BERBERIDE^E. 5 



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

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

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

 datis petalis firme adnatis a basi petali \ mm. distantibus v -formiter dispositis. 

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

 angustissimis supra basin dilatatis sursum gradatim rostratis ad connectivum 

 abeuntibus, antheris adnatis oblongis l^rnm. longis l^inm. latis, loculis valva 

 una exteriore dehiscentibus, connectivis apice productis truncatis. Ovarium 

 viride glabrum oblongo-cylindraceum 2| 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. HAY ATA, 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. nov. Frutex. Folia ad apicern 

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

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

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

 tundato leviter cordato margine crassissime marginato remote dentato, dentibus 

 a se circ. l|cm. distantibus apice arista instructis, aristis 2mm. longis rectis 

 ascendentibus, utraque pagine glabro nitido supra viridi subtus pallidissimo- 

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

 subrectis prope marginem ranaosis curvatis evanescentibus utraque pagine 

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

 obscuris ; foliolis lateralibus sessilibus oppositis, mediis magnis cum foliolum 

 terminale in rnagnitudine subfequantibus, infimis minimis, mediis ovato-oblongis 

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

 longo, interjugis 3 Jem. longis supra angulato-elevatis subtus rotundatis (in 

 section e); rhachis ad nodos tumida transverse articulatim striata; petiolis l^crn. 

 longis valde dilatatis caulem semi-amplectantibus apice stipuliferis, stipulis 

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

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



