ROSACEAE. 



NEILLIA G. Don. 

 Determined by Alfeed Rehder. 



Neillia affinis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIX. 304 (1892). 



Neillia thyrsiflora Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^r. 2, VIII. 217 

 {PI. David. II. 35) (non G. Don) (1886). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 2000-2500 m., 

 June and September 1908 (No. 916^; bush 1-2 m. high, flowers rose- 

 pink); same locahty, 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 A^. thyrsiflora G. Don, I have little doubt that they belong to this species which 

 has bristly fruits and resembles in foliage A^. 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, s6r. 2, VIII. 217 {PI. 

 David. II. 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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