VI. nERBF.RA CEJE : MAHO N/^. 



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Mahbm'a fasclcul^ls. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves, 

 of 3 6 pairs with an 

 odd one, the lowest 

 pair near the base of 

 the petiole. Leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate, ra- 

 ther distant, one- 

 nerved, spiny-toothed, 

 with 4 or 3 teeth on 

 each side. Racemes 

 nearly erect, much 

 crowded. Filaments 

 hk\QVit&te. {Don's Mil.) 

 An upright evergreen 

 shrub. California and 

 Mexico, on mountains. 

 Height 5 ft. to 8 ft. 

 Introduced in 1819. 

 Flowers yellow ; Mar. 

 to May. Berries pur- 

 ple ; ripe in September, 

 Decaying leaves rich 

 yellow ; drop in June. 



Very handsome. " Per- 

 haps the most showy of all the family." (Hook.) It is readily distinguished, 

 even at a distance, from the other mahonias, by the glaucous green and 

 subdued tone of colour of its leaves ; those of all the others being of a 

 darker green, and more or less shining. The plant is rather too tender to 

 be treated as a detached bush, unless some slight protection be given to it 

 during very severe frosts ; but it will grow freely against a wall with scarcely 

 any protection. Layers and seeds. 



2. M. JquifoYium Nutt. The Holly-leaved Mahonia, or Ask Bei-herrj). 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 212. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 108. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 118. 



Synonyme. Berberis Jquif61iura Ph., Pen. Cyc., and Tor. S; Gray. 



Engravings. Pursh. Fl. Araer. Sept. 1. 1. 4. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1425.; and our fig. 73. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves of 4 pairs 

 of leaflets with an odd one, the 

 lower pair distant from the base 

 of the petiole ; leaflets ovate, ap- 

 proximate, cordate at the base, 

 one-nerved, spiny-toothed, with 

 9 or 6 teeth on each side. Ra- 

 cemes erect, and much crowded. 

 Filaments bidentate. (D.'s Mill.) 

 A shining evergreen shrub. New 

 Albion to Nootka Sound, Height 

 5 ft. to 7 ft. in its native country, 

 probably 10 ft. in England. In- 

 troduced in 1823. Flowers yel- 

 low ; April and May. Berries 

 purple ; ripe in September. 



Varieties. One variety, M. A. nut- 

 kanuvi Dec, is mentioned by De 

 Candolle ; and another, found at 

 the junction of the Portage river 

 with the Columbia, by G. Don. Torrey and Gray consider Mahonia 

 repens and M. pinnata Menzies as only varieties of this species ; an inad- 

 vertence excusable in those who have not seen the plants in a living state. 



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