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pruinosi. Folia jugo infimo incluso 6-8-juga, jugis i . 5-2 . 5 cm. 

 inter se distantibus, ad. 25 cm. longa (vel in surculis interdum 

 fere duplo majora jugis distantioribus) , rhachi tereto plusminusve 

 glaucescenti ; foliola lateralia sessilia, anguste lanceolata, versus 



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apicem et basim folii paullo minora, ceterum subaequalia, crasse 

 coriacea, laevia, utrinque in sicco concoloria, flavo-viridia, sed 

 omnino glaucescentia (plusminusve caesia), basi subtruncato- 

 obtusa vel latere inferiore rotundata, paullo inaequilateralia, 

 apice breviter acuminata, spinosa, margine utrinque plusminusve 

 undulato-sinuato-spinoso-dentata, dentibus 5-9 satis crassis sub- 

 divaricatis 1.5-2 mm. longis, basalibus valde minoribus ovatis vel \ 



rectangularibus exceptis 5-9 cm. longa, 1 . 2-2 cm. lata, terminalia 



similia; stipulae jugo infimo approximatae, lineares. Inflores- 

 centiae ignotae. 



m. altus). 



typu 



distinguished 



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Yunnan boreali-occidentalis: ad latera montium inter Lichiang-fu et 



tinem Yang-tze ad viam principalem versus Yung-peh-ting, 3 Julii 1914, m 













other species that I do not hesitate to describe it as a new species without 

 having seen flowers or fruits. At first sight the leaves resemble those of M. 

 Alexandria but they may easily be distinguished from that species by their 

 different color and nervation, and by the different number of leaflets as well 

 as by their terete rhachis in which the leaflets are inserted in a different manner. 



Mahonia philippinensis, n. sp. — Frutex ad 4-metralis. Folia 

 7-juga, ad 26 cm. longa et 10 cm. lata, jugo infimo multo minore 

 basi petioli valde approximato, rhachi satis tenui lateraliter sulcato, 

 internodiis 2-4 cm. longis; foliola coriacea textura subcrassa, 

 superne ut videtur satis dilute viridia, paullo nitentia, subtus in 

 sicco subflavescentia, nervis primariis utrinque distinctis leviter 

 prominulis, lateralia inferiora superioraque quam media plus- 

 minusve minora, basalibus minimis ovatis exceptis lanceolata, 

 basi inaequilaterali cuneata vel obtusata, latere inferiore rotundata 

 (subcordata), apice acutissima, margine dentibus 3-4 mm. longis 

 utrinque 4-6 sinuato-dentato-spinosa, minora 3:1 cm. magna, 

 majora ad 7-7. 5 cm. longa et 2-2. 5 cm. lata, terminalia lanceolata. 

 basi ovata, ceteris similia, sessilia ? (in specimine unico viso foliolis 

 3 terminalibus basi plusminusve confluentibus). ad 6: 1 cm. magna. 





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