80 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



petiolus brevis, ad 5 cm longus, ± villosus. Spicae pedunculus tenuis, 10 — 15 cm 

 longus, spica valde laxa ad 15 cm longa. 



Kilimandscharo: Schlucht des Kitorovi-Baches über Mku, 2900 m ü. M. (Vol- 

 kens n. 1901 — Februar 1894.) 



28. P. tanalensis Baker in Kew Bull. (1897) 276. — Planta minor vel mediocris; 

 rhizoma breve, radicellis validis. Folia usque satis numerosa rosulata, tenuia, sicca satis 

 fragilia, ovata vel late ovata, superne late rotundato-angustata vel late cuneato-angustata, 

 inferne late rotundato-cuneatim in petiolum angustata vel et late rotundata et a petiolo 

 bene discreta (lamina 2,5 — 6 cm longa, 1,5 — 4 cm lata, petiolo perbrevi vel ad 7 cm longo), 

 margine undulata, basin versus hie illic obtuse grosse dentiformi-incisa, brevissime villosula, 

 petiolus basi satis anguste vaginatim dilatatus. Inflorescentiae paucae, spicae pedunculus 

 adscendens, arcuatus vel rectus, folia superans, striatus, villosulus, ad 15 cm longus; 

 spica junior brevis, densa praeter basin laxam, demum valde laxa, ad 20 cm longa. 

 Bractea Y 2 tantum calycis aequans, rotundata vel ovata, 1,5 mm longa, margine pilis 

 nonnullis brevibus ciliolata, carina superne incrassata, laminis lateralibus angustiore. 

 Sepala 2 mm longa, postica rotundata, carina satis angusta haud percurrente, laminis 

 lateralibus tenuiter membranaeeis ; sepala antica late elliptica, margine superne parum 

 erosula vel ciliolata. Corollae tubus brevis, lobi anguste ovati, 1 mm longi, obtusius- 

 culi, nervo parum conspieuo. Capsula (sec. speeim. Viguier et Humbert) rotundato- 

 conico-attenuata, calycem ad ejus longitudinem superans; semina ambitu lanceolato-ovata, 

 2 mm parum superantia, obscure olivacea, nitidula, parum rugulosa, dorso satis convexa, 

 facie hili parum coneava. 



Zentral-Madagaskar: Antety-Berg oberhalb Ambositra (Forsyth Major 

 n. 633 — Dezember 1894; Cotypus!); zwischen Itandraka und Ambohimitombo (Tanala) 

 (Forsyth Major n. 708 — Dezember 1894); Betsileo, Ambodinamboarina, auf steilen 

 Hügeln (Hildebrandt n. 3906 — blühend im Februar 1881); Prov. Tananarivo, Distr. 

 Manjakandriana, ca. 1200 mü. M. (Viguier u. Humbert n. 1205 — 1912; Herb. Paris). 



29. P. rapensis F. Brown, Flora Southeast. Polynesia III, in Bernice P. Bishop Museum 

 Bull. 130. (1935) 281, Fig. 44. — Mediocris, rhizoma breve crassum, demum 2 — 4 cm 

 longum, simplex vel non raro rosulam parvam lateralem proereans, vaginarum reliquiis 

 membranaeeis nitentibus obtectum, lana longa fulva intertexta inter vaginas conspicua, 

 vel rhizoma demum basi nudum, cortice rugoso; radix satis crassa in speeim. adultis ± 

 emortua, radicellis crassis. Folia pauca rosulata, lamina a petiolo bene discreta, coriacea, 

 rotundato-ovata, basi cordata vel rotundato-cordata, apice rotundata vel apice ipso breviter 

 obtuse producta, 5 — 10 cm longa, 4 — 10 cm lata (in rosulis parvis lateralibus et minor), mar- 

 gine parum undulata vel denticulis perbrevibus valde obtusis instrueta, junior satis copiose 

 villis brevibus, latis, in tuberculis sitis inspersa, demum ± glabrescens vel et junior 

 glabrescens, nervis 5 — 7, lateralibus inferioribus valde arcuatim, superioribus minus 

 arcuatim adscendentibus, supra vix notatis, subtus latiuscule prominulis, petiolus satis 

 angustus, rigidus, ad basin laminae parum dilatatus (3 — )4 — 12 cm longus, basi late 

 vaginatim dilatatus, vagina inferne membranacea. Inflorescentiae paucae, inevolutae vel 

 plane defloratae tantum notae; pedunculus 5 — 9 cm longus, spica demum parum laxa 6 ad 

 11 cm longa. Flos junior: Bractea anguste ovato-elliptica, fere plana, 3,25 mm longa, 

 superne villosulo-ciliata, carina in sicco nigricante lata, ambitu late lanceolata, medio in- 

 crassata, in laminas laterales transeunte. Sepala late usque rotundato-ovata, 2,25 — 3 mm 

 longa, carina lata. Corolla inevoluta tantum nota. Ovula, Capsula? 



Austral-Inseln des Stillen Ozeans: Insel Rapa (Quayle n. 351 — 1922, 

 Typus, non v.); Rapa, Pukutaketake-Berg, Felsgründe, 360m ü. M. (Fosberg, Herb. 

 Bernice P. Bishop Museum n. 11 625 — Juli 1934); desgl., nahe dem Gipfel, Basaltspalten 

 (St. John and Maireau, Herb. Bishop Museum n. 15 441 — Juli 1934); Rapa, Gipfel 

 des Pukunia, Felsspalten, 408m ü. M. (Fosberg, Herb. Bishop Museum n. 11430 — 

 Juli 1934); Rapa, Mangaroa, Felsspalten bei 430 m ü. M. (Fosberg, Herb. Bishop Mu- 

 seum n. 11587 — Juli 1934). 



