ROSACEAE. — STEPHANANDRA 437 



Neillia pauciflora Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 0.50-1 m. alius, ramis gracilibus leviter flexuosis; ramuli hornotini flavo- 

 brunnei v. brunnei, laxe villosi, mox glabrescentes, annotini cast aneo-brunnei, 

 nitiduli; gemmae atrobrunneao, 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 pubescentcs, circiter 0.5 cm. longi; 

 stipulae ovato-oblongae v. ovato-lanceolatae, 4-6 mm. longae, integrae v. pauci- 

 dentatae, sparse pubescentcs. Racemi breves, 5-10-flori, terminales, cum pedun- 

 culo brevi 2.5-3.5 cm. longi; bracteae ovato-oblongae v. lanceolatae, acuminatae, 

 sparse pubescentcs, caducae; pedicelli dense breviter villosi, circiter 1 mm. longi; 

 tubus calycis urccolato-campanulatus, fauce plus minusve contractus, 4-6 mm. 

 longus ac diam., dense breviter flavescenti-villosulus glandulis stipitatis intermix- 

 tis, denies ovati, subilo in acumen longum contract i, extus dense, inlus parte 

 inferiore excepla laxius villosuli, 2-2.5 mm. longi; petala rhombico-suborbicularia, 

 ciliata, 2-2.5 mm. diam.; stamina circiter 20, pelalis dimidio breviora; ovarium 

 subglobosum, dense villosum, stylo glabro staminum basim vix attingente. Cap- 

 Bula subglobosa, 5 mm. diam., laxe villosa, calyce persistenle villosululo setis 

 glanduliferis instructo inclusa; semina pluria, 4-8, ovoidea, 1.75-2 mm. longa, 

 castaneo-brunnea, nilida. 



Yunnan: Mengtze, mountains to the north, alt. 2300 m., A. Henry (Nos. 

 1023P, type, 10231). 



Neillia pauciflora seems nearest to N. ruUflora 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 A'', pauciflora in its few-flowered inflorescence and in the subglobose-cam- 

 panulate calyx-tube, but is easily distinguished by its suffruticose habit, smaller 

 leaves, slender petioles, 1-2 cm. long, by the longer pedicels, and by its 2-ovuled 

 ovary. 



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 flexuosa, var. chinensis Pampanini in Nouv. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. 

 ser. XVII. 297 (1910). 



Kiangsi : Ruling, 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 

 in 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. 

 1724 from oblong-lanceolate on the flowering branches to broadly and obhquely 

 ovate and irregularly dentate on vigorous shoots. 



