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inferiore 6-10, in superiore 5-8 ; foliolum terminale aliis aequale 

 vel longius, basi cuneato-rotundatum. Racemi 8 fasciculati, 

 rhachi subcrassa, ad basim pauci-ramosi, sublaxiflori. Bracteae 

 minutae, 1.5-2.5 mm. longae, triangulares, acutae. Sepala 

 externa minima, elliptico-ovata, obtusiuscula, trinervia, nervis 

 lateralibus mediano brevioribus, 2 mm. longa, 1.5 mm. lata, 

 mediana elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, trinervia, nervis lateralibus 

 brevioribus, ca. 5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, interna oblongo- 

 obovata, trinervia, ad 7 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata. Petala 

 oblonga, cum sepalis medianis aequilonga, apice bifida, basi 

 nectarifera nectariis binis minutis, trinervia, nervis lateralibus 

 subramosis. Stamina petalis paulo breviora, filamentis edentatis 

 quam antherae paulo longioribus, connectivo anguste quadrato 

 apice emarginato-truncato. Ovarium anguste ellipsoideum, 3- 

 ovulatum, stylo brevi. Bacca ignota. 



Hab.— Khasya Hills (Simons ! Nov. 1850, Hb. Calcutt.). 



Obs. A very distinct species amongst the Indian Mahonias. 



The leaf somewhat resembles that of M. borealis, but the structure 

 of the flower, particularly of the stamens, is very different. 

 10. M. Leschenaultii, (Wall.) Takeda, comb. nov. (Plate XI 

 and Plate XXXIV, figs. 58-82.) 

 B. Leschenaultii, Wall, ex Wight et Arm, Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. 

 Or. i, p. 16, 1834 ; Wight, Icon. PI. Ind. Or. tab. 940, 1840-56. 

 B. nepalensis var. Leschenaultii, Hook. f. et Thorns, in 

 Hook, f., Fl. Br. Ind. i, p. 109, 1875. 



M . nepalensis var. Leschenaultii, Fedde, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 xxxi, p. 123, 1 901. 



Planta robusta. Folia 7-10-juga, jugo infimo stipulis fili- 

 formibus ca. 10 mm. longis approximante, ejus foliolis minoribus. 

 Foliola coriacea vel chartaceo-coriacea, supra nitidissima, subtus 

 subnitida, oblonga vel late oblonga, 3-9 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, 

 basi rotundato-subtruncata vel truncata, venulis prominentibus, 

 margine spinoso-dentata, spinis in latere inferiore 4-8, in 

 superiore 3-6 ; foliolum terminale vix vel non ma jus, basi 

 rotundatum. Racemi plures fasciculati, saepe robusti et 30 cm. 

 superantes, simplices vel raro subramosi, rhachi crassa, e basi ad 

 apicem multiflori. Flores laxiusculi, longe pedicellati, pedicellis 

 gracilibus erecto-patentibus ca. 10 mm. longis, bracteis late 

 ovatis obtusis 3-4 mm. longis 2-3 mm. latis. Sepala externa 

 late ovata, obtusa, ad 3 mm. longa et lata, mediana oblongo- 

 ovata vel ovalia, obtusa, 4-5 mm. longa, 3-4 mm. lata, interna 

 oblongo-ovalia, obtusa, 6-7 mm. longa, ca. 4 mm. lata, omnia 

 5-7-nervia, nervis plerumque subramosis. Petala oblongo- 

 ovalia, 5-6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, plerumque 5-nervia, nervis 

 subramosis, apice biloba, basi nectariis distinctis parvis praedita. 



