Takeda — Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 217 



obtusa, 3-4 mm. longa, ad 2 mm. lata, 5-nervia, nervis lateralibus 

 brevioribus, mediana oblongo-elliptica, obtusa, 5-6 mm. longa, 

 circiter 3 mm. lata, 5-nervia, nervis lateralibus brevioribus, 

 interna mediis consimilia. Petala sepalis internis paulo breviora, 

 apice biloba, 3-nervia, basi nectariis binis distinctis praedita. 

 Stamina edentata, connectivo triangulari, antheris rilamentum 

 fere aequantibus. Ovarium circa 5 mm. longum, stylo brevi, 

 ovulis 4-5. Bacca desideratur. 



Hab.— Narainhetty, Nepal (Hamilton ! 15. xi. 1802, 23. xii. 

 1802) ; Nepal (Wallich ! 1. 1821, No. 1480, partim). Residency 

 Garden, Nepal. " It grows freely in the hills round Kabani " 

 (Manners-Smith! leaf). 



Obs. — There are only a few specimens in herbaria ; one in 

 the Kew Herbarium, one in the Wallichian Herbarium, and two 

 in the British Museum. De Candolle's specimens are preserved 

 in Delessert's Herbarium in Geneva. Dr. Briquet kindly con- 

 sented to their being sent to the writer for examination, but 

 owing to the war the specimens have not arrived. 



2. M. Griffithii, Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate III.) 



Folia ad 13-juga, jugo infimo a stipulis 2 mm. tantum distante, 

 ejus foliolis quam alia multo minoribus ovatis vel subrotundatis. 

 Petiolus stipulis duabus filiformibus ad 7 mm. longis praeditus. 

 Foliola coriacea, supra nitidissima, subtus nitida, oblonga vel 

 ovata 5-7 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, basi cuneata vel rotundata, 

 subobliqua, e basi 5-nervia, nervis primariis immersis, venis sub- 

 inconspicuis, spinis in latere inferiore 4-5, in superiore 3-4 ; 

 foliolum terminale paulo majus, basi rotundatum vel rotundato- 

 cuneatum. Racemi plures quam 10, fasciculati, rhachi crassa, 

 e basi densiflori. Flores desunt. Bracteae fructiferae minutae, 

 longe triangulares, acutae, ad 2 mm. longae. Pedicelli crassius- 

 culi, breves, 2-4 mm. longi, apice nutantes. Bacca ovoidea vel 

 obovoidea, ad 10 mm. longa, stylo prominente (1.5 mm. longo) 

 praedita, atro-coerulea, pruinosa, stigmate punctiformi 1 mm. 

 diametro coronata. 



Hab.— Bhutan (Griffith ! No. 1739, Hb. Kew, Brit. Mus.). 



Obs. — The present species is very similar in appearance to the 

 preceding one, differing however in the more numerous leaflets, 

 the base of which is more cuneate, in the smaller triangular bracts 

 of the inflorescence and in the shorter and stouter pedicels. 

 There are very few specimens of this species in herbaria, and all 

 belong to the same collection of Griffith No. 1739- Unfortunately 

 no flower-bearing specimen has come under observation, so that 

 it is impossible to make any conclusive comparison with M. 

 napaulensis. 



