216 Takeda— Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 



been found to be quite a distinct species and has consequently 

 been raised to that rank. 



Hooker and Thomson's var. Leschenaultii* or Berheris 

 Leschenaultii, Wall, is an absolutely different species, and can 

 by no means be confused with or united to M. napaulensis, DC. 



Fedde has described two new varieties of this species, one of 

 of which, var. macrophylla,\ is very doubtful, since the original 

 specimen was derived from a plant cultivated in the Botanic 

 Garden in Petrograd which was apparently sterile. 



The other var. pycnophylla,% seems to be closely related to 

 M. napaulensis, but is a distinct species, being distinguished 

 above all by the nature of the leaf and of the bracts in the in- 

 florescence. The fruit is unknown in both M. napaulensis and 

 in M. pycnophylla, so that it is impossible to say whether any 

 further difference is exhibited by the fruit apart from the 

 number of ovules, a character not always very reliable. 



Since Hooker and Thomson's reduction of Berheris acanthi- 

 folia, Wall, to B. nepalensis ( = M. napaulensis) no one has 

 attempted to confirm or disprove this view. The writer has 

 examined W T allich's type specimens and has been led to the con- 

 clusion that M. acanthifolia should be treated as a distinct 



arks are to be found under each 



species. 



i. M. napaulensis, DC. (Plates I-II, and Plate XXXIII, 

 figs. i-5 •) 



M. napaulensis, DC, Syst. ii, p. 21, 1821, excl. /3 ; Ej. Prodr. 

 i, p. 109, 1824, excl. & Roxburghii. 



B. pinnata, Ham. ex DC, Syst. ii, p. 21, 1821. 



B. miccia, Ham. ex Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal, p. 205, 1825. 



Folia 3-7-juga, jugo infimo a stipulis 1-2 cm. distante, ejus 

 foliolis quam alia multo minoribus, late oblongis vel ovatis. 

 Petiolus basi dilatatus ibique vaginiformis, stipulis duabus 

 linearibus ad 8 mm. longis praeditus. Foliola coriacea, supra 

 nitidissima subtus subnitida, oblonga vel late oblonga vel ovata, 

 basi rotundata vel subtruncata, raro subcordato-truncata, rarius 

 cuneato-rotundata, obliqua, 5-1 1 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, e basi 

 5-nervia, venis parum elevatis subtus prominentibus, margine 

 spinoso-dentata, spinis in latere inferiore 5-10, in superiore 4-7 ; 

 foliolum terminale majus, basi rotundatum vel subcordatum. 

 Racemi 5-7 fasciculati, 12-20 cm. longi, e basi densiflori, rhachi 

 subcrassa. Bracteae riorum oblongo-lanceolatae, tenues, 4-6 

 mm. longae. Pedicelli filiformes, erecto-patentes, 5-7-10 mm. 

 longi. Sepala externa minima, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 



* Hook. f. et Thorns, in Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. i, p. 109, 1872. 



t Fedde, I.e. p. 125. J Fedde, I.e. p. 124, fig. 4. A. 



