Gcranium. 101 



saepe inlense rubellae. Sepala ovata, \ 2 mm longa, Irinervata, margine saepe mem- 

 branacea, cxtus pilis longis hirlis et praeterea pilis brevibus glandulosis dense obtecta, 

 mucronata mucrone \ — i 1/4 mm longo. Petala quam caljx i Y2-PI0 longiora, intense 

 purpurea. Stamina caljcem longitudine aeqiiantia. Fruclus rostratiis 3 cm longus; 

 valvulae pilis longis simplicibus et brevibus glandulosis, roslrum indumento tantum glan- 

 duloso obsilum. Semina immatm'a minutissime punctato-striatula. 



Mexiko, in Gebüschen, 2500 m: Prov. Hidalgo bei Cujamaloya Station (Pringle, 

 PI. mexic. a. I9ü4 n. 8978 — Typus in. U. St. Nat. Herb. n. 461451!). — Blühend 

 und fruchtend August. 



Nota. Specics cum G. Fremontii affini congruit indumento subviscoso; ab hoc tamen 

 diversa est habitu minus gracili, calycis indumento, corollae colore. 



75. G. crenatum S. Wats. in Proc. Am. Acad. XVII. (1881 — 1882) 334; Hanks 

 et Small in Underwood-Britton, North Americ. Fl. XXV. \. (1907) 15. — Rhizoma 

 1 mm crassum, longe productum, usque 30 cm longum, partim tuberöse incrassatum, 

 tuberibus oblongo-cylindricis, multiceps. Gaules basi saepissime vestigiis petiolorum 

 emarcidorum atro-fuscis dense obsiti, folia basalia 1 — 2-, raro 3-plo superantes, pauci- 

 foliati, retro-pilosi, vix ramosi. Folia basaha petiolata petiolis 3 — 10 cm longis, pa- 

 tenter molliter pilosis, tenuibus; lamina 2 — 3Y2 cm diam., adpresse pilosa, ad medium 

 vel vix ultra medium palmato-5-partita, lobis ambilu obovatis vel obovato-rotundatis, 

 dentatis, dentibus obtusiusculis parvis ; folia caulina nonnulla perpauca, summa sessilia, 

 fere tripartita. Pedunculi pedicellique pilis glandulosis obsiti; pedunculi 3 — 6 cm longi. 

 Pedicelli ante anthesin brevissimi vel fere nulli, sub fructu 2 — 2Y2 cm longi. Stipulae 

 bracteaeque 7 — 4 mm longae, lineari-subulatae. Sepala oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 

 ad nervös praecipue hirsuta, breviter mucronata mucrone vix 1 mm longo. Petala calyce 

 duplo longiora, albida (teste Schiede), obcuneata. Stamina calyci aequilonga. Stig- 

 mata 2 mm longa. Valvulae dejise pilosae ; rostrum pilis brevibus glandulosis patulis 

 obsitum. Semina immatura laevia. — Fig. 17^1, B. 



Mexiko, in schattigen W^äldern: Goahuila bei Lerios (Palmer n. 136 — Typus); 

 San Jose del Oro (Schiede a. 183l!); Anganguco (Schiede a. 1830!, Ehrenberg!); 

 Mird del Monte (Ehren b er g n. 43 sub nom. G. saltiiense Schtdl. !). 



Nota. Species distinctissima est rhizomate gracili, partim tuberöse incrassato et caulibus 

 paucifoliatis, folia basalia circ. 2-plo superantibus. 



76. G. Fremontii Torr, ex A. Gray, PI. Fendl. (1849) 26; Trelease in Mem. 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. IV. (1888) 75; Marcy, Rep. 303 t. 3 ex A. Gray, Fl. North 

 Amer. I. 1. (1897) 359; Hanks et Small in Underwood-Britton, North Americ. Fl. 

 XXV. 1. (1907) 15. — Perenne, caudice verticah. Gaules 1 vel plures, foHa basaha 

 1 — 4-pIo superantes, basi simplices, 2 — 12 cm supra basin pseudo-dichotome ramosi, 

 plerumque squarroso-corymbosi, stricti, foliati, aeque ac petioh, pedunculi pediceUique 

 indumento glanduloso subviscoso dense obsiti. Folia basalia numerosa, petiolata petioHs 

 8 — 15 cm longis; lamina supra pilis brevibus adpressis, infra ad nervös tantum pihs 

 longioribus obsita, ambitu rotundata, usque ad Ys regulariter palmato-5 — 7-partita, lobis 

 tri-dentatis vel -crenatis, dentibus interdum paucidentatis; folia cauhna brevius petiolata, 

 summa parva sessilia. Pedunculi 2 — 6 cm longi. Petioli saepe 2 cm longi, saepe 

 etiam longiores vel breviores. Stipulae bracteaeque lineares vel lanceolatae, acuminatae, 

 acutae, membranaceae, 2 — 10 mm longae. Sepala oblonga, trinervata, indumento 

 stipitato-glanduloso dense obsita, mucronata mucrone 1 V2 ^^ longo. GoroUa magna, 

 palhde roseo-purpurea, 2Y2 — 3 cm diam.; petala obovata, usque ad medium dense 

 eiliata. Stamina calyci aequilonga; antherae ellipsoideae, 2 mm longae. Stigmata de- 

 mum 5—7 mm longa. Fructus rostratus 2 2 mm longus; valvulae pihs longis, rostrum 

 pilis brevibus glandulosis obsita. Semina minute punctulato-striatula. 



Rocky Mountains von den Black Hills bis Mexiko und im Küstengebirge 

 Californiens: Colorado (V^illiams n. 3 18!), Empire (Engelmann, Rocky Mount. 

 Fl. a. 1874!), in Estes Park (Ball, It. bor.-americ. a. 188 4). — Galifornien bei 

 Vallejo (Greene!). 



