Takeda — Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 



12 cm. longi, densiflori, rhachi tenui. Bracteae florum r 

 triangulares acutae, ca. 2 mm. longae. Pedicelli filiformes, apice 

 plus minusve nutantes, circiter 5 mm. longi. Sepala externa 

 ovalia, circa 4 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, mediana oblongo-ovalia, 

 7 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, interna elliptica, 8 mm. longa, ad 3 mm. 

 lata, omnia 5-nervia vel sub 6-nervia. Petala oblonga, 7 mm. 

 longa, apice bifida, basi nectariis binis distinctis praedita, 3- 

 nervia. Stamina edentata, connectivo truncato, filamento 

 antheras subaequante. Ovarium 4 mm. longum, stylo brevi, 

 ovulis duobus. Baccam non vidi. 



Hab. — In Hort. Bot. Calcutt. cult, e Manipura transmissa 

 (Hamilton ! No. 342, in Hb. Edin., Hb. Brit. Mus. et in Hb. 

 Wall. ! No. 1480, D.). 



Obs. — Among the known Indian species this is very distinct 

 in having the stamens with a truncate connective. The leaf and 

 flower are very different from those of M. napaulensis. 



5. M. acanthifolia, G. Don. (Plate VI and Plate XXXIII, 

 figs. 14-23-) 



M. acanthifolia, G. Don, Gen. Hist. pi. i, p. 118, 1831. 



B. acanthifolia, Wall, ex Walp. Rep. i, p. 103, 1842. 



Folia ad 11-juga, jugo infimo stipulis filiformibus 5-7 mm. 

 longis magnopere approximante, ejus foliolis quam alia multo 

 minoribus semi-orbiculatis. Foliola coriacea, supra nitida, 

 subtus subnitida, oblonga vel oblongo-ovata, 4-7 cm. longa, 

 2.5-4 cm. lata, basi truncata vel subcordata, e basi 5-nervia, 

 nervis venisque subtus prominentibus, margine pauci- et sinuato- 

 dentata, dentibus in latere inferiore 3-5, in superiore 2-4 ; 

 foliolum terminate ceteris majus, basi rotundatum. Racemi 

 7-12, fasciculati, densi et multiflori, rhachi crassa. Bracteae 

 florum lanceolato-triangulares, acutae, 3-5 mm. longae. Pedi- 

 celli filiformes, apice plus minusve nutantes, 5-6 mm. longi. 

 Sepala externa minima, late ovata, acutata, ca. 2 mm. longa et 

 lata, 5-7-nervia, mediana ovata, obtusa, 4-5 mm. longa, ad 3 mm. 

 lata, 5-nervia, interna oblongo-elliptica, 7-8 mm. longa, ca. 3 mm. 

 lata, 5-nervia. Petala oblonga 6-7 mm. longa, ca. 3 mm. lata, 

 apice bifida, basi nectariis binis distinctis majusculis praedita, 

 trinervia, nervis lateralibus saepius subramosis. Stamina 

 petalis breviora, filamentis apice dilatatis sed edentatis quam 

 antherae longioribus, connectivo apiculato-triangulari. Ovarium 

 2-4-ovulatum, stylo fere 1 mm. longo. Bacca ovoidea, 8-10 mm. 

 longa, stylo conspicuo coronata, nigro-coerulea, pruinosa ; pedi- 

 celli subcrassati, apice nutantes. 



Hab. — Nepal (Wallich ! v. 1821, No. 1480A, quoad spec, 

 fructif.) ; Kumaon (R. Blinkworth !) ; Pundoaoh, Assam 

 (Wallich ! 1820, No. 1480c) ; Darjiling (Hook, fil., No. 41 ; 



