Eritrichium, Microcaryum. 201 



E. Torreyi A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. X. (1875) 58 = Plagiobothrys Torreyi 

 A. Gray. 



E. turkestanicum Franch. in Ann. sei. nat. 6 ser. XVIII. (1884) 216 = Micro- 

 caryum turkestanicum (Franch.) Brand. 



E. uliginosum Phil, in Anal. Univ. Chile XLIII. (1873) 519 = Allocarya tenui- 

 caulis (Phil.) Macbride. 



E. uspallatense Phil. 1. c. XC. (1 895) 521 = Cryptantha phacelioides (Clos) Reiche. 



E. vernum Phil. 1. c. 550 = Allocarya humilis (Ruiz et Pav.) Greene. 



E. verrueosum Phil, in Linnaea XXIX. (1875) 17 = Plagiobothrys myosotoides 

 (Lehm.) Brand. 



E. Vidalii Phil, in Anal. Univ. Chile XC. (1895) 525 = Cryptantha Vidalii (Phil.) 

 Reiche. 



E. virens Phil. 1. c. 519 = Cryptantha virens (Phil.) Reiche. 



E. virgatum Porter in Hayden, Geol. Rep. (1870) 479 = Oreocarya virgata 

 (Porter) Greene. 



E. Volckmanni Phil, in Anal. Univ. Chile XVIII. (1861) I. 54 et in Linnaea XXXIII. 

 (1864) 188 = Cryptantha Volckmannii (Phil.) Johnston. 



E. Walpersii Wedd. Chlor, and. II. (1859) 90 = Allocarya humilis (Ruiz et 

 Pav.) Greene. 



30. Microcaryum Johnston. 



Microcaryum*) Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXXIII. (1924) 63. 



Calyx usque ad basin partitus. Corolla parva cylindrica vel tubiformis. Fornices 

 parvi, sed distineti. Stamina tubo corollae affixa inclusa. Stylus brevis; stigma simplex 

 capitatum. Gynobasis pyramidalis stylo longior, 4 excavationibus triangularibus vel 

 oblongis ornata. Nuculae 4 oblongo-ovoideae laeves vel pilosae. — Herbae annuae humiles, 

 foliis altemis, cincinnis basalibus vel axillaribus vel terminalibus, floribus sessilibus vel 

 pedicellatis. 



Species 4 Himalayam regionesque vicinas inhabitantes. 



A. Flores pedicellati, pedicelli calyce longiores. 



a. Nuculae laeves. 



a. Folia obovata 1 . M. pygmaeum. 



ß. Folia linearia 2. M. turkestanicum. 



b. Nuculae pilosae 3. M. diffusum. 



B. Flores sessiles 4. M. Duthieanum. 



1. M. pygmaeum (Clarke) Johnston 1. c. 64. — Eritrichium pygmaeum Clarke! 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India IV. (1883) 165; W.W. Smith in Rec. Bot. Surv. India IV. (191 1) 

 225. — E. Riae Winkler! in Fedde, Rep. Beih. XII. (1922) 473. — Humile vel fere 

 acaule patule pilosum. Folia sessilia minima obovata, 5 — 1 mm longa, 1 — 3 mm lata, 

 obtusa basi attenuata. Flores pedicellati subumbellati, pedicellis calyce primum paulo 

 dein multo longioribus; sepala lanceolato-acuta vix 2 mm longa; corolla coerulea cylindrica 

 2Y2 mm longa, limbo subduplo breviore quam tubo; fornices semilunares; gynobasis 

 stylo brevissimo multo longior, sulcis longitudinalibus vix conspieuis. Nuculae brunneae 

 1 1 / i mm longae utrinque carinatae et minute granulatae; cicatrix triangularis basalis. 

 — Fig. 20. 



Himalaya: Alpines Sikkim, Momay, 5300 m ü. M. (J. D. Hooker, Eritrichium 

 n. 16, Original). Tihri-Garhwäl (Duthie n. 344, Herb. Dehra Dun). Ost-Tibet: Batang 

 Litang, 4700 m ü. M. (Limpricht n. 22 42, Herb. Breslau; Original zu E. Riae). — 

 Blüht im August. — Die Art scheint selten zu sein, wie auch W. W. Smith 1. c. bemerkt, 

 der sie noch für Llonak und Tango in Sikkim angibt. 



*) Nomen derivatur a (aixqös parvus et y.ÜQvov nueula. 



