23 8 Takeda-Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 

 M. hypoleuca, Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate XXIX.) 

 Folia 8-q-iuga, iugo infimo stipulis filiformibus ca 10 mm. 

 I maxime approximante, ejus foliolis multo mmonbus, 



lnnds maxime approximante, ejus lonons hiuilu u » 

 iongis max yy inter se distantia, 



•m lonea 3-4 cm. lata, basi truncata vel rotundato- 

 rtncaTa, s»bobliq4, subabrupte acuminata, «^J^ 



j-_i.:^.,„ ;~ u+Arp nfpnnrp : *-8. in supenore 3-3, 



truncata, subobliqua, suDauiupic «.«— -^ ° im . p * 



spinoso-serrata, dentibus in latere infenore 5-8, m supenore 3^ 

 chartacea, supra virens, subtus glauca; foliolum terminal all 



Ltum, basi rotundatum. I* 



-Yunnan: Mengtsz, S.W 



No. Q863, in Hb. Kew). 



-A very distinct species, easily distinguished from other 

 r .i- i - TT^^r+iinntpIv neither flower no r 



a virens, subtus glauca; foliolum termmaic am* 

 turn basi rotundatum. Flores et fructus desiderantur. 

 -Yunnan: Mengtsz, S.W. mts., 6000 ft., shrub 3 ft. 



orbiculatis vel ovatis. Foliola inter 

 5-6 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, T 

 truncata, subobliqua, subabrupt 

 spinoso-serrata, dentibus in latere 

 chartacea, supra virens, subtus g 

 simile, ovatum, basi rotundatum. 

 Hab.— Yunnan: Mengtsz, S. 



(Henry ! No. 9863, in Hb. Kew) 



Obs — A very distinct species, c^uy ^i."* s — * 



species by the foliage alone. Unfortunately neither flower 



fruit has been collected. This species is possibly related to 



the preceding species. 



The writer greatly regrets that no specimens of the following 

 species have been at his disposal. They are : 



M. Bodinieri, Gagn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. lv, p. 85, I9°8- 



M. Duclonxiana, Gagn. I.e. p. 87. 



M. eurybradeata, Fedde, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxi, p. 127, 



fig. 4, C, IQOI. 



M sanpiensis, Leveille, in Fedde, Repert. vi, p. 372, i9°9- 



M. Levetlleana, Schn. in Sarg. PI. Wils. i, p. 385. I9*3- 



M. setosa, Gagn. I.e. p. 86. 



From the descriptions most of them appear to be good 

 distinct species. M. eurybradeata appears to be a form of Af . 

 Fortunei but it is impossible to settle the question from the 

 original description alone. M. ganpiensis does not seem to be a 

 Mahonia at all, since the author says : " folia par ipmnata . . . 

 "stkmate . . . villoso." As far as the writer's knowledge goes, 

 there is no Mahonia with a paripinnate leaf, or a villous stigma. 

 It may however, be possible that the terminal leaflet was missing 

 from the type specimen, and some fluff of blotting paper might 

 have remained on the stigma when pressed. Apart from these 

 betises the whole description is so vague, lacking in all the im- 

 portant points but characters common to the genus, that no one 

 can picture this species at all. It would therefore be wise to 

 disregard it altogether. 



III. THE FORMOSAN SPECIES. 

 The first record of Mahonia in Formosa is that of Professor 

 Matsumura * and afterwards there is that of Dr. Hayata.f who 

 mentions the occurrence of a single species, Berbens nepalensis, 



* Matsum. in Tokyo Bot. Mag. xii, p. 54, 1898. 

 t Havata, Fl. Mont. Form. p. 47, 1908. 



