14 BEEBEEIDE^. 



fasciculati, fasciculis 10-15 floratis, ad apicem ramulorum brevissimorum 

 terminalibus basi perulis rel bracteis plurimis suffultis, bracteis oblongis 

 1^ mm. longis apice bi-aristatis vel obtusis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis. Sepala 9, 

 in forma et magnitudine variabiHima, exterioribus 3 minoribus triangulari- 

 oblongis 2^ mm. longis apice acuminatis, interioribus 6 majoribus obovatis 

 5j cm. longis 4 mm. latis apice rotundatis basi cuneatis a basi 1 J mm. latis, 

 margine tenuibus, 3-nerviis. Petala 6, obovato-spathulata, 5 mm. longa 2^ 

 mm. lata, apice rotundata, bi-apiculata, basi cuneata, a basi 1^ mm. longa, 

 prope basin 2-glandulosa, glandulis elevatis 1 mm. longis oblongo-fusiformibus. 

 Stamina 6, pataKs opposita, 3 mm. longa, patalis breviora, filamentis com- 

 planatis incrassatis 2 mm. longis, antheris | mm. longis, connectivis productis 

 obtusis. Ovarium obovoideo-cylindricum, 3 mm. longum 1 mm. latum, infra 

 stigma leviter contractum, 1-loculare, 2-ovulata, stigmate dilatato sessili 

 peltato crassiusculo. 



TTab. Montibus CentraUbus, Aprili. 1910. 



Near B. WaUicldana, B. Barwndana, and B. Kmoahamii, but differs 

 fi'om them by the aristately serrulate leaves. 



Berberis brevisepala Hayata sp. nov. Kami cinerascentes, gkbri, 

 cortice longitudinahter fisso gradatim soluto, aculeati, aculeis tematis 11 mm. 

 longis, utraque latere stipulo triangulari uno instructis. Folia ad ramulos 

 brevissimos ad axiUas aculeorum sites ternatim verticiUatimque disposita, 

 obovato-lanceolata, 5^ cm. longa, 1^ cm. lata apice aristato-acuta, basi cuneato- 

 attenuata, valde coriacea, costa supra impressa basi elevata venis lateralibus 

 primariis utroque latere costsa 3-4, ad medium fiircatis vix conspicuis 

 margine serris aristatis 3 utroque latere instructa, fere sessiUa. Flores 

 7-8-fasciculati, fasciculis ad ramos brevissimos terminalibus, basi perulis 

 multiseriatis suffultis, pedicellis florum 1cm. longis. Flores non visi. 



Ha3. Mt. Morrison, leg. U. MoEi, 1910, Aprili. 



Seems to be different from B. Kawahamii Hatata by the less dentate 

 leaves. 



