OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1923 



58093 to 58126 — Continued. 



58102. Berberis dasystachya Maxim. 



A bush up to 5 feet in height, native to Hupeh 

 and Shensi, western China. The flowers are yel- 

 low and the fruits coral red. (Adapted from Sar- 

 gent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 3, p. U2.) 



58103. Berberis dielsiana Fedde. 



A spreading, loosely branched Chinese shrub 

 often 10 feet high, with elliptic leaves that are 

 whitish beneath. The beauty of the red fruits is 

 accentuated by the bronze color of the leaves in 

 the fall. (Sleds.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 54066- 



58104. Berberis francisci-ferdinandi C- 

 Schneid. 



A shrub 6 to 10 feet in height, with deciduous, 

 papery, dull-green leaves, yellow flowers, and 

 ovoid scarlet berries. Native to western China. 

 (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 

 1, p. 868.) 



58105. Berberis gilgiana Fedde. 



A native of central China, this ashy barked 

 shrub has somewhat coriaceous lanceolate leaves 

 and dense racemes of yellow flowers. (Skeels.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 54067. 



58106. Berberis henry ana C. SchneidJfJ; 



A Chinese shrub resembling the common bar- 

 berry (Berberis vulgaris) but having purplish or 

 brown branches. It is about 8 feet high with 

 membranous, elliptical leaves, pale beneath, and 

 racemes of 10 to 20 yellow flowers, followed by red 

 fruits. (Skeels.) 



% For previous introduction see S. P. I. No, 54068. 



58107.^Berberis integerrima Bunge. '^^H 



A Siberian barberry which forms a shrub up to 

 6 feet high, with grayish green leaves, dense 

 racemes of small flowers, and black fruits. 

 (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch 

 der Laubholzkunde, vol. 1, p. SOS.) 



58108. Berberis julianae C. Schneid. 



A shrubby barberry up to 7 feet high, native to 

 western China. It has thick 3-cleft spines about 

 an inch and a half long, narrowly oval leathery 

 leaves, and small yellow flowers. (Adapted from 

 Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, pt. 1, p. 361, 1918.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 43820 



58109. Berberis koreana Palibin. 



A Korean shrub, often 6 feet high, with obovate 

 leaves 2 to 3 inches long, dense lax racemes of 

 yellow flowers, and round scarlet fruits. ( Skeels.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 54069. 



58110. x Berberis notabilis C. Schneid. 



A large handsome shrub up to 8 feet in height, 

 with papery blue-green leaves, rather dense clus- 

 ters of yellow flowers, and purple fruits. Prob- 

 ably a hybrid of Berberis heteropoda. (Adapted 

 from Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, vol. 4, 

 p. 203.) 



58111. x Berberis ottawensis C. Schneid. 



A spreading-ere%t shrub 3 or 4 feet high, with 

 very variable foliage, long-stalked yellow flowers, 

 and red berries. A hybrid, one of whose parents 

 is Berberis vulgaris i. atropurpurea. (Adapted 

 from Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, vol. J,., 

 p. 221.) 



58112 and 58118. Berberis poireti C. Schneid* 



58112. A shrub up to 5 feet in height, with 

 slender, arching branches and deep blood-red 

 berries. Native to northern China. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 50404. 



58093 to 58128— Continued-. 



58113. Forma weichangensis. A form of the 

 above species from Weichang, Chihli, China; 

 it differs slightly from the type in the size of 

 the bracts and in spine characters. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No.. 

 55073. 



58114. Berberis polyaNtha Hemsi. 



A Chinese shrub, 6 to 9 feet high, with deep- 

 yellow flowers and salmon-red fruits. Native to 

 western Szechwan. (Adapted from Sargent, 

 Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 876.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 53638. 



58115. Berberis rehderiana C. Schneid. 



This barberrylis supposed to be a native of 

 Japan; it is a shrub with weak spines, oblanceo- 

 late or ovate-oblong leaves about 1 inch in length, 

 racemes of small yellow flowers, and yellowish 

 red globose fruits. (Adapted from Bulletin 

 I'Herbier Boissier, ser. 2, vol. 5, p. 659.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 49063 , 



58116. Berberis sieboldii Miquel. 



A Japanese shrub about 3 feet high, with red- 

 dish brown branches and obovate leaves 1 to 2 

 inches long, which turn deep red in the fall. 

 The yellow flowers, in small racemes, are followed 

 by light-red fruits one-fourth of an inch long. 

 (Skeels.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 54072. 



58117. Berberis silva-taroucana C. Schneid. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, native to thickets in 

 western China, with papery, narrowly oblong 

 leaves, sessile racemes of yellow flowers, and 

 roundish scarlet berries. (Adapted from Sargent, 

 Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 370.) 



58118. Berberis sinensis Desf. 



A slender-branched shrub 4 to 6 feet high, with 

 ovoid purplish berries. Native to the Caucasus. 

 (Rehder.) 



58119 x Berberis stenophylla Lindl. 



A slender shrub 1 to 3 feet in height, with nar- 

 row, spiny pointed, dark-green leaves and nod- 

 ding umbels of yellow flowers. A hybrid of 

 garden origin. (Rehder.) 



58120. Berberis stjbcaulialata C. Schneid. 



A thickly branched shrub from Tibet, up to 

 4^4 feet high, with spines up to an inch in length, 

 thick, lance-shaped leaves about an inch long 

 and globular reddish yellow fruits one-fourth of 

 an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Schneider, 

 Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 2, 

 p. 919.) 



For previous introduction see S . P. I. No. 43824 



58121. Berberis thunbergii maximowiczii 

 Regel. 



A Japanese barberry which is larger than the 

 ordinary form and has more arching branches, 

 while the leaves are green beneath. It has the 

 same autumn color of the leaves as the common 

 form and has larger flowers and fruits. (Skeels.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 54073. 



58122. Berberis thunbergii minor Rehder. 



A variety of the well-known species which forms 

 a very low, dense shrub up to 2 feet in height. 



58123. Berberis tischleri C. Schneid. 



A shrub from western China, 7 to 14 feet high, 

 with spines in threes, papery spine-tipped leaves 

 up to 2 inches in length, and yellow flowers in 

 dense racemes. The somewhat pruinose egg- 

 shaped red fruits appear in October. (Adapted 

 from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, pt. 1, p. 855, 

 1918.)$ 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 43825. 



