BERBERIDE/E. 



apice leviter 2-lobata basi cuneata ad ^ mm. latum abeuntia subintegra vel 

 apice erosa intus valde concava cxtus convexa basi glandulis 2 instructa, 

 glandulis oblongo-ovatis f mm. longis ^ mm. latis apice acuininatis basi rotun- 

 datis petalis firnie adnatis a basi pctali ^ mm. distantibus v -formiter dispositis. 

 Stamina 4-5 basi petali affixa, filamentis subcomplanatis basi contractis 

 angustissimis supra basin dilatatis snrsum gradatim rostratis ad connectivum 

 abeuntibus, antheris adnatis oblongis l|mm. longis l^imn. latis, loculis valva 

 ima exteriore dehiscentibus, connectivis apice productis truncatis. Ovarium 

 viride glabrum oblongo-cylindraceum 1\ mm. longum 1 mm. latum 1-loculare 

 3_4 ovulatum, stigmate sessili peltato plus quam 1mm. in diametro, ovulis 

 e fundo cavi ovarii oriundis erectis anatropis. 



HAB. Mt. Arisan, Mingetsukei, leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili. 1914. 

 Eemarkable for the very slender branches, and the leaves which are glau- 

 cous beneath, and for the flowers with subpatent sepals and greenish ovary. 



Mahonia NUTT. 



Mahonia tikushiensis HAYATA sp. iiov. Frutex. Folia ad apicem 

 ramuli approximatim sita subsessilia circ. 25 cm. longa circ. 10 cm. lata in 

 ambitu elongato-oblonga pinnata 9-11-foliolata; foliolo terminali valde coriaceo 

 nitido ovato-oblongo circ. 7 cm. longo 4 cm. lato apice cuspidato-acuto basi ro- 

 tundato leviter cordate rnargine crassissinie marginato remote dentato, dentibus 

 a se circ. l^crn. distantibus apice arista instructis, aristis 2mm. lougis rectis 

 ascendentibus, utraque pagine giabro nitido supra viridi subtus pallidissirno- 

 flavescenti, costa supra tenuiter impressa subtus elevata, 5-7-nervio, nervis 

 subrectis prope margineui rarnosis curvatis evanescentibus utraq_ue pagine 

 tenuiter elevatis, venulis reticulatis supra plus subtus minus elevatis vel subtus 

 obscuris ; foliolis lateralibus sessilibus oppositis, mecliis magnis cum foliolum 

 terminale in magnitudine subfBquantibus, iufimis minimis, mediis ovato-oblongis 

 7 cm. longis 4 cm. latis basi valde obliquis cordatis, petiolulo terminali 23 mm. 

 longo, interjugis 3^ cm. longis supra aiigulato-elevatis subtus rotundatis (in 

 sectione); rhachis ad nodos tumida transverse articulatim striata; petiolis l^cm. 

 longis valde dilatatis caulem semi-amplectantibus apice stipuliferis, stipulis 

 linearibus 6-7 mm. longis augulo recto a petiolo divaricatis glabris. Racemi ad 

 apicem rami congesti recurvi patentes circ. 10cm. longi, pedunculis (partibus 



