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87493 and 37494. 



From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented by Mr. George C. Gemmell. Received 

 March 3, 1914. 



37493. Bkadbi^bya sp. 



"A vine found running over the ground bearing lavender-colored flowers 

 with a violet center. Flowers the shape of a sweet pea, about 2 to 3 

 inches across, flowering in July. Has a small pod similar to a bean. 

 Collected at Agua Kente, about the center of the State of Goyaz." 

 {Gemmell.) 



37494. (Undetermined.) 



"An ornamental vine found growing on a tree to a height of 20 feet, 

 bearing large, scarlet flowers the shape of a sweet pea, about 5 inches 

 across. Flowering in July. Pod about 5 inches long, 1 inch wide, con- 

 taining from three to five seeds. One flower on a stem. Collected at 

 Agua Kente, about the center of the State of Goyaz." {Gemmell.) 



87495 to 37499. Berberis spp. Barberry. 



From Dublin, Ireland. Presented by the director, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Glasnevin, Received March 7, 1914. 



37495. Berbebis gagnepaini Schneider. 



See S. P. I. No. 32701 for previous introduction. 



"An evergreen shrub with clustered stems, free from down in all its 

 parts, at present 2 to 3 feet high (perhaps ultimately 4 or 5 feet), the 

 branches set with 3-parted spines one-half to three-fourths inch long. 

 Leaves of firm texture, 1^ to 3 inches long, one-fourth to one-third inch 

 \vide, linear lanceolate, tapering to a fine point, dark dull green, the 

 margins undulated and set with slender forward-pointing teeth. Flow- 

 ers in clusters of about six (sometimes 10 or 12) at each tuft of leaver 

 each flower on a slender stalk one-half to three-fourths inch long, bright 

 yellow, one-half inch across. Berry black, covered with blue bloom, 

 oval, one-third to five-eighths inch long, one-fourth inch wide. 



" Native of Szechwan, China, introduced for Messrs. Veitch by Wilson 

 about 1904, This barberry is one of the most promising of Wilson's 

 introductions from China, being evergreen, of compact, neat habit, and 

 flowering abundantly. Allied to Berberis hookeri, it is of more graceful 

 habit. It is quite hardy at Kew, and free growing. It flowers in late 

 May." {W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, 

 p. 2^1.) 



37496. Berberis prattii Schneider. 



A barberry, allied to Berberis polyantha, with salmon-red, globose ber- 

 ries, oblong obovate, reticulate, thinner leaves, entire or with few spiny 

 teeth, and narrow panicles, up to 6 inches long. Differs from polyantha, 

 which has much thicker leaves with a very fine and narrow reticulation, 

 broader, looser inflorescences, shorter bracts, and rather long-styled 

 fruits, swollen and elliptical when dry. (Adapted from Schneider, in 

 Plantae Wilsonianae, and Rehder, in Bailey's Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture,) 



