228 Takeda— Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 



nervia, 4-4.5 mm. longa. Stamina filamento apice edentato 

 nee dilatato sed leviter constricto antheris paulo longiore, con- 

 nective truncate Bacca obovoidea, 6-7 mm. longa, nigro- 

 coerulea, pruinosa, stylo brevissimo coronata. 



Hab.— Kwangtung : North River (native collector! xi. or 

 xii. 1888, ex Hb. Hongkong, No. 17 addition to the No. 17 sent 

 to Kew in Feb. 1889.* 



4. M. Mairei, Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate XVI and Plate XXXV, 

 figs. 116-120.) 



Folia 6-juga, jugo infimo stipulis filiformibus ca. 10 mm. 

 longis magnopere approximato, ejus foliolis aliis triplo vel 

 quadruplo minoribus, jugo secundo ab infimo valde distante. 

 Foliola oblonga, 7-10 cm. longa, 2.5-4 cm. lata, basi obliqua, 

 apice plus minusve cuspidata, margine spinoso-dentata, dentibus 

 in latere inferiore 7-12, in superiore 5-9, a basi 5-nervia, supra 

 nitidissima, nervis depressis, venis reticulatis elevatis conspicuis, 

 subtus nitida, nervis elevatis ; foliolum terminale paulo majus, 

 basi rotundato-cuneatum. Racemi 6-7 fasciculati, basi subra- 

 mosi, rhachi crassa ad 20 cm. longa. Bracteae riorum oblongo- 

 ovatae, acutae, 3-4 mm. longae, patentes vel reflexae. Pedicelli 

 filiformes, erecto-patentes, 5 mm. longi, basi saepe prophyllis 

 filiformibus ornati. Sepala externa ovato-deltoidea, obtusa, 

 crassiuscula, 5-nervia, nervis inconspicuis, 2 mm. longa et lata, 

 mediana ovato-orbicularia, apice subrotundata, 4 mm. longa, 

 3.5 mm. lata, interna oblongo-ovalia, obtusa, 3-5-nervia, nervis 

 subramosis, 7 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Petala oblongo-elliptica, 

 apice bifida, basi nectariis binis distinctis instructa, trinervia, 

 nervis subramosis. Stamina (juvenilia) edentata, connectivo 

 conico apice subtruncato, antheris cum filamento subaequilongis 

 vel paulo brevioribus. Ovarium cum stylo brevi 3.5 mm. 

 longum, 4-5 ovulatum, stigmate 1 mm. diametro. 



Hab.— Yunnan: vicinity of Yunnan-sen (Maire ! No. toi, 

 Hb. Edinb.). 



Obs.— This species is closely related to M. flavida, Schn. 

 but differs in the looser and paler inflorescence, smaller less 

 pointed and often reflexed bracts, conical but truncate con- 

 nective, and in the occasional presence of prophylls on the 

 pedicel. , 



5. M. bracteolata, Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate XVII and Plate 

 XXXV, figs. 121-125.) 

 Folia 3-7-juga, jugo infimo a stipulis filiformibus ca. 10 mm. 

 longis 5-12 mm. distante, ejus foliolis multo minoribus ovatis 

 • Cf. under M. Bealei. 



