in open situations on ridge 
amongst boulders at 7000 ft. ; a prostrate dwarf shrub rising less 
than a foot from the limestone rock over which its long branches 
trail. August 1914.” F. K. Ward. No. 1852. 
Of the now numerous and closely allied species of this group, 
the above comes nearest to B. Stapfiana, Schneider. 
) Berberis replicata, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis B. sanguineae, Franch. a qua foliis multo 
minoribus revolutis inter alia divergit. 
Frutex 1-1.5m.altus. Ramuli juniores glabri teretes pallido- 
flavidi, vetustiores cinerei; internodia 1. 5-2.5 longa; spinae 
3-fidae I-1.5 cm. longae pallido-flavidae. Folia 3-5-fasciculata, 
in petiolum brevissimum contracta, 2-3.5 cm. longa, 3-5 mm. 
lata, lineari-lanceolata, apice acuta longiuscule mucronata, basi 
cuneata, margine spinis (1-6 paribus) circ. 1 mm. longis praedita, 
saepe espinosa, ita revoluta ut spinae saepe difficules visu sint, 
Supra Opaco-viridia costa media multo impressa nervatione 
obscura, infra pruinosa costa media eminente straminea nervis 
lateralibus subobsoletis. Flores 2-8-fasciculati, complanati circ. 
7 mm. diametro aurei ;_pedicelli I~I.3 cm. longi graciles rubridi 
