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Species unica. 



M. tibetica Maxim, in Mel. Biolog. X. (1877) 682 (ex Hemsley), Bull. Acad. St. 

 Petersb. XXVI. (4 880) 682; Hemsley in Book. Icon. XXVI. (1898) t. 2562 et in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXXV. (1902) 192; Johnston in Contrib. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXXIII. (1924) 

 62. — M. Benthamii Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. brit. India IV. (1883) 167; Oliver in Hook. 

 Icon. XXin. (1893) t. 2257; W.W.Smith in Bec. Bot. Surv. India IV. (1911) 226. 



— M. tangutica Maxim, in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. XXVI. (1880) 500; Mel. Biolog. 

 X. (1880) 682. — Tretoearya pratensis Maxim.! in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. XXVII. 

 (1881) 505; Mel. Biol. XI. (1881) 272. — Folia valde variabilia (aeque atque in As- 

 perugo procumbens)^ hirta et praeterea sparse calcarato-setosa, oblonga vel oblongo- 

 obovata petiolata, nunc 3 — 4 nunc 7 — 9 cm cum petiolo longa, nunc 8 — 10 nunc 10 — 

 25 mm lata. Cincinni bracteati interrupti; flores breviter et crasse pedicellati; pedicelli 

 post anthesin recurvi; sepala lanceolato-acuta 1 — 1 ! /j mm longa; corolla iy 2 — 2 mm 

 longa in medio coerulea inferne et superne alba (ex sicco); calyx fructifer 4^2 mm 

 diametro. Nuculae brunneae, 1 — 1 */ 2 mm longae, rugosae et setulosae, facie exteriore 

 (non semper!) gibbo scaphiformi marginibus dentato ornatae. 



Zentralasiatisches Gebiet: Provinz des Himalaya und der tibetanischen 

 Hochwüste, von 4000 — 6000 m ü. M., sehr zerstreut; nach Clarke in West-Tibet: 

 Parang Pass (Thomson), Kyoongar Pass (Strachey u. Winterbottom); ferner Hoch- 

 Tibet: Längstal des Alang nor, auf sandigem, kiesigem, altem Moränengrund (Tafel 

 n. 3), Quellgebiet des Leokohtuhn (Tafel n. 205). Karakorum: Tal des Indus, Chela; Lago 

 Pancong (Pampanini, Fl. Caracorum [1930] 179). Häufiger in der Provinz des alpinen 

 Kansu; z. B. auf Wiesen der Ebene um den See Kuku-nor (Przewalski, Original zu 

 Tretoearya pratensis). 



Species exeludendae. 



Microula ciliaris (Bur. et Franch.) J. M. Johnston in Contrib. Gray Herb. n. ser. 

 LXXIII. (192 4) 62. — Schistocaryum ciliare Bur. et Franch.! in Journ. Bot. V. (1891) 

 105 = Omphalodes ciliaris (Bur. et Franch.) Brand, nov. nom. 



M. Forrestii (Diels) Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. LXXXI. (1928) 83 = Ompha- 

 lodes Forrestii Diels. 



M. hirsuta Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXXV. (1925) 48 = Ompkalodes 

 Forrestii Diels. 



M. myosotidea (Franch.) J. M. Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXXIII. 

 (1924) 62 = Schistocaryum myosotideum Franch.! in Bull. mens. Soc. Linn. Paris II. 

 (1891) 930 = Anoplocaryum myosotideum (Franch.) Brand. 



M. ovali folia (Bur. et Franch.) J. M. Johnston 1. c. 62 = Schistocaryum ovalifolium 

 Bur. et Franch.! in Journ. Bot. V. (1891 ) 105 = Eritrichium pustulosum Clarke. 



M. pustulata Duthie in Kew Bull. (1912) 39 = praecedens. 



M. Rockii Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. LXXXI. (1928) 82 = Anoplocaryum 

 Eockii (Jobnston) Brand. 



M. sikkimensis (Clarke) Hemsley in Hook. Icon. 4. ser. VI. (1898) sub t. 2562 



— Omphalodes trichocarpa Maxim. 



M. trichocarpa (Maxim.) Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. LXXXI. (1928) 83 = 

 praecedens 



M. Younghusbandii Duthie in Kew Bull. (1912) 40 = Eritrichium Younghus- 

 bandii (Duthie) Brand. 



Tretoearya sikkimensis Oliver in Hook. Icon. 4. ser. HJ. (1893) t. 2255 = Om- 

 phalodes trichocarpa Maxim. 



4. Echinoglochin (A. Gray) Brand. 



Echinoglochin*) (A. Gray) Brand in Fedde, Bep. XXI. (1925) 252. — Echinosper- 

 mum § 2 Echinoglochin A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. XII. (1877) 163; Syn. Fl. II. 1. 



*) Nomen derivatur ab ixivos, echinus, et yAw^tV, aculeus. 



