Primulaceae 747 



Ad descriptionem P. Coryanae addenda : Folia raro obsolete et late, plerumque 

 grosse et duplicato acutidentata, carnosula, subtus juvenilia niveo-, adultiora 

 caesio-farinosa, nervis numerosis valde obliquis tenuissimis ramosis, venis 

 laxe reticulatis conspicuis. Scapi ad 62 cm longi, internodiis usque ad 

 14 cm longis. Calyx sub anthesi saepe 8 mm tantum longus. Corollae limbus 

 e basi late infundibulari zona lata farinosa notata versus lucem horizonta- 

 liter expansus, lobis late angustiusve obovatis ad 1 / 4 vel 1 / 5 bifidis. Stylus 

 brevis saepe 1 mm tantum longus. Capsula ovoideo-cylindrica, saepe 2 cm 

 tantum longa. 



P. limbata Balf. f. et Forr. in Not. Bot. Gard.. Edinb., XIII., 13 (1920). 

 NW-Y. : Kalkfelsen der Hg. St. auf dem Berge Maya in der Mekong — Salwin-Kette, 

 28° 4', 4250 m, 3. VIII. 1916 (9630). 



Dieser Pflanze kommt P. longipetiolata Pax et Hoffm. in Rep. sp. n., 



XVII., 98 (1921) sehr nahe, denn Forrest 19559 hat die Blätter ebenfalls 



lang gestielt, was mit Vorkommen in lockerem Rasen zusammenhängen 



dürfte. 



** P. leucochnoa Hand.-Mzt. in Sitzgsanz. Ak. W. W., LXL, 133 (1924). 



Sect. Nivales Pax. 



Rhizoma simplex, breve, radicibus numerosis crassis et longis. Cataphylla 

 ad 7 — 9 cm longa, lanceolata, acuminata, scariosa, castanea, foliis mortuis 

 persistentibus fuscis crasse involuta, in folia transeuntia. Folia sub anthesi 

 nondum maturissima marginibus late revolutis, lineari-lanceolata, 13 — 22 cm 

 longa, 1,2 — 2,5 cm lata, acuta, integra, carnosula, supra atroviridia, subtus 

 dense albo-farinosa, costa latissima nervisque numerosis valde obliquis tenuibus 

 ramosis utrinque conspicuis; petiolus indistinctus, late alatus, cataphyllis in- 

 clusus. Scapi 1 — 3, crassi, 22 — 35 cm longi, superne cum pedicellis dense albo- 

 farinosi, umbellas plerumque 2 multifloras arcte superpositas gerentes. Bracteae 

 8 — 25 mm longae, e basi paulo latiore lineares, subscariosae. Pedicelli validi, 

 1 — 4 cm longi, demum apice nutantes. Calyx anguste campanulatus, ^ 1 cm 

 longus, basi acutus, ad 1 / 2 vel paulo profundius in lobos oblongos, obtusos, candide 

 farinoso-marginatos, longitudinaliter multivenosos fissus, intus item farinosus. 

 Corolla purpurea (e nota ad vivum), tubo quam calyx subduplo longiore floris 

 brevistyli extra illum, floris longistyli 4 mm supra basin ampliato, ore 5 mm 

 lato, limbo piano ^ 2 cm diametiente fere toto in lobos ovatos, obtusos, margine 

 subtiliter glanduloso-ciliolatos fisso. Antherae oblongae, 2 mm longae, sub- 

 sessiles, tubo supra basin partis inflatae insertae. Stylus brevis 4 — 5, longus 

 8 — 10 mm longus. Capsula, si specimina nr. 7299 foliis evolutis remote carti- 

 lagineo-denticulatis praedita huc pertinent, crasse cylindrica, 12 — 15 mm longa, 

 obtusata, pallide brunnea. 



S.: Bestandteil der Modermatte der ktp. St. auf dem Tschahungnyotscha 

 jenseits des Yalung n von Yenyüen, 28° 15', Schiefer, 3600—3900 m, 26. V. 1914 

 (2618, Typus. Schneider 4080 saltem p. p.). Steinige Waldlichtungen der ktp. 

 St. bei der Alm Bädö ober Muli, 3900 m, auf Kalk, 29. VII. 1915 (7299). 



Species suae sectionis albofarinosae affines P. russeola Balf. f. et Forr. 

 foliis obtusis crebre denticulatis, vaginis solubilibus, calyce multo profundius 

 fisso, P. Purdomii Veitch floribus pendulis et ex icone in Journ. Hort. Soc, 

 XXXIX., fig. 68 habitu valde differunt. 



Handel-Mazzetti, Symbolae sinicae VII. 4. 49 



