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Grown from seeds from southern Mexico, probably from Veracruz ; not known 

 in tbe wild state. 



Leaflets 7 to 15, ovate, obtuse, entire; flowers whitish, in lax racemes. 



2. Odostemon chochoco (Schlecht.) Standi. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 31 : 133. 



1918. 

 Be?rl)eris chochoco Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. 12: 652. 1854. 

 Mahonia chochoco Fedde, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 31: 103. 1901. 

 Nuevo Le6u, San Luis Potosl, and Veracruz ; type from Chococala. 

 Tree, 6 to 9 meters high ; leaflets oval or oblong, 3.5 to 5.5 cm. long, lustrous, 

 with conspicuous venation ; fruit blue. " Chochoco," " palo amarillo." 

 Wood used for tanning and dyeing. 



3. Odostemon longipes Standi. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 31: 133. 1918. 

 Known only from the type locality, San Ramon, Durango. 



Tree, 7.5 to 9 meters high, with a trunk 60 cm. or less in diameter, and a large 

 crown ; leaflets 11 or 13, oblong, 3.5 to 5.5 cm. long ; fruit blue, edible. " Palo 

 amarillo." 



4. Odostemon tenuifolius (Lindl.) Standi. 

 Berheris tenuifoUa Lindl. Bot. Reg. Misc. 24. 1838. 



Mahonia tenuifoUa Loud.; Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 197. 1840. 

 Berheris fraxinifoJia Hook. Icon. PI. pi. 329, 330. 1841. 

 Veracruz ; type from Zacuapan. 



Shrub, 3 meters high ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 4.5 to 10 cm. long, bright 

 green ; flowers in very long racemes. 



5. Odostemon lanceolatus (Benth.) Standi. 

 Berheris lanceolata Benth. PI. Hartw. 34. 1840. 

 Mahonia lanceolata Fedde, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 31: 92. 1901. 



Hidalgo ; type from Apulco ; perhaps also in Oaxaca. 1 



Shrub, 1 to 2 meters high ; leaflets 11 to 17, spine-toothed ; fruit blue. 



6. Odostemon quinquefolius Standi. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 31: 133. 1918. 

 Puebla ; type from Cerro Matzize, near San Luis Tultitlanapa. 



Large glabrous shrub ; leaflets 5, oblong-ovate or ovate-oval, 3 to 5.3 cm. 

 long; racemes 7 to 11 cm. long. 



7. Odostemon hartwegii (Benth.) Standi. 

 Berheris hartwegii Benth. PI. Hartw. 34. 1840. 

 Mahonia hartwegii Fedde, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 31: 109. 1901. 

 Known only from the type locality, Contadero, Hidalgo. 

 Leaflets 11 to 15, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; racemes 80 cm. long. 



8. Odostemon ilicinus (Schlecht.) Standi. 

 Mahonia ilicina Schlecht. Linnaea 10: 236. 1835. 

 Berheris ilicina Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 1: 23. 1879. 



Veracruz and Hidalgo; type from plains between Guantololalpa and Tlachi- 

 chilco, Veracruz. 



Shrub, 0.5 to 3 meters high ; leaflets 11 to 15. 



9. Odostemon andrieuxii ^ (Hook. & Am.) Standi. 



Berheris andrieuxii Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 318. 1841. 

 Mahonia andrieuxii Fedde, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 31: 103. 1901. 

 Known only from the original collection, from somewhere in southern 

 Mexico. 



^ G. Andrieux, concerning whom no accurate data are available, collected in 

 the states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Mexico about 1834. His collections were 

 distributed to various European herbaria. 



