Plantae novae chinenses a Dr. W. Limpricht collectae. 399 



purascentes, scabriusculi, adscendentes vel subdecumbentes, rarius erecto- 

 patentes, in pedunculos nudos, plerumque elongatos, unifloros abeuntes. 

 Folia basilaria subrosulata, spathulata vel obovata, apice rotundata, varia 

 magnitudine (5—13 mm longa, 2 — 5 mm lata), integra, uninervia, caulina 

 inferne tantum crebra, basilaribus similia vel elliptico-ovata, obtusa, 

 saepius acutiuscula, ad 12 mm longa, 5 mm lata, opposita, sessilia, basi 

 haud connata. Plores solitarii, erecti, 12 mm longi. Calycis segmenta 5 

 imbricata, subaequalia, basi libera, corollae haud accumbentia, ovato- 

 lanceolata, acuta, margine crispato-crenato, nigrescentia, 1 — 3-nervia, 6— 

 8 mm longa. Corolla tubuloso-campanulata, pallido-lilacina tubo 5 — 6 mm 

 longo lobisque 5 ovatis, obtusiusculis, 6 mm longis, 3-nerviis; faux co- 

 rollae 4 mm diametiens intus fimbriis albidis, densis, 3 mm longis in- 

 structa. Filamenta lanceolata, basi et apice attenuata, in tubi parte ima 

 inserta, usque ad dimidium corollae adnata, 5 mm longa. Ovarium fusi- 

 forme. Capsula matura 1 cm longa, haud stipitata; semina oblonga, 

 lutea, 1 mm longa. 



Affinis G. tenellae Roxb., a qua calyce quinque-partito bene distin- 

 guitur. 



Nordchinesische Provinz: Schansi, Wu tai schan, zwischen Geroll 

 am Dung tai in der Nahe der Passhohe, 2900—3100 m, 22. VIII. 1912 

 Limpricht no. 647 u. 662). — Herbarium Breslau. 



2. Sweertia Wolfgangiana Gruning, nov. spec. 



Caulis erectus, simplex vel raro inferne parce ramosus, 10—20 cm 

 altus, quadrangularis, glaber. Folia opposita, basi per paria connata, 

 caulem breviter vaginantia; inferiora quasi rosulata, late lanceolata vel 

 oblongo-ovata, apice rotundata vel acutiuscula, in petiolum 1,5—4 cm 

 longum sensim attenuata, 5-nervia, una cum petiolo 4—9 cm longa, 1— 

 2 cm lata, caulina media — ut adsint — basalibus similia sed minora, 

 superiora sessilia, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta, 1—1,5 cm longa, 

 4—5 mm lata. Inflorescentia terminalis caulis et fortasse ramorum race- 

 moso-cymosa, pauciflora. Flores erecti, pentameri, ochroleuci, basi coe- 

 r »lei, post anthesin increscentes; pedunculi 1—3 cm longi vel ultra. 

 Calyx 5-partitus sepalis ovato-lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, 3— 5-nerviis, 1 — 

 1,6 cm longis, 5 mm latis. Petala oblongo-elliptica, obtusa, 5-nervia, 

 1,5-2 cm longa, 5—6 mm lata, basi foveis duabus nectariferis, ambitu 

 lenge fimbriatis praedita; fimbriae 5 — 7 mm longae. Stamina 5 fauci 

 corollae inter lacinias inserta; filamenta linearia, compressa, quasi alata 

 summo apice attenuata, 0,8-1 cm longa, 1,5 mm lata; antherae Ver- 

 sailles, coeruleae, 4 -5 mm longae. Ovarium fusiforme, glabrum, 1 cm 

 •ongum. Capsula 1,7 cm longa. Semina ovata, apice alata, fusca, lineis 

 curvis, parallelis, minutissime scabriusculis ornata. 



Ex affinitate Sw. punctatae Baumg. sectionis Eusiveertiae Clarke, sed 

 differt sepalis latioribus fimbriisque corollae longioribus. 



Nordchinesische Provinz: Schansi, Wu tai schan, grasige Matten 

 der hochsten Erhebungen Dung tai und Pe tai, 3200—3650 m; 24. VIII. 

 1Q 12 (Limpricht no. 644). — Herb. Breslau. 



