220 Takeda— Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 



Gamble, Nos. 8561, fl. Oct. 1880 , 1032, fl. Oct. 1874, 40366, fr. 

 March 1877). 



Obs. — Among the Indian species M. acanthifolia can easily 

 be distinguished by having very small outermost sepals, apicu- 

 late-triangular connective, and large luxuriant leaf with numerous 

 leaflets which are furnished with a few large teeth. It is also 

 more or less related to M. Leschenaultii (No. 8), differing however 

 in the nature of the leaf, in the stamens, and in the fruit. 



Var. ? Drummondii, Takeda (Plate XXXIII, figs. 24-29). 



A planta typica foliolis tenuioribus multo dentatis, sepalis 

 medianis minoribus orbiculato-ovatis ca. 3 mm. longis, ovario 

 3-4-0 vulato differt. Baccam non vidi. 



Hab. — " Himalaya orientali ca. 6000' s.m. prope Darjeeling " 

 (J. R. Drummond ! x. 1904, No. 14,814, Hb. Kew). 



Obs. — Only a single specimen has been examined, and it may 

 have been collected in a shady place. 



6. M. sikkimensis, Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate VII and Plate 

 XXXVII, figs. 1-8.) 



Folia magis quam 9-juga, jugo secundo ab infimo distante, 

 jugo infimo stipulis subulatis ad 10 mm. longis valde approxi- 

 mate, ejus foliolis quam alia multo minoribus. Foliola conferta, 

 ovata, vel oblongo-ovata, basi truncata vel subtruncata, 2.5-6.5 

 cm. longa (forsan nonnunquam majora), 2-3.5 cm - lata, coriacea, 

 nervis subtus prominentibus, pauci- et grossi-dentata, dentibus 

 in latere inferiore 3-6, in superiore 2-5 ; foliolum terminale mihi 

 ignotum. Racemi 5 fasciculati, breves, simplices, densiflori. 

 Bracteae ovato-oblongae, obtusae, 3-4 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae. 

 Pedicelli cum bractea aequilongi vel paululum longiores. Sepala 

 externa ovato-triangularia, acuta, 3.5-4 mm. longa, 1.5-2 mm. 

 lata, trinervia, nervis lateralibus multo brevioribus, mediana 

 oblongo-ovalia, acuta, 5-nervia, 6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, interna 

 medianis similia, acuta, longitudine 7 mm. superantia, 3.5 mm. 

 lata, ad 7-nervia, nervis lateralibus brevioribus. Petala oblongo- 

 elliptica, apice leviter bifida, 3-nervia nervis lateralibus a basi 

 subramosis, basi nectarifera nectariis binis oblongis conspicuis. 

 Stamina petalis breviora, filamentis quam antherae longioribus 

 dentibus minutisbidenticulatis.connectivo mucronato-triangulari. 

 Ovarium angustissime ovoideum stylo brevi ovulis 4. Baccam 

 non vidi. 



Hab.— Sikkim : Latong, 7000 ft. (King's collector, May 1885, 

 Hb. Calcutta). 



Obs.-— The present species comes between M. acanthifolia and 

 M. borealis ; from the former it differs in the shape and size of 

 the sepals and petals, from the latter it is distinguished by the 

 characters of the stamens and leaves. It seems to be related 



