18 PRiMULACE.E. Androsace. 



Hab. in arenosis regionis alpince Caucasi Orientalis 9000' (C.A.M.), Caucasi 

 centralis ad ripas fluvii Terek prope Lars 3500' (Rupr !)• In Tauria, indicata sed 

 dubia. 



Ar. Geogi. Helvetiainalpibus Valesi?e,Scandiiiavia,Belgium,Transylvania, 

 Rossiaomnis, Sibiria, America borealis. 



13. A. maxima (L. Sp. 203) aiiniia parce papilloso-hirtula, 

 foliis rosulatis expansis elliplicis vel lanceolatis parte superiori serru- 

 latis, scapis crassiusculis pilis simplicibus elongatis pubeque miiiima 

 ramosa hirtellis, umbellfe 3-10-florfe pedicellis calyci eequilongis vel 

 duplo longioribus, involucri phyllis magnis obovatis subdentatis basi 

 subcoalitis, calycis tandem accreti hirsuti laciniis ovatis amplis tubo 

 globoso hemispheerico longioribus, corolla parva calyce multo breviore 

 alhido-rubella limbi concavi lobis obovatis Q. Ic. Jacq. Austr. tab. 

 337. — Rchb. Ic. t. 70. 



Hab. in collibus, campis derelictis Macedonise (Friv!), BithynitTe (Pest!), Pisi- 

 dife (Heldr!), Lyciae (Bourg!), Asiffi minoris borealis et centralis (Auch ! Wied.), 

 Gilicia? orientalis ditione Kassan Oglu in subalpinis (Ky !), Syriae ad Aleppof 

 Damascum!. Palestina ad Hierosolymam (Boiss!), Mesopotamia (Olivl), Arme- 

 nia (Huet! Bourg!), Tauria, prov.'Cis et Transcaucasicis M.B! Hohen! Rupr!), 

 Persia sept. et australi (^Ky!), Affghania occid. ad Herat (Bge!). 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania, Gallia, Belgium, Germania occid. et australis, Italia 

 centralis, regio Danubialis, Rossia media et australis, Songaria, Sibiria, Africa 

 borealis interior. 



DIONYSI.\ (Fenzl Flora XYVI, I, p. 389. — Macrosiphonia 

 Duby Mem. Primiil.). 



Calyx profunde vel ad basin usque quinquepartitus. Corolla tuhu- 

 loso-hypocrateriformis tubo longo tenui vel a medio vel sub fauce 

 subito ampliato, fauce nuda, limbi patentis lobis obtusis vel obcorda- 

 tis. AntheraD (dichogamice et prob. iu speciebus onmibus) in medio 

 tubo vel suh fauce subsessiles verticillatse stylusque antheras non 

 attingens vel eas superans vel exsertus ; stigma globoso-capitatum ; 

 ovarium uniloculare pauciovulatum. Capsula in valvas 5 complete 

 dehiscens. Semina 1-4 extus convexa intus carinato-angulata rugu- 

 losa. — Herbte perennes dense pulvinatse, interdum suffrutices ces- 

 pitosi, rami foliorum minutorum persistentium imhricatione densa 

 columnares, flores in cespite sessiles vel pedunculati, lutei rarius vio- 

 lacei. — Genus a Gregorid fauce nuda, ab Androsace eadem nota et 

 corollfe tubo elongato distinctuni- 



* Folia omnia vel saltem nonnuUa superiora plu> niinus dentata. 



-f Folia margine revoluta. 



I. D. revoluta (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 7, p. 6o ) fruticulosa late 

 cespitosa ramis elongatis dichotomis inferne denudatis superne foliis 



