244 Takeda-Old World Species of the Genus Mahonia. 



IX. THE JAVANESE SPECIES. 



In the year 1859 Miquel recorded the occurrence of Berbens 

 nafiaulensls in Java. The writer has had no opportunity of 

 SffiTM^iil's specimen nor any other collected m Java. 

 Itr P robably an erroneous record. Miquel's brief description 

 of his specimen does not go beyond the generic characters. 



X. THE PHILIPPINE SPECIES. 



furnishes us with another i 



flower and fruit, and found that he was dealing with another new 

 species, a description of which follows. 



M. philippinensis, Takeda, sp. nov. (Plate XXXII and 

 Plate XXXVI, figs. 218-222.) 

 M. nepalensis, Merrill, in Phil. Journ. Sci. i, Suppl., p. 190 



(l9 °Folia 15-30 cm. longa, 5-10-juga, infimo jugo stipulis sub- 

 ulatis vel filiformibus ad 13 mm. longis magnopere approximate, 

 ejus foliolis quam alia 2-3-plo minoribus oblongo-ovatis Foliola 

 inter se plus minusve distantia, papyraceo-chartacea vel charta- 

 ceo-coriacea, 3-6 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, ovato-lanceolata, basi 

 truncata vel rotundato-truncata, obhqua, apicem versus sensim 

 acuminata, spinoso-dentata, spinis in latere infenore 4-*, , in 

 superiore 3-4, supra nitida, venis inconspicuis, infra submtida, 

 nervis venisque elevatis ; foliolum terminate alns paulo majus, 

 basi truncatum vel rotundato-truncatum. Racemi 5-6 fascicu- 

 lar graciles, sub anthesin 10-20 cm. longi, fructiferi ad 20 cm 

 longi vel ultra. Bracteae florum ovato-lanceolatae, acutae vel 

 acutiusculae, 2-3 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae. Pedicelli erecto- 

 patentes, graciles, 8-13 mm. longi. Sepala externa ovata, obtusa, 

 2 mm. longa, 1-1.5 mm. lata, ad 5-nervia, mediana ovato- 

 orbiculata, 5-nervia, 3-3.5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, interna 

 elliptica, 6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 5-7-nervia. Petala cum 

 sepalis internis aequilonga, late elliptica, apice leviter bifida, 

 basi nectariis binis distinctis ornata, 3-5-nervia. Stamina 

 edentata, antheris filamento subduplo brevioribus, connectivo 

 lato truncato. Ovarium ovoideum, 3 mm. longum, stylo brevis- 

 simo 0.5 mm. longo, ovulis 2. Bacca globosa, ad 8 mm. diametro, 

 nigro-coerulea, pruinosa, stigmate punctiformi coronata. 



Hab.— Benguet, Luzon (Loher ! No. 60, fl., fr. ; Elmer ! No. 

 5929, fr. ; Williams ! No. 1460, fl., den.). 



