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edentato antheris longiore, connectivo depresso-triangulari apicu- 

 lato. Ovarium globoso-ovoideum, stylo 2 mm. longo, stigmate 

 capitato 1.5 mm. diametro, ovulis 4-6. Bacca globosa, ad 5 mm. 

 diametro, stylo ca. 2 mm. longo coronata, atro-coerulea, pruinosa. 



Hab. — Chiengmai, Doi Sutep : " 5000-7500 ft. Shrub to 10 

 ft. high ; berries blue ; evergreen jungle " (Kerr ! iv. 1910, No. 

 1 107, fr.) ; ibid. " 1670 m. Shrub about 4 m. high, evergreen 

 jungle " (Kerr ! 11. iv. 1914, No. 1107A). 



Obs. — This plant appears to be of uncommon occurrence. 

 It may be remotely related to M. longibracteata, but differs in 

 many points. It also resembles M. flavida, but the flower of 

 the Siamese species is much larger and the whole plant is not 

 reddish-brown as in the other. 



VI. THE MALACCAN SPECIES. 



From this district M. napaulensis has been recorded,* the 

 specimen having been collected by Griffith in Mergui. Griffith's 

 specimen (No. 120) is, unfortunately, deflorate, so that no 

 decided opinion can be formed thereupon. It has a similar 

 appearance to M. stamen sis, and may possibly be the same or 

 a closely related species. 



VII. THE BURMESE SPECIES. 



From Burma also M. napaulensis has been recorded.! The 

 writer has had no opportunity of examining any specimens 

 supporting that record. The only specimen of Mahonia from 

 Burma, which the writer has seen, is M. siamensis (v. supra), 

 collected in the Southern Shan States : Keng Tung, about 4000 

 ft., by R. W. MacGregor in October 1909, No. 1236 n. (Hb. 

 Calcutt.). 



It may perhaps be presumed that the specimen recorded by 

 Hemsley from " Shan Hills " belonged to the same species. 



VIII. THE ANNAM SPECIES. 



M. annamica, Gagnep. is the only species hitherto found in 

 Annam.J From the original description it seems to be quite a 

 distinct species. The specimen however has not been seen by 

 the writer. 



* Hook f. nnd Thorns, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i, p. 109, 1872. 

 t Kurz Forest Fl. of Burma. ,. p. =jS. is 77 ; E-U.-msley. in Collettand Hemsley. 

 On Plants 'from Upper Burma and the Shan States, in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. 



