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Neillia villosa, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis N. sinensi, Oliver; foliis ad 12 cm. longis 
subtus dense hirsuto-villosis inter alia bene notata. 
rutex ; rami hornotini teretes flexuosi dense fulvo- vel 
subferrugineo-tomentosi. Folia petiolo circ. 5 mm. longo dense 
tomentoso suffulta; lamina plerumque 8-12 cm. longa, 4-6.5 
cm. lata, ambitu ovata, saepe ad tertiam vel quartam partem 
lobata, lobis utrinque vulgo 3-4, apice in caudam longam lamina 
vix breviorem ex toto serratam attenuata, basi plus minusve 
rotundata, margine serrata, in sicco papyracea, supra nunc 
densiuscule et longiuscule pilosa, nunc sparsius, pilis ex tuber- 
culis minimis ortis, infra dense fulvo- vel subferrugineo-hirsuto- 
villosa ; nervi utrinque 5-6 paria; stipulae 7-9 mm. longae, 
ovatae vel cordiformes, subintegrae sparsim pilosae. Racemi 
circ. 3.5 cm. longi, pedunculo circ. 1 cm. longo tomentoso suffulti, 
terminales, simplices, 8—12-flori; bracteae ad I cm. longae 
lineari-lanceolatae vel sublineares, dense pilosae ; pedicelli 2~ 
3 mm. longi, ut rhachis longiuscule pilosi. Calycis tubus anguste 
cylindricus circ. 8 mm. longus extus sparsim pilosulus intus 
dense villosulus, lobi circ. 5 mm. longi lanceolati subito longe 
acuminati utrinque villosuli; petala nulla, saltem nulla visa ; 
stamina circ. 15; ovarium circ. 3 mm. longum villosulum in 
stylum 7-8 mm. longum supra glabrum infra villosulum abiens. 
Fructus deest. 
China :—Neighbourhood of Yunnanfu, Yunnan. Maire. 
No. 2330 in Herb. Edin. coll. circ. anno 1 ; 
Nothopanax membranifolius, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species inter affines chinenses foliis simplicibus haud lobatis 
minute denticulatis in sicco tenuiter membranaceis bene notata. 
Frutex 2-6 m. altus ramis gracilibus glabris vel mox glabres- 
centibus brunneis. Folia simplicia petiolo 5-10 cm. longo 
gracili glabro nisi ad insertionem pilosulam suffulta ; lamina 
8-17 cm. longa, 3-6.5 cm. lata, anguste elliptica vel lanceolato- 
elliptica, apice ad 3 cm. subabrupte caudato-acuminata, basi 
plus minusve rotundata, margine denticulis induratis regulariter 
praedita, in sicco membranacea, utrinque glabra, supra opaco- 
viridis, subtus pallidior subolivacea, reticulo nervulorum utrinque 
bene conspicuo. Paniculae ad 8 cm. longae foliis plerumque 
breviores ramis brevibus glabris vel minute sparsimque stellato- 
puberulis ; pedicelli 6-8 mm. longi. Calycis dentes brevissimi 
acutiusculi ; petala 1.5-2 mm. longa, triangularia ; stamina 5 ; 
Ovarium obconicum circ. 2 mm. longum, sparsim stellato- 
puberulum biloculare ; styli 2, liberi vel basi paululo connati. 
“ China :—Hills to the south of Tengyueh, Yunnan. Lat. 
