218 Takeda— Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 



3. M. pycnophylla, (Fedde), Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate IV and 

 Plate XXXIII, figs. 6-13.) 



M. nepalensis var. pycnophylla, Fedde, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 xxxi, p. 124, fig. 4, A, 1901. 



Folia 5-6-juga, jugo infimo stipulis magnopere approximante, 

 ejus foliolis quam alia minoribus ovalibus vel quadrato-pvatis. 

 Petiolus basi dilatatus, stipulis filiformibus circa 10 mm. longis 

 praeditus. Foliola valde coriacea, rigida, crassa, supra plus 

 minusve nitida, subtus pallidiora, nervis prominentibus, oblonga 

 vel ovato-oblonga, basi rotundato-cuneata vel subtruncata, 

 obliqua, 6-10 cm. longa, 4-5 cm. lata, e basi 5-nervia, margine 

 pauci-dentata, dentibus in latere inferiore 4-6, in superiore 2-4 ; 

 foliolum terminale alia subaequans, basi rotundatum. Racemi 

 plures fasciculati, saepe basi subramosi, densiflori. Bracteae 

 florum ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, 2-4 mm. longae. 

 Pedicelli filiformes, erecto-patentes, 5-7 mm. longi. Sepala 

 externa ovata, obtusa, 1.5-2.5 mm. longa, ad 2 mm. lata, 

 mediana ovalia 5-6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, interna elliptica, ad 

 7 mm. longa, 3.5 mm. lata, omnia 5-nervia. Petala elliptico- 

 oblanceolata, 5-5.5 mm. longa, apice bifida, trinervia, basi 

 nectarifera, nectariis binis distinctis. Stamina edentata, fila- 

 mento antheris paulo longiore, apice subdilatato, connectivo 

 triangulari. Ovarium ad 4 mm. longum, 2-ovulatum. Bacca 

 ignota. 



Hab.— Khasya (Griffith ! No. 450, Hb. Kew, Brit. Mus. ; 

 Hooker and Thomson ! 4000 ft., Brit. Mus.). Environs of Mamlu 

 Punji, 4800-5000 ft. (Schlagintweit ! No. 12,641, Brit. Mus.). 



Obs.— As has been mentioned above, this species differs from 

 M. napaulensis in the much thicker leaf, less shining and pro- 

 vided with fewer spines, and in the much smaller bracts. 



4- M. Roxburghii, (DC.) Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate V and 

 Plate XXXIII, figs. 52-57.) 



M. napaulensis var. Roxburghii, DC, Prodr. i, p. 109, 1824. 



B. pinnata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 25, 1814, nomen nudum, 

 Ej. Fl. Ind. ii, p. 184, 1832, nee Ham. 



Folia 4-5-juga, jugo infimo stipulis approximante vel ad 

 2 cm. distante, ejus foliolis quam alia multo minoribus ovatis. 

 Petiolus basi dilatatus, stipulis filiformibus 4-7 mm. longis 

 praeditus. Foliola coriacea oblonga, 6-8 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. 

 lata, supra subnitida, subtus pallidiora, basi rotundato-cuneata 

 vel subtruncata, obliqua, e basi 5-nervia, nervis venisque pro- 

 minentibus, margine sinuato-dentata, dentibus in latere inferiore 

 3-6, in superiore 2-5 ; foliolum terminale paulo majus, basi 

 rotundatum vel rotundato-cuneatum. Racemi 4, fasciculati, ad 



