Tas. 8559. 
DEUTZIA mottis. 
China. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE. Tribe HypRaNnGEAk. 
Devrzia, Thunb.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 642. 
Deutzia mollis, Duthie in Gard. Chron. 1906, vol. xl. p. 288; Rehder in 
Sargent, Pl. Wilson. vol. i. p. 18; C. Schneider, Laubholzk. vol ii. p- 930; 
inter species sectionis Mesodeutziae indumento molli in folioram pagina 
inferiore e pilis stellatis quorum radius centralis elongatus patulus con- 
stituto et filamentis edentatis distincta. 
Frutex ad 0°6-1°5 m. altus, ramis teretibus novellis pilosis citissime glabratis 
cortice tenui rubro-brunneo vel demum fuseo mox soluto tectis ; gemmae 
ovatae, acutae, perulis ovato-lanceolatis acutis numerosis castaneis diu 
ad innovationum bases persistentibus. Folia ovata vel late lanceolata, 
acuta, basi rotundata, glanduloso-serrata, 5*5-7°5 em. longa, 2°5-5°5 em. 
lata, supra pilis stellatis adpressis plerumque 4-5-radiatis conspersa, infra 
indumento molli é pilis stellatis constituto quorum radius centralis valde 
elongatus patet; petiolus hirsutus, 0°5-1 cm. longus. Inflorescentia 
multiflora, corymbosa, corymbo densiusculo vel denso convexo ad 
12 cm. diametro, ramis ramulisque stellato-hirsutis, pedicellis 8-4 mm. 
longis pilis stellatis adpressis canescentibus. Receptaculum turbinatum, 
2 mm. altum, indumento stellato adpresso incanum. Sepala late ovata, 
subacuta, superne glabrescentia, 1 mm. longa. Petala patentia, late 
elliptica, obtusa, 6 mm. longa, alba vel roseo-suffusa, extra stellato- 
pubescentia. Filamenta e basi latiore sensim filiformiter attenuata, 
edentata petalis paulo longiora. Discus pruinoso-papillosus, in centro 
pilis minutis stellatis obtectus. Styli 3, quam filamenta breviores. 
Capsula subglobosa, incano-pubescens, sepalis persistentibus coronata, 
3°5 mm. diametro.—O. Srapr. 
The very distinct and striking Deutzia now described. 
is one of the additions to European collections for which 
horticulture is indebted to Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, for 
whom it was discovered by Mr. E. H. Wilson, growing on 
cliffs near Paokang, in Hupeh, in Central China, in 1901. 
The material for our plate has been obtained from one 
of the plants in the nursery of Messrs. Veitch at Coombe 
Wood, raised from seed originally received from Mr. 
Wilson. Like most of the species of the genus which 
will grow at Kew, D. mollis is somewhat liable to injury 
by late frosts in May, but in other respects is quite 
hardy. It is remarkably distinct from any other species 
in cultivation in the soft felt-like covering, especially on 
Junz, 1914, 
