Abstract
A new species of Neillia from eastern Nepal is described and illustrated. Neillia velutina Pendry is most similar to Neillia rubiflora D. Don, but differs in the dense, villous indumentum on its twigs, leaves, inflorescences and ovary versus a glabrous ovary and glabrous to sparsely appressed-pubescent twigs, leaves and inflorescences in the latter. A revised key to the species in Nepal and Bhutan is presented.
