﻿Plate 1540. 



NEILLIA SINENSIS, Oliv. 



Rosacea. Tribe Spir^eej:. 



N. sinensis, Oliv. (.»•/>. now.); ramnlis teretibus diva Head's ultfmis basi 

 perulatis, foliis ovatis acuminatis serratis sorrato-lol.ulatisve interdum 

 ntiiiujuo l-2-lobatis parce pilosulis glabratisve, petiolo stipulis requi- 

 longo, floribus racemosis racemis terminalibus multifloris sajpius sira- 

 plitnbus. podiV.-liis irraeilihus hraotoa deeidna a- piiloniris, «• ilvcc eylin- 

 drico ore 5-lobato lobis ovato-lancoolat subulato -acuminatis, petalis 

 obovatis lobis calycinis paullo longioribus, staminibus circ. 15 petalis 

 brevioribus, carpellis 1 vel 2 ovariis apice pilosulis, ovulis 4-5. 



Hab. Patting District, Central China, Br. Henri/. 



Folia 1|-2| poll longa subtas prsecipue in venulis parce pilosula; 

 petiolus .|-.\ poll, longus; stipulce oblongo-lanceolat^. Rucemi 1 2.\ poll, 

 long], bracteati, btacteis lineari-lanceolatis acutis deciduis. Cul,j.r, 

 tubulosas glabratus, lobis intus hirtellis. Petala integra. Stamina 



l.orizMitalia vel adscendentia. 



Allied to N. thyrsiflora, Don, and doubtfully congeneric with N. 

 oiulijUin, Don. Remarkable in the cylindrical ,-alvx. The carpels, 

 when geminate, are shortly connate at base.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Upper, 3. Lower stamens. 4 and .5. Dicarpellary and mono- 

 carpellary pistil. 0. Ovary, laid open, Enlarged. 



