1920] REIIDER, NEW SPECIES, VARIETIES AND COMBINATIONS 257 



XXII. 243 (1908). — Physocarpus fcrrvgineus Daniels in Univ. ]\Tissouri 

 Stud. Sci. I. 291 (1907). — Opulastcr alahamcnsis Rydbcrg In N.Am. Fl. 

 XXII. 243 (1908). 



Georgia to Florida and Alabama. 



Tills species is well distinguished from P. opulifolius by the stellate- 

 pul>escent carpels and the stellate pubescence of the young branchlcts and 

 of the under side of the leaves, but I am unable to separate from it specifi- 

 cally Opiilader alahamensis Rydberg, Specimens of tluit species from the 

 type locality differ only m the generally narrower and more (K)inted leaves, 

 those of the shoots often acuminate, those of the flowering brancldets usu- 

 ally acute; the flowers are somewhat larger and the follicles number usu- 

 ally five. On the plants growing In this Arboretum which were raised from 

 seed collected in 1906 at the type station of 0, alabamcnsis, the bracts of 

 the inflorescence are leafy, narrowly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, entire 

 or with few coarse teeth, pubescent and 4~ 8 mm. long and mostly per- 

 sistent until autumn, while on wild specimens the bracts arc small and 

 caducous. 



Neillia longeracemosa Ileirsl. var. lobata, var. nov. 



A typo differt foliis minoribus 2.5-4.5 cm. longis manifeste 3-lobatis et 

 apicem versus inciso-lobulatis et grossius serratis, subtus costa media ])asin 

 versus pubcscente excepta glabris, stipulis saepe pauci-denticulatis. 



China. Szeehuan austr.: '*in1erOti et Jenyan Ilsien prope Quentui 

 in dumetis" alt. 2900 m., June 4, 1914, C. ScJuieider (Xo. 3558). 



This form appears at the first glance very distinct from otiier species 

 of the geims Xeillia on account of the small deeply lobcd leaves, the sinuses 

 of the basal lobes reaching about halfway to the middle, Imi the flowers 

 agree exactly with those of N, longeracemosa^ while tlie leaves and the stipules 

 resemble closely those of Slephanandra incisa Zabel. 



Neillia sparsiflora, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramis gracilibus teretibus pallide rubro-brurineis; ramuli juniores 

 setoso-glandulosi ceterum glabri; gemmae f uscac, glabrae : folia ovata, 

 caudato-acuminata, basi rotundata vel leviter subcordata, argute et partim 

 dupliciter serrata, basi lobis brevibus instructa, sursum loljulata, 4-G.5 cm, 

 longa et 3— k2 cm. lata, supra laete viridia, glabra, sul)tus j)allidiora et ad 

 costam et venas spaislssime pllosa et stipltato-glanJulosa; petloll graciles, 

 0.8-1.2 cm. longi, spars? stipitato-glandulosi et sup'a pubescentes; stipu- 

 lac ovato-lanccolatae, petiolum dimidium vix aeqvantes, sparse serratae: 

 infloresceiitia circiter 4-flora, pedunculo Incluso circiter 3.5 cm. Icnga, 

 rhachi gracili flexuosa, ut i)edunculus et pcdicelli 3-4 mm. longi setoso- 

 glandulosa; bracteae late lanceolatae, margine sparse setoso-glandalosae, 

 pedicellos subaequantes vel paulo longiores; recei)taculum campanulatum 

 vel cylindrico-campanulatum, 6-7 mm. longum et 4-5 nun. crassum, 

 extus glabrum, Intus circa medium pilis sparsis annulum formantibus in- 

 structum; sepala ovatadanceolata, acuminata, intus dense, extus versus 

 apicem sparse villosula, 4 mm. longa; petala ovalia, 5 mm. longa, apice 



