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43810 to 43925— Continued. 



distant serrations, yellow, almost sessile flowers about a quarter of an 

 inch wide in dense racemes, and salmon- red fruits. (Adapted from 

 Schneider, Bulletin UHerMer Boissier, series 2, vol, 8, p. 203, and from 

 Sargent, Plantae WHsonianae, vol. 1, p. 375.) 



43818. Berbeeis bkachypoda Maxim. Berberidacese. Barberry. 

 (No. 7175.) 



A bush from western China, 4 to 7 feet high, with 3-parted spines, 

 oval serrate leaves, yellow flowers in long slender panicles, and scarlet 

 fruits which are up to half an inch in diameter. In its native country 

 this barberry grows at elevations of 5,200 to 11,700 feet. (Adapted from 

 Sargent, Plantae WHsonianae, vol. 1, p. 315, and Schneider, Illustriertes 

 Hand ouch der Laubholzlzunde, vol. 2, p. 922.) 



43819. Berbeeis ciecumseeeata C. Schneid. Berberidacese. Barberry. 

 " No. 604 Purdom. Originally from the Tai-pei-shan, Shensi, China." 

 A bush from central China, up to 7 feet high, with roundish oval leaves 



with very numerous and slender spine-tipped serrations. The spines are 

 3-parted, about half an inch long, and the bright-yellow flowers, half an 

 inch wide, are solitary or in twos or threes on a common stalk. The 

 scarlet fruits are oblong, slightly bloomy, and nearly a half inch long. 

 In autumn the leaves turn scarlet. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae 

 WHsonianae, vol. 1, p. 35k, and from Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- 

 culture, vol. 1, p. 491, as Berberis diaphana.) 



For a later and more complete technical description, see Plantae WH- 

 sonianae, vol. 3, p. 435. 



43820. Berberis julianae C. Schneid. Berberidacese. Barberry. 



A western Chinese shrub up to 7 feet in height, with 3-cleft spines up to 

 If inches long ; thick, leathery, narrowly oval leaves up to 3 inches long ; 

 small yellow flowers ; and, probably, pruinose fruits. (Adapted from 

 Sargent, Plantae WHsonianae, vol. 1, p. 361.) 



43821. Berberis poireti C. Schneid. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



A shrub found in northern China and Amurland, with slender, arching 

 branches and spines about one-third of an inch long. The leaves are 

 narrowly lance shaped, about an inch long and green beneath. The yel- 

 low flowers occur in many-flowered racemes from 1 to 2 inches long, 

 and the deep blood-red fruits are oval oblong. This shrub is hardy and 

 handsome, but is not often found in cultivation. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 490.) 



43822. Berberis poireti C. Schneid. Berberidacese. Barberry. 

 " Purdom No. 250." 



See previous number, S. P. I. 43821, for description. 



43823. Berberis sargentiana C. Schneid. Berberidacese. Barberry. 



A black-berried barberry from western Hupeh, China, reaching a height 

 of 7 feet. It is the only evergreen barberry which has proved entirely 

 hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae WH- 

 sonianae, vol. 1, p. 359.) 



For further data, see S. P. I. No. 42973. 



