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16. M. Sheridaniana, Schn. (Plate XXVIII and Plate XXXVI, 

 figs. 190-194-) 



M. Sheridaniana, Schn. in Sargent, PL Wils. i, p. 384, I9*3- 



Adde notas sequentes : Racemi ad 5 fasciculati, fructifen 

 ad 7 cm. longi, pedicellis ad 4 mm. longis apiee nutantibus. 

 Sepala externa ovata, obtusa, 1.5 mm. longa, 5-6-nervia, mediana 

 late ovalia, 5-nervia, 3.5 mm. longa, interna late obovata, 

 utrinque i-dentata (an semper ?), 5-nervia, 6 mm. longa, 4 mm. 

 lata. Petala obovata, basi nectariis binis subrotundatis ornata, 

 trinervia. Bacca majuscula, ovoidea, nigro-coerulea, 15 mm. 

 longa, 10 mm. lata, estylosa, stigmate pimctiformi coronata. 



Hab.— Hupeh : " Changyang, woods, 8000 ft. Bush 4 ft., 

 flower yellow " (Wilson ! No. 426). 



Obs".— So far as is known the fruit of the present species 

 is the largest in this genus. 



17. M. gracilipes, (Oliver) Fedde. (Plate XXXVI, figs. 195- 



199.) 



M. gracilipes, Fedde, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxi, p. 128. 

 rig. 5, 1901. 



B. gracilipes, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PL ser. 3, vm, tab. 1754, 

 1887. 



M. subtrinervis, Fedde, I.e. p. 129. 



B. subtrinervis, Franch. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Pans, 1. 



P ' H'ab 8 -Szechwan : Mt. Omei (Faber ! No. 85, fl. ; Wilson! 

 Nos. 3144. fr-. 4727' fl -)- 



18. M. nitens, Schn. 



M. nitens, Schn. in Sarg. PL Wils. i, p. 379, ^3- 



Hab.— Szechwan : " Hungya Hsien, red sandstone cliffs, 



alt. 1100 m." (sec. Schn. I.e.) (Wilson ! No. 2881). 



Obs.— A very distinct species having leaflets markedly cuneate 



at the base, and with both sides symmetrical. 



19. M. decipiens, Schn. 



M. decipiens, Schn. I.e. p. 379. 



Hab.— Hupeh: Changyang Hsien (Wilson ! No. 2884). 



Obs— A very well-marked species with a leaf consisting 

 of only a few (1-2) pairs of leaflets, the lowermost of which 

 is situated at a distance of 4.5-8 cm. from the base of petiole,* 

 while the terminal leaflet is broadly ovate with a cordate- 

 rotundate base. Schneider's suggestion as to its affinity with 

 M. napaulensis does not commend itself to me. 



* In the original description the length is given as 2-4 cm. 



