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tlie number of ovules contained in ovaries, B. harandana has one 

 ovule while our plant has always two or sometimes three ovules. 

 It also bears some resembrance to B. xanthoxylon Hask. and B. 

 Wallicliiana, but differs from both in having more sparely serrated 

 leaves, and especially from the latter by its much more rounded 

 fruit. 



Berberis morrisonensis Hayata sp. nov. 



Berheris sp. Hayata Fl. Mont. Formes, p. 47. 



Frutex erectus ramosissimus, ramulis spinis ternatis, Foha 

 fasciculata coriacea, ovata spathulatave, apice rotundata aristato- 

 mucronata vel obtusa margine remote spinuloso-dentata, basi cnne- 

 ata sessilia vel breve petiolata, 15 mm. longa, 7. mm. lata. Baccse 

 3-fasciculat8e, gioboso-ellipsoidales, ntrinque obtusse, rubrœ, 9 mm. 

 longœ, 3-sperm9e, stigmatibus parvis sessilibus, seminibus lunaribus, 

 4 mm. longis, losvibus rubro-puniceis, peduneulis 1 J cm. longis. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Oct. 

 1906, (Nos. 2289 et 2297). 



Near B. dictyophylla Feanch. ; but differs from it in having 

 3-fasciculate fruits which are much more round than that of 

 Feanchet's species. 



N y iTiphseacese. 

 Brasenia Öcheeb. 



Brasenia purpurea Case. ; " in Jörn. Sc. Acad. Lisb. lY. p. 312." 



IIijdropelHs purpurea Eiciiaed ; DC. Prod. I. p. 112. 



Brasenia peltata Püesh.; Hook. f. et Thoms. in Hook. f. Fl, Brit. 

 Ind. I. p. 113 ; Feanch. ct Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p, 25, 



Hab. Giran : Kentozan, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Juni. 

 1906, (Xo. 1341). 



