ROSACEAE, — STEPHANANDRA 437 
Neillia pauciflora Rehder, n. sp. 
Frutex 0.50-1 m. altus, ramis gracilibus leviter flexuosis; ramuli hornotini flavo- 
brunnei v. brunnei, laxe villosi, mox glabrescentes, annotini castaneo-brunnei, 
nitiduli; gemmae atrobrunneae, perulis pluribus late ovatis glabris. Folia triangu- 
lari-ovata, basi aperte cordata v. subcordata, acuminata, 3-4.5 cm. longa et fere 
ac lata, 3-lobata lobis lateralibus late ovatis acutis, lobo medio leviter inciso-lobato 
lobulis ut lobi laterales inaequaliter serratis dentibus brevibus acutiusculis, supra 
laete viridia, sparse accumbenti-villosa, subtus pallide viridia ad venas venulasque 
flavescentes pilosa, nervis utrinque 5-6; petioli pubescentes, circiter 0.5 cm. longi; 
stipulae ovato-oblongae v. ovato-lanceolatae, 4-6 mm. longae, integrae v. pauci- 
dentatae, sparse pubescentes. Racemi breves, 5-10-flori, terminales, cum pedun- 
culo brevi 2.5-3.5 em. longi; bracteae ovato-oblongae v. lanceolatae, acuminatae, 
sparse pubescentes, caducae; pedicelli dense breviter villosi, circiter 1 mm. longi; 
tubus calycis urceolato-campanulatus, fauce plus minusve contractus, 4-6 mm. 
longus ac diam., dense breviter flavescenti-villosulus glandulis stipitatis intermix- 
tis, dentes ovati, subito in acumen longum contracti, extus dense, intus parte 
inferiore excepta laxius villosuli, 2-2.5 mm. longi; petala rhombico-suborbicularia, 
ciliata, 2-2.5 mm. diam.; stamina circiter 20, petalis dimidio breviora; ovarium 
subglobosum, dense villosum, stylo glabro staminum basim vix attingente. Cap- 
sula subglobosa, 5 mm. diam., laxe villosa, calyce persistente villosululo setis 
glanduliferis instructo inclusa; semina pluria, 4-8, ovoidea, 1.75-2 mm. longa, 
castaneo-brunnea, nitida. 
Yunnan: Mengtze, mountains to the north, alt. 2300 m., A. Henry (Nos. 
10231*, type, 10231). 
. Neillia pauciflora seems nearest to N. rubiflora G. Don, which differs chiefly in 
its many-flowered, sometimes compound racemes, the shorter acuminulate calyx- 
teeth, the longer and more numerous stamens, in the glabrous ovary and the style 
being about as long as the stamens. Neillia gracilis Franchet from Yunnan agrees 
with N. pauciflora in its few-flowered inflorescence and in the subglobose-cam- 
panulate calyx-tube, but is easily distinguished by its suffruticose habit, smaller 
tot slender petioles, 1-2 em. long, by the longer pedicels, and by its 2-ovuled 
vary. 
STEPHANANDRA Sieb. & Zucc. 
Determined by ALFRED REHDER. 
Stephanandra chinensis Hance in Jour. Bot. XX. 210 (1882). — 
Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 228 (1887). 
Stephanandra flezuosa, var. chinensis Pampanini in Nouv. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. 
ser. XVII. 297 (1910). 
Kiangsi: Kuling, abundant, alt. 1300 m., July 28, 1907 (No. 1724; 
bush 1.25-2 m.) Hupeh: “Ma-pan-scian,” alt. 1000 m., May 1907, 
C. Silvestri (No. 1043). 
,. Wilson's specimen is in fruit. It differs at the first glance from S. incisa Zabel 
im the much larger, less deeply incised leaves, and in their comparatively short 
petioles. The stipules described by Hance as linear-oblong vary in Wilson's No. 
24 from Oblong-lanceolate on the flowering branches to broadly and obliquely 
ovate and irregularly dentate on vigorous shoots. 
