32 F- Pax u. R. Knuth. — Primulaceae. 



Ostabhang des tibetanischen Hochlandes: Mupin (Delavay); Yun-nan: 

 oberhalb Hokin und Tapintze, 1800 m (Delavay!). 



2 6. Pr. vaginata Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1882) 4 t. 2 f. B; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. III. (1882) 484; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 169. — Puberula 

 vel glabra. Folia petiolata, e basi cordata orbiculata, subseptemloba, lobi parum promi- 

 nentes; petioli 3 — 4 cm longi, folia aequantes vel paullo superantes, basi abrupte et 

 late vaginato-dilatati. Scapus folia superans, 6 — 8 cm altus, glaber, umbellam 3 — 

 6-floram gerens; bracteae 6 — 8 mm longae, lanceolatae, pedicellis breviores; pedi* ■••Ui 

 ± 1 cm longi. Calyx late campanulatus/ pilosus, ad 5 — 6 mm longus, lobi triangu- 

 läres, subacuti. Corollae lilacinae tubus calycem superans, ad 5 mm longus, ore annu- 

 latus, limbus 1 cm fere diametiens, lobi late obcordati, emarginati vel l-dentafi. 



Sikkim-Himalaya: Laghep, 3000 m (C. B. Clarke!). 



Nota. Species parviflora, petiolis basi manifeste vaginantibus valde insignis. 



Sect. 2. Fallaces Pax. 



Fallaces Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 170. 

 Die Arten dieser Sektion sind sämtlich auf Japan beschränkt. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Scabro-pilosula 27. Pr. jesoana. 



B. Pilis dr mollibus vestita. 



a. Calyx ultra medium fissus; lobi acuti 28. Pr. kisom 



b. Calyx fere vel vix ad medium fissus. 



a. Calycis lobi ovati, obtusi, mucronulati 29. Pr. Reinü. 



ß. Calycis lobi angusti, subulati, acuti 30. Pr. tosacti- 



Nota. Species hujus sectionis certissime affines videntur Sect. Sinensium, sed Capsula 

 cylindrica, calycem multo superante distant; fructus autem tantum in una specie bene noti sunt. 

 Pr. megaseaefolia a me olim in hanc affinitatem relata nunc melius inter Sect. Carolin • •Warn 

 ponenda videtur. 



27. Pr. jesoana Miq. Prolus. Fl. japon. (1866) 283. — Franchet et Savatier, 

 Enum. pl. Japon. I. (1875) 299; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 170. — Pr. 

 yedoensis Franchet et Savatier, Enum. pl. Japon. II. (1879) 429. — Folia petiolata, 

 ad 7 cm longa et lata, cordato-rotundata, breviter subacute angulata et dentata, raera- 

 branacea, margine scabro-pilosula; petioli 8 — 15 cm longi. Scapus folia supeiiins, 

 umbellas 2 superpositas, 2 — 4-floras gerens; bracteae lineares, parvae; pedicelli bracteas 

 superantes, ad 2 cm longi. Calyx glaber, ultra medium fissus, vix 1 cm longus, lobi 

 lanceolati, acuti. Corollae (rubellae?) infundibuliformis tubus calycem duplo superans, 

 lobi cuneato-obcordati, tubum fere aequantes. 



Japan: Jesso (Sugerok nach Miquel). 



28. Pr. kisoana Miq. Prolus. Fl. japon. (1866) 283; Jinouma Yokoussai, So- 

 Mo-Kou Zoussetz ed. 2. III. (1874) 22; Franchet et Savatier, Enum. pl. Japon. I. (1875) 

 299; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 170. — Pr. hirsuta Siebold in Sched. 

 ex Miquel. — Villosula-pubescens, demum glabrescens. Folia petiolata, ad 6 cm longa 

 et lata, cordato-rotundata, breviter et obtuse pluri-angulata et crenata, crenis rob- 

 < alliferis praedita. Scapus pauciflorus, 2 — 5-florus; bracteae lanceolatae; pedicelli ad 

 1,5 cm longi. Calyx hirtellus, 1 cm fere longus, ultra medium fere ad basin fissus, 

 lobi lanceolato-lineares. Corollae (rubellae?) tubus calycem duplo superans, apice dilatatus, 

 lobi tubo breviores, obcordati, late emarginati. 



Japan: Kiso, alpine Hegion (Keiske). 

 Nota. Species vix rite nota. 



«9. Pr. Eeinii Franchet et Savatier, Knum. pl. Japon. II. (1879) 428; Pax in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 170. — Pilis elongatis, pluricellularibus praesertim ad 



