23 6 Takeda-Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 

 I4 M longibracteata, Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate XXVII and 

 Plate XXXVI, figs. 179-^3-) 

 Folia S-iuga, jugo infimo stipulis frliformibus ut videntur bre- 

 viss^t magnopere approximante, ejus foliolis quam aha dmndio 

 XribuT. g FoLa c^ssa, conacea, supra ***»»*». nerves 

 immersis, infra pallidiora, nervis mconspicms, oblonga, 4 7 cm- 

 lon?a 2-^S cm. lata, mucronato-apiculata, basi cuneato- 

 otundatavel subrotundata, obliqua, margme spinoso-dentata^ 

 deutibus m latere inferiore M . m supenore 3 "4 , foholum 

 terminale majus, basi longe cuneatum, apice mucronato- 

 SH utrinque deutibus 6 spinoso-dentatunE Racemi 

 7 -8 fasciculati, usque ad 10 cm. longi, simplices, a basi derei- 

 Lri. Flores ut videntur pallide navi. Bracteae florum 

 lanceolatae, longe acuminatae, ca. 10 mm. longae. redeem 

 ad S mm longi, erecto-patentes, ebracteolati. Sepala externa 

 lanceolata, cymbiformia, acuminata, 4-6 mm. longa, 1.5-2 mm. 

 lata medlana late lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, 

 saepe apice leviter retusa, 5-6 mm. longa, ad 3 mm. lata. 

 interna medianis consimilia sed tenuiora, omnia trmervia, 

 nervis lateralibus subramosis. Petala oblongo-elliptica, 4 r 5 mm. 

 longa 3 mm. lata, trinervia, apice bifida, basi nectarns bmis 

 vix distinctis ornata. Stamina filamento lato edentato anthens 

 longiore, connective angustissimo truncato. Ovarium ad 3 mm. 

 longum, 2-ovulatum stigmate sessili. Bacca ignota. 



H a b —Yunnan : " In open situations amongst scrub in side 

 valleys on the eastern flank of the Tali Range, lat. 25 40' N., 

 8000-10,000 ft." (Forrest ! No. 4 345, Hb. Edinb.). 



Obs-This species is more or less closely related to M. 

 Veitchiorum, from which it differs in the shape of the leaflets, 

 the inconspicuous nectaries, and in the very narrow truncate 

 connective. 



15 M. polyodonta, Fedde. (Plate XXXVI, figs. 184-189.) 

 M. polyodonta, Fedde in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxi, p. 126, 



% ' Adde notes sequentes : Racemi ad 8 fasciculati, breves, ad 

 «; cm longi simplices, densiflori, rhachi gracili. Bracteae florum 

 lanceolatae, acuminatae, 5 mm. longae. Pedicelli bracteis 

 breviores. Sepala externa anguste ovata, acuminata, 3-3.5 mm. 

 longa carinata, mediana late lanceolata, acutiuscula, 5-5.3 mm. 

 longa', interna oblongo-elliptica, 6 mm. longa, omnia 3-nervia. 

 Petala oblanceolata, leviter bifida, 4 mm. longa, 3 -nervia, basi 

 nectarns binis minutis ornata. Stamina petalis breviora, fila- 

 mento edentato antheris subduplo longiore, connectivo angus- 

 tissimo truncato. Ovarium stylo brevi praeditum, 2-ovulatum. 

 Hab.— Szechwan : Chenkow (Farges ! No. 759)- 



