BERBERIDACEAE. — MAHONIA 385 



Szech'uan: woods near Chia-chu-pa, Nanch'uan, A. von Rosthorn, 1891 (No. 

 1251, ex Fedde). 



I have not been able to see any specimen of this plant, but from the description 

 it appears to be a well-marked species. The leaves resemble those of the following 

 species, which however differs from it in the characters indicated beneath. 



15. Mahonia gracilipes Fedde in Bot. Jahrb. XXXI. 128, fig. 5 {Monog. Ma- 

 honia) (1901). 



Berberis gracilipes Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XVIII. t. 1754 (1887). 

 Berberis subtriplinervis Franchet in Bull. Miis. Hist. Nat. Paris, I. 63 (1895). 

 Mahonia subtriplinervis Fedde in Bot. Jahrb. XXXI. 129 {Monog. Mahonia) 

 (1901). 

 Szech'uan: Mount Omei, alt. 1600 m., E. Faber. Northern Yunnan: in 

 woods near Tschen-fouchan, Delaimj (No. 5024). 



This species is well distinguished by its loose racemes and very long pedicels. 



16. Mahonia setosa Gagnepain in Bull. Sac. Bot. France, LV. 86 (1908). 

 Yunnan : " pres Tien-pa-teou, Oct. 1894, parmi les pierres, au bord de la riviere," 



Dclavay (No. 6830, " fleurs jaunes, petit arbuste ")• 



This species seems to be well distinguished by its narrow leaflets with numerous 

 slender teeth. 



17. Mahonia Leveilleana Schneider n. sp. 



Frutex (v. arbuscula?). Folia 8-9-juga, ad 45 cm. longa, jugo infimo minimo 

 basi petioli magnopere approximato, ima basi petioli stipulis 2 filiformibus instructa; 

 foliola coriacea, supra atro-viridia, vix v. non nitentia, gubtus claro-viridia, ni- 

 tentia, nervis lateralibus bene evolutis, laxe reticulatis, lateralia jugorum 2 in- 

 feriorum quam cetera satis minora, late rhomboidea, 3.5-5.5 cm. longa et 2.5-3 cm. 

 lata, jugorum mediorum oblique ovato-elliptica, basi rotunda v. truncata, apice 

 breviter acuminata, ad 10:3.2 magna, jugorum superiorura paullo minora, ovato- 

 lanceolata, interdum tantum 7:2.5 cm. magna, omnia a basi ad apicem sinuato- 

 dentata spinis utrinque 4-8, terminalia ovato-oblonga, ad 11:4.3 cm. magna. 

 Racemi ad 18 cm. longi densifiori, fioribus plerumque verticillatis; bracteae inflo- 

 rcscentiarum valde triangulari-acuminatae, ad 3.5 cm. longae; fiores flavi (?), 

 5-6 mm. diam.; pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi, bracteis ovatis satis obtusis fere duplo 

 brevioribus suffulti; sepala 3 externa late-ovata minima, 3 interna late-ovata 

 multo majora; petala obovata sepalis paullo breviora, apice brevissime incisa, 

 basi vix unguiculata, glandulifera; stamina quam petala breviora, infra antheras 

 dentibus 2 parvis praedita; ovaria estylosa, ovulis 2 sessilibus instructa. Fructus 

 ignoti. 



Kwei-chou: "environs de Kouy-yang, mont du College," July 7, 1898, Emile 

 Bodinier (No. 2469). 



This seems to be a very well-marked species in its leaves and in its denticulate 

 filaments. The specimen from the Herbarium of the Acad. Intern. Geog. Bot. was 

 named Mahonia elegans Leveill6, but this is apparently an unpublished name, and 

 as there is already a Berberis elegans Schneider it seems advisable not to use the 

 same specific name in Mahonia. 



18. Mahonia Fortune! Fedde. See p. 380. 



