ROSACEAE. 
NEILLIA G. Don. 
Determined by ALFRED REHDER. 
Neillia affinis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIX. 304 (1892). 
Neillia thyrsiflora Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. 2, VIII. 217 
(Pl. David. II. 35) (non G. Don) (1886). 
Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 2000-2500 m., 
June and September 1908 (No. 9165; bush 1-2 m. high, flowers rose- 
pink); same locality, July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3559; flowers rose- 
pink); south-east of Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 1600-2600 m., July 
1908 (No. 2380; bush 1-3 m. high, flowers rose-red); Mt. Omei, June 
1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4886); without precise locality, July 1904 
(Veitch Exped. No. 3559, 3560), A. Henry (No. 8968, type). 
This species seems to be most nearly related to N. rubiflora G. Don, but differs 
in the longer calyx-lobes, larger petals usually crenulate at the margin, in the densely 
villose ovary with the style not exceeding the calyx-tube and only just reaching the 
base of the stamens, and in the usually not distinctly 3-lobed leaves, while N. 
rubiflora has the ovary glabrous, the style as long as the stamens and distinctly 
3-lobed leaves, Though I have not seen David’s specimens referred by Franchet 
to N. thyrsiflora G. Don, I have little doubt that they belong to this species which 
has bristly fruits and resembles in foliage N. thyrsiflora more than any other 
species. Wilson did not collect this species near Mupin, although his specimens 
came from about the same region. It is less likely that Franchet’s N. thyrsiflora 
belongs to his N. thibetica which Wilson collected near Mupin. 
Neillia longiracemosa Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIX. 304 
(1892). 
Neillia rubiflora Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. 2, VIII. 217 (Pl. 
David. YI. 35) (non G. Don) (1886). 
Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1600-2500 m., June 
and September 1908 (No. 916; bush 1.25-2 m. high, flowers rose-pink); 
Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2000-2600 m., July and September 1908 
(No. 974; bush 1-1.75 m., flowers pink); Ta-hsiang-ling, Ching-chi 
Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 2381; shrub 1.25- 
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