Takeda— Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 220 

 vel subrotundatis. Foliola oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, 

 crassa, firmissima, 3 ^7 cm. longa, 1.5-2 cm. lata, basi truncata 

 vel rotundato-truncata, utrinque dentibus 5-12 spinoso-dentata, 

 supra pallide viridia, yenis elevatis, subtus palhdiora, sub- 

 glauca nervis inconspicuis ; foliolum terminale paulo majus, 

 basi rotundatum vel subtruncatum. Racemi plures, ad 10 cm. 

 longi, densiflori, basi ramosi ibique non florifen, rhachi gracih 

 sed nrma plus minusve pruinosa. Bracteae florum ovatae vel 

 ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, 3-4 mm. longae, saepe rubellae. 

 Flores juveniles erubescentes, longe pedicellati, pedicelhs erectis 

 *-io mm longis in fl. basilaribus medianisque bracteolatis, 

 bracteolis 1-2 bracteae similibus sed minoribus. Sepala externa 

 ovato-deltoidea, acuta, 3 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata, mediana 

 ovata obtusa, 5 mm. longa, 3.5 mm. lata, interna oblongo- 

 ovalia 8 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, omnia 5-nervia, nervis sub- 

 ramosis. Petala oblongo-elliptica, apice leviter retusa, 3 : nervia, 

 nervis lateralibus basi subramosis, nectariis bims distmctis 

 ornata. Stamina filamento crasso edentato antheras subae- 

 quante, connective depresso-deltoideo. Ovarium cum stylo 

 (? mm. superante) 5 mm. longum, 6-8-ovulatum. Bacca 



deS1 Ha r b— Yunnan : " dry open situations on the margins of 

 pine forests on the divide between the Hoching and Lichiang 

 valleys, 7000-9000 ft. Lat. 26=45' N. Spinous-leaved shrub of 

 s - 7 ft Flowers bright yellow tinged purplish-rose in bud, 

 fragrant " (Forrest ! No. 7364, Hb. Edinb.). 



Obs.-A very distinct species well characterised by the 

 conspicuous prophylls and thick tough leaflets. 

 6. M. dolichostylis, Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate XVIII and 

 Plate XXXV, figs. 126-130.) 

 Folia ad 8-juga, jugo infimo Epulis subulatis^que^ 

 mm. longis maxime approximate, ejus fohohs valde nunonbus. 

 Foliola firmissime coriacea, oblonga vel oblongo-ovata > * en : . 

 longa 3-5 cm. lata, basi obliqua, margine plus minusve revoluta, 

 spinoso-dentata, dentibus in latere inferiore 4 -7. m supenoie 

 V-4 ran, numerosioribus, llavido-viridia, supra submtida nervi, 

 impressis venis reticulatis, subtus palhdiora, nervis eievati , 

 em, incon.picus ; foliolum terminale aliis pau o majus vel 

 subaequale, basi cuneatum. Racemi plures, mate- et densi- 

 flori 20 cm. longi vel ultra, rhachi crassa. Bracteae florum 

 oMongae vel oblongo-ellipticae, obtusae, deflexae, -b anthesin 

 * mm longae, deinde valde accrescentes et usque ad 9 mm 

 longae', 3 mm. latae. Pedicelli 5 mm. longi, crassiuscuh, erecti 

 vel erecto-patentes. Sepala externa ovata, acumina a, 4 . 

 longa, 3 mm. lata, subquinquenervia, mediana late ovaba, 



