230 Takeda— Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 



obtusa, 5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 5-nervia, interna oblonga, 

 obtusa, ad 9 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, 5-nervia, nervis saepe 

 subramosis. Petala anguste oblonga, apice leviter bifida, lobis 

 in specimine nostro convergentibus, basi nectariis binis distinctis 

 ornata, 3-nervia, 9 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata. Stamina filamento 

 apice incrassato edentato antherislongiore, connectivo triangulari 

 apice subemarginato-truncato. Ovarium ellipsoideum, stylo 3 

 mm. longo vel paulo ultra coronatum, 4-ovulatum. Bacca 

 juvenilis globosa, matura ignota. 



Hab.— Yunnan : vicinity of Yunnan-sen (Maire ! No. 2003, 

 Hb. Edinb.). 



Obs. — A species well marked by the robust foliage and long 

 styles. 



7. M. conferta, Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate XIX and Plate 

 XXXV, figs. 131-135O 

 Folia 7-20-juga, jugo inrimo stipulis subulatis patentibus vel 

 deflexis ca. 10 mm. longis magnopere approximato, ejus foliolis 

 quam alia valde minoribus. Foliola coriacea, rigida, valde 

 conferta, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, plus minusve falcata, 

 3-6 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, basi truncata vel rotundato-trun- 

 cata, utraque pagina nitidissima, supra flavido-viridia, nervis 

 plus minusve impressis, subtus pallidiora nervis venisque elevatis, 

 margine pauci-sinuato-dentata, dentibus in latere inferiore 3-4, 

 in superiore 2-4 ; foliolum terminale aliis majus, basi rotundatum 

 vel cordato-rotundatum. Racemi, ut videntur, pluri-fasciculati, 

 simplices, ad 18 cm. longi, rhachi crassa, multi- et densi-flori. 

 Flores pro genere magni, aurei. Bracteae riorum ovatae, acutae, 

 ca. 5 mm. longae, leviter carinatae, subcoriaceae. Pedicelli 

 bracteis longiores, erecto-patentes, demum recurvo-patentes, 

 subcrassi. Sepala externa ovata vel oblongo-ovata, obtusa, ad 



3 mm. longa, subquadrinervia, mediana late elliptica, 5 mm. 

 longa, 3 mm. lata, subquinquenervia, interna oblongo-ovalia, 

 9 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, 5-nervia. Petala sepalis internis paulo 

 breviora, oblongo-spathulata, 3-nervia, apice bifida, basi nec- 

 tariis binis ellipticis conspicuis ornata. Stamina 5 mm. longa, 

 filamento apice subdilatato edentato cum antheris subaequilongo, 

 connectivo late triangulari obtuso-apiculato. Ovarium anguste 

 ovoideum, cum stylo conspicuo 5 mm. longum, stigmate 1 mm. 

 diametro, 3-ovulatum. Baccam non vidi. 



Hab. — Yunnan : " Fen chen Lin, mt. forests, 6500 ft., shrub 



4 ft., yellow flowers " (Henry ! No. io,i8oa, Hb. Kew, Edinb.). 



Obs.-— A very handsome plant, worth cultivating. It is 

 easily distinguished from any other species of this genus by its 

 beautiful foliage and large flowers which arc denselv crowded 

 in the raceme. 



