2 4 o Takeda- Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 

 filamento edentato antheris subduplo longiore, connective, 

 truncate, Ovarium oblongum, 3 mm. longum 3-ovulatum 

 stvlo brevi coronatum. Bacca ovoidea, 6 mm. longa, 4 mm - 

 lata atro-coerulea, pruinosa, stylo brevi (ad 1 mm. longo), pedi- 

 cello 3-4 mm. longo, bracteis 5-6 mm. longis conaceis viri- 

 descentibus praedita. . . 



Hab.-Mt. Morrison, 7500 ped. (T. Kawakami et U. Mori ! 



16 xi 10,06, fl. juv. et fr.). 



* Obs.-Amongst the Formosan species known at present this 

 is distinguished by having chartaceous leaflets and truncate 

 connective. 



There is another specimen from Mt. Morrison (U. Mori! 



17 x. 1906) consisting of a single leaf. The leaf is about 45 cm. 

 in length with about 12 pairs of leaflets which are similar to those 

 of the preceding species, but thicker in texture, hardly falcate 

 and provided with less numerous teeth (5-8 on the lower and 4-6 

 on the upper margin). It is possible that this specimen belongs 

 to a distinct (and probably new) species, but at present it is 

 left undescribed. 



IV. THE JAPANESE SPECIES. 



There is only one species known from Japan, and this has not 

 been found wild, so far as the writer's experience goes. It may 

 have been introduced from a neighbouring country as a cultivated 

 plant, but the writer has seen no typical specimen of M. japomca 

 collected outside Japan. 



This is the oldest species of this genus, having been hrst 

 described* and figured f as Ilex japonica, then transferred 

 to Berberis.t and finally to Mahonia.% Many years afterwards 

 this species was confused with M. Bealei,\\ and this mistake has 

 often been repeated. These two species may show some resem- 

 blance in foliage under abnormal circumstances, yet an absolute 

 distinction can always be seen in the inflorescences. While M. 

 Bealei has racemes rather straight, stout, and densely beset 

 with small bracts, those of M. japonica are rather slender, 

 straggling, and loosely furnished with large ovate bracts. The 

 flowers of these species are totally different (compare figs. 83-103 

 and 207-211). As M. japonica is not sufficiently understood, a 

 full description of it is given below. 



* Thunb. Fl. Japon. p. 77, 1784- 



f Thunb. Ic. Fl. Japon. iv, tab 2, 1802. 



+ R. Br. in Tuckey, Congo Exped. App. p. 22, 1816. 



§ DC. Syst. ii, p. 22, 1821. 



(I Lindl. in Lind et Paxt. Fl. Gard. i, p. 11, 1850-51. 



