1090 
from Kew, Bulletin Miscellaneous Information, Addi- 
tional Series 9, pp. 199, , 200, under Herminiera elaphrox- 
ylon, and from Engler & Prantl, Naturlichen Pflanzen- 
familien, III. 3, p. 319.) 
Berberis braehypoda Maximowicz. (Berberidaceae.) 
43818. Plants of barberry from Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. A bush from western 
China, 4 to 7 feet high, with 3-parted spines, oval 
serrate leaves, yellow flowers in long slender pan- 
icles, and scarlet fruit which are up to | inch in 
diameter. In its native country this barberry grows 
at elevations of 5200 to 11700 feet. (Adapted from 
Sargent, Plantae Wllsonianae, part 1, p. 375, 1913, 
and from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laub- 
holzkunde, vol. 2, p. 922.) 
Berberis diaphana eireumserrata Schneider. (Berberida- 
ceae.) 43819. Plants of a barberry from Jamaica Plain, 
Mass. Originally from the Tai-pei-shan, Shensi , China. 
Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. A bush from cen- 
tral China, up to 7 feet high, with roundish oval 
leaves with very numerous and slender splne-tlpped 
serrations. The spines are 3-parted, about \ inch 
long, and the bright yellow flowers, \ inch wide are 
solitary or in twos or threes on a common stalk. The 
scarlet fruits are oblong, with slightly bloom, and 
nearly \ inch long. In autumn the leaves turn scar- 
let. Differs from the common barberry in its few 
flowers and large fruits. (Adapted from Sargent, 
Plantae Wllsonianae, vol. 1, part 3, p. 354, and from 
Rehder, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul- 
ture, vol. 1, p. 491.) 
Berberis poiretii Schneider. (Berberidaceae.) 43821. 
Barberry plants from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 
the Arnold Arboretum. A shrub found in northern China 
and Amurland, with slender, arching branches and 
spines about 1/3 inch long. The leaves are entire, 
narrowly lance-shaped, about an inch long and green 
beneath. The yellow flowers occur in many-flowered 
racemes from 1 to 2 inches long, and the deep blood- 
red fruits are oval-oblong. It is hardy and handsome, 
but is not often found in cultivation. Differs from 
the ordinary barberry in its entire leaves and blood- 
red fruit. (Adapted from Rehder, In Bailey, Standard 
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol 1, p. 490.) 
