242 Takeda-Old World Species oe the Genus Mahonia. 



interna and It. BeaUi known among the florists .™£1to 



identification be correct, we may regard th se two names as 

 synonyms of M. ftfMfc*.* It » .strange that M. Beale, 

 known amongst florists as M. japontca. 



V. THE SIAMESE SPECIES. 



The occurrence of this genus in Siam was made known first 

 in the year ion t by Craib. Specimens were .dentmed as M 

 m *?J™ul «L identification was subsequently cons.dered 



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nefialensis, but this identification was sui^u^uj 

 doubtful by the same botanist and the record cancelled* The 

 writer is deeply indebted to Mr. Craib for kindly handing over 

 his specimens together with newly acquired material I for ^ 

 gation. This species has proved to be new to science, and has 



been named M. 



M. siamensis, Takeda. (Plate XXXI and Plate XXXVI, 

 figs. 212-217.) 

 M. siamensis, Takeda, in Kew Bull. 1915, P- 422. 

 M nepalensis, Craib, in Kew Bull. IQH, P- ". non ^ 

 Folia ad 45 cm. longa, 7 -8-juga, jugo infimo stipuhs subulate 

 ad 10 mm. longis subdeflexis valde approximate, ejus foholis 

 auam alia 2-3-plo minoribus. Foliola inter se plus mmusve 

 ^ppToximata, Lnceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, basi cuneata vel 

 subtruncata, obliqua, apicem versus sensim attenuata nee cus- 

 pidato-acuminata, firmissime conacea, supra nitida, nervis 1m- 

 mersis, subtus pallidiora, nervis venisque elevate 5-IC [ cm 

 1nn^ 2-a cm lata, spinoso-denticulata, dentibus in latere 

 inferiore to in superiore 4-8 I foliolnm terminate aliis simile, 

 basi subro\undatum P Racemi 6-10 fasciculati, densinon, rhachi 

 crassa basi saepe subramosa sub anthesi 5-15 , cm. longa 2 mm 

 diametro demum elongata et incrassata fructifera robusta ad 30 

 cm. longa vel ultra ad 5 mm. diametro subtereti. Bracteae florum 

 ovatae acutae scariosae, 3-6 mm. longae, 2-4 mm. latae. Pedi- 

 celli 5-10 mm. longi, demum ad 7-12 mm. elongati, stncti, 

 patentes. Sepala externa ovato-deltoidea, minuta, 2 mm longa 

 et lata q-nervia mediana rotundato-ovata, ad 4 mm. longa, 

 3 mm. 'lata, 7-nervia, interna oblongo-elliptica, 8 mm. longa vel 

 paulo ultra/4.5 mm. lata, apice Integra vel mterdum leviter 

 bifida, 7-nervia. Petala elliptica, apice biloba, basi nectams 

 binis distinctis ornata, 7.5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, 5-ner via. 

 Stamina petalis breviora, filamento apice leviter incrassato 



* Fedde (I.e. p. 120) regards M. intermedia as being conspecific with M. 

 naP T^.^St;^J^ m Aberdeen Univ. Studies, No. 57 , p. XO. 



