24 F. Fax u - F- Knuth. — Primulaceae. 



subaequilongi, lanceolati, acutissimi. Corollae calycem vix aequanüs tubus cytindricus, 

 lobi parvi, erecti, obovati, emarginati et quasi subincisi. 



Centralchina: Szechuan, bei Ta-tsien-lu (Prinz Henri d'Orlöans). 



Nota. Speciem non vidi. Medium tenet inter Primultint et Amlrosaces Sc 

 primulam, corollis. parvis distincta, Pr. Rosthornii et Pr. cinerascenti afßnis. — A cL I' 

 in Enutneratione fl. sinensis (Engler's bot. Jahrb. XXIX. cum nonnullis aliis speciebus omissa. 



6. Pr. Clarkei Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1882) 4 t. 3 B.; Hook. I. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. III. (4 882) 484; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 4 67. — Glaberrima, habitu 

 Violae species simulans. Folia petiolata, 3-^4 cm longa et lata, orbiculari-cordata, apice 

 subrotundata, dentata vel crenata, membranacea; petioli 7 — 9 cm longi, lamina multo 

 longiores. Scapus nullus. Pedicelli graciles, 2 — 5, petiolos aequantes vel breviores. 

 Calyx late campanulatus, sub anlhesi 5 mm fere longus, post anthesin accrescens, lobis 

 late triangularibus, acutis. Corollae tubus 8 mm fere longus, calycem superans, gracilis. 

 limbus planus, 1 cm diametiens, lobis satis angustis, profunde emarginatis praeditus. 

 Capsula inclusa. 



Himalaya: Kaschmir, bei Poosiana, um 2300 m (C. B. Clarke!). 



Nota. Pr. Clarkei foliis latis, cordatis, calyce late campanulato, post anthesin accrescente 

 omni jure inter species Sinensitim militat, sed affinitas cum alia specie hujus sectionis dubia 

 n manet et habitus pro sectione valde peculiaris. 



7. Pr. Pvosthornii Diels in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1900) 520. — Fotta 

 petiolata, 4,5 — 6 cm longa et lata, membranacea, imprimis secus nervös pilis brunneis 

 patentibus lanuginosa, e basi cordata suborbiculata, sinuato-crenata, crenis leviter denti- 

 culatis; petioli lamina longiores, 5 — 7 cm longi, brunneo-lanuginosi. Scapus folia 

 aequans vel paullo superans, cum pedicellis 1,5 — 2,5 cm longis patenti-lanuginosus, 

 umbellam 3 — 7-floram vel umbellas 2 superpositas gerens. Calyx late campanulatus, 

 ad 1,5 cm longus, valide nervosus; lobi lanceolato-oblongi, acuti, ciliati. Corollae roseo- 

 purpureae tubus quam calyx brevior, limbus crateriformis, lobi ad 5 mm longi et lati, 

 emarginati. 



Centralchina: Szechuan, bei Nanchuan (v. Bosthorn n. 2173!). 



8. Pr. cinerascens Franch. in Morot, Journ. de bot. IX. (1895) 4 »8; Diels in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1900) 520. — Folia petiolata, 2 — 4 cm longa, pube biwi 

 cinerascentia, e basi aperte cordata suborbiculata vel ovata, obscure vel manifeste siim- 

 ato-crenata, crenis minute denticulatis; petioli 3 — 6 cm longi, lamina longiores, lanu- 

 ginosi. Scapus folia superans, inferne lanatus, superne puberulus, umbellam 3 — 8-floram 

 gerens; bracteae lanceolatae, cum pedicellis 2 — 4 cm longis parce pubescentes. Calyx 

 7 — 8 mm longus, fere glaber, valide multinervius , late campanulatus; lobi ad caly« is 

 medium incisi, anguste lanceolati, acutissimi, demum rigidi. Corollae roseo-purpureae 

 tubus calycem paullo superans, limbus crateriformis, 15 mm diametiens, lobi obovati. 

 bflobl. Capsula ovata, calyce paullo longior. 



Centralchina: Szechuan, Wald bei Chengkou (F arges n. 551). 



Nota. Indumento cinerascente, corollae tubo caly« ein excedente a Pr. Bo itt p r w tf , cui 

 proxima, di versa; iloribus majoribus, ut in Pr. IJMthonm, a Pr. pjjenohba distmcta. Cfr. QOtaifl 

 post lianc speciem. 



9. Pr. Listeri King in Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind. III. (1882) 48.»: Pa* in Engler'l 

 Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 167; Forbes and Hcmsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. (18 

 39. — Pr. obeonica var. rolmnli folia et var. glubmeeru Franch. in Bull. Soc bot, 

 France XXXIII. (4886) 66; in Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'hisl. nat. Paris 2 scr. X. (1887) 55; 

 Pax, 1. c. 168. — Folia petiolata, 4 — 5 cm longa et lata, glabrescentia vel glal.ia. 

 iiicinlu-anacea, opaca, e basi cordata reniformi-orbicularia, sinuato-dentata, lobis in 

 lartter paucidentalis vel subintegris, acutis; petioli graciles, 6 — 10 cm longi. lamina 

 manifeste longiores, brevissime pubescentes, glabrescentes. Scapus 5 — 6 cm kn 

 foliis multo brevior, glabrescens, 3 — 5-florus; bracteae parvae, lineares; pedkeffi I — 

 2 cm longi, filiformes. Calw sul» anlhesi fere 10 mm longus, post anthesin paullo 

 accrescens, fere glaber, late campanulatus, lobi late semiorbicularcs, obtusi vel vix 



