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cm. lonsae, laxiflorae; earum 



triangulares, acuminatae, circ. 1.5 cm. longae; flores lutei?, extus 

 rubescentes ?, circ. 10 mm. diametientes; pedicelli graciles, 10-12 

 mm. longi, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis ad 4 mm. longis subacuminatis 

 suffulti; sepala 3 externa minima, ovata, 3 media majora, late 

 ovata. z interna maxima, ad 7 mm. longa, late ovata, apice sub- 



mm 



leviter contracta, glandulis 2 normalibus instructa ; stamina petalis 

 breviora, apice obtusa, filamentis edentulatis; ovarium ut videtur 

 in stylum distinctum productum, ovulis 4 sessilibus. Fructus 



ignoti. 



Insulae Philippinenses : Luzon borealis, Benguet, Baguio, 13 Novembris 

 1914, R. S. Williams (no. 1460; typus in Herb. Gray; frutex ad 4-metralis, 



flores lutei, fructus glauci). 



This is a very distinct species, with its loose inflorescences and its long 

 pedicels. I have not seen the fruits mentioned in the note of the collector. 

 The texture of the leaves somewhat resembles that of M . napaulensis DC, to 

 which it seems to be most nearly related. 



'^Mahonia nivea, n. sp.— Frutex fide cl. Henry 0.9 m. altus. 

 Folia 5-6-juga, ad 42 cm. longa et 15 cm. lata, rhachi lateraliter 

 subsulcato, internodiis 4-5 cm. longis; foliola lateralia sessilia, 

 late ovata, inferiora superioraque quam media subminora, ceterum 

 inter se subaequalia, basi paullo inaequilaterali truncato-rotundata , 

 apice acuta vel breviter acuminata, tenuiter spinosa, minimis 

 basalibus exceptis 5-8 cm. longa et 2.5-5 cm. lata, utnnque 

 distanter breviter indistincte spinoso-serrata, dentibus 4-7_g racl1 " 

 limis 2 mm. longis porrectis, tenuiter coriacea, superne viridia, laxe 

 tenuiter reticulata, subtus albida, pruinosa, laxius elavato-reti- 

 culata, terminalia distincte petiolulata, late ovato-subcordata, 

 ad 8:5 cm. magna, inrima ovato-orbicularia distanter spmoso- 

 dentata; stipulae non visae. Flores fructusque ignoti. 



Yunnan australis: prope Mengtsze, Pi-che-shen, 21 Novembris, A. Henry 

 (no. 9863; typus in Herb. Hort. Bot. New York). 



According to the note on the label, Henry also collected «fL buds which, 

 however, are wanting in the specimen before me. Nevertheless, the leaves 

 of this Mahonia are so distinct that it undoubtedly represents a ^ good new 

 species. It may easily be distinguished from all the species of the old world by 

 the snowy white under surface of its finely serrate sessile leaflets. 



