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Sikkim, trop. Region (Hooker); Ost Bengal (Griffith n. 4152); Darjeeling (Anderson 

 n. 241 — 1862); Khasia, 2000— 2500 m ü. M. (Hooker f. et Thomson); Munipur, 

 1600 m ü. M. (Watt n. 6095 — 1882). Ost-Tibet: Tatsienlu (Soulie n. 2206 — 

 August 1894). China: Nord-Schensi, Gipfel des Kuan-tou-san (Giraldi n. 790 — Juli 

 1894); S.W.-Setschwan, bei Ningyiien, auf Äckern und an Kanälen der subtrop. Region 

 (Handel-Mazzetti n. 1218 — blühend und fruchtend im April 1914; Herb. Wien); 

 Yünnan, nördl. von Yünnanfu, 25°26', warmtemperierte Region, in Reisfeldern bei etwa 

 1800 m ü. M. (Handel-Mazzetti n. 456 — blühend im März 1914); Kwangtung, Yink- 

 tak-District (Fl. Kwangtung, Sun Yatsen Univ. Canton, leg. Tsiang Ying n. 1937 — 

 blühend im März 1929). 



6. P. coreana Leveille in Fedde, Repert. Spec. Nov. VIII. (1910) 284; Pilger in 

 Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem VIII. Nr. 72. (1922) 110. — Parva vel mediocris. 

 Folia lanceolato-ovata usque ovata, varie dentata. Bractea % — V« calycis aequans, basi 

 parum saccata, expansa late triquetra, 2 mm vel parum ultra longa, carina medio pro- 

 minente satis angusta. Calyx distincte (circ. %mm) stipitatus; sepala 2 — 2,5 mm longa, 

 apice supra apicem carinae anguste membranaceo-marginata, antica anguste elliptica 

 usque obovata, saepe parum inaequilatera, carina valida satis angusta; sepala postica 

 elliptica vel late elliptica, parum angustata, carina valida satis angusta. Semina pauca. 



a. var. brevior Pilger 1. c. 110. — Parva, rhizoma breve, radicellis elongatis. Folio- 

 rum lamina crassiuscula, rigidula, subcoriacea, lanceolato-ovata usque anguste ovata, 

 superne longius angustata, apice ipso obtusa, basi cuneata vel rotundato-cuneata in petiolum 

 transiens, 2,5 — 4,5 cm longa, 1,1 — 2 cm lata, glabra vel raro pilis brevibus inspersa, 

 valde irregulariter dentata, parum dentata vel inferne dentibus nonnullis grossis instructa, 

 nervis 5, supra parum conspicuis, parum impressis, subtus prominulis, petiolus latiusculus, 

 laminam aequans vel illa brevior, basin versus longe triquetro-dilatatus. Inflorescentiae 

 paucae; spicae pedunculus ± arcuatus, teres, superne striatus, 4 — 10 cm longus, glaber; 

 spica brevis, angusta, inferne laxa, 2 — 4,5 cm longa. Corollae lobi anguste ovati usque 

 late ovati, acutati. Capsula (in specim. haud bene evoluta) apice late rotundata, usque 

 calycem duplo superans (semina in specim. haud bene evoluta). 



Korea: Quelpaert, in Wäldern von Hallaisan (Taquet n. 1262 — blühend und 

 fruchtend im August 1908; Exempl. des Herb. Berol., nicht Typus). 



b. var. gracilis Pilger 1. c. 111. — Minor, habitu a var. breviore satis recedens. Folio- 

 rum lamina membranacea, sicca fragilis, ovata vel late ovata, obtusa, 6 — 9 cm longa, 

 3,5 — 6 cm lata, margine tantum undulata vel irregulariter grosse paucidentata, dentibus 

 obtusis, petiolus elongatus, satis angustus, infra laminam cuneatim dilatatus, ad 10 cm 

 longus. Spicae pedunculus 15 — 17 cm longus, sulcatus; spica angusta, superne densa, 

 6 — 12 cm longa. Corollae lobi forma variantes, triquetri vel ovato-lanceolati vel anguste 

 ovati, ± angustati, apice ipso obtusiusculi vel acutiusculi. Capsula ellipsoidea vel 

 superne conico-attenuata ; semina 5 — 6, raro in specim. bene evoluta. 



Korea: Quelpaert, auf Äckern (Taquet n. 250 — blühend und fruchtend im Okto- 

 ber 1907; Typus); Quelpaert (Taquet n. 1261 — Oktober 1908). Japan: Prov. Shinano, 

 Matsushiro (K. Saida — blühend und fruchtend im August 1885). 



c. var. validior Pilger 1. c. 111. — Major. Foliorum lamina membranacea, sicca 

 fragilis, basi rotundata, 5,5 — 8 cm longa, 3 — 4 cm lata, glabra, margine parum tantum 

 undulata vel dentibus nonnullis obtusis instructa, petiolus in foliis ejusdem rosulae longi- 

 tudine varians, ± quam lamina longior, apice infra laminam cuneatim dilatatus, sensim 

 basin versus vaginatim dilatatus, 7 — 16 cm longus. Inflorescentiae paucae; spicae pedun- 

 culus validus, erectus, ad 20 cm longus, sub teres, striatus, glaber; spica usque aequilonga, 

 laxa, apicem versus tantum densior. Bractea dimidium calycem aequans. Sepala antica 

 elliptica, ± inaequilatera; sepala postica subrotundata, prominenter carinata. Corollae 

 lobi ovati, breviter acutati, acuti vel obtusiusculi. Capsula apice rotundata, parte superiore 

 2 mm longa, parte inferiore parum breviore ; semina 6 — 7 ad 2 mm longa. 



