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



— Glabra, efarinosa. Folia membranacea, 5 cm longa, 2 — 3 cm lata, oblonga, obtusa, 

 in petiolum brevissimum, alatum attenuata, fere sessilia, eroso-denticulata. Scapus 

 robustus, 6 cm fere altus, folia aequans vel superans, umbellam simplicem, multifloram 

 gerens; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, quam pedicelli breviores; pedicelli stricti, 

 crassiusculi. Flores (ex Franchet) inter majores. Calycis cupularis lobi late ovati, 

 apice 2 — 3-dentati. Capsula calycis tubo dilatato inclusa, subglobosa. Semina atra, 

 papulosa. 



Centralchina: Mittelgebirge des Yangtze- Durchbruchs, Haopin bei Chengkou, 

 4400 m (Farges n. 974). 



Nota 4. Verisimiliter ad hanc speciem pertinet specimen a cl. Giraldi sub numero 837 

 in Monte Huatzopin provinciae sinensis Shensi lectum, tantum statu fructifero in herbario bero- 

 linensi asservatum. 



Nota 2. In herb, berol. asservatur Pr. species a E. EL Wilson in provincia sinensi 

 occidentali Hupeh dicta sub n. 4834 et n. 2064 lecta, Pr. odontocaiyci proxime affinis vel ejus 

 varietas. A typo differt umbella 4-flora, calycis lobis integris vel leviter undulatis, scapo graci- 

 liore. Plantae huic adhuc vix rite notae ad interim nomen dedi Pr. tenuissimae Pax. 



45. Pr. mupinensis Franch. in Bull. Soc. bot. France XXXIH. (4 886) 67; in 

 Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'hist. nat. Paris 2. ser. X. (4 887) 57 t. 4 4 b ; Pax in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. X. (4 889) 4 75; Diels in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1900) 52 4. — Glaberrima. 

 Folia tenuiter membranacea, nervis prominulis destitula, 5 cm longa, 2 — 2,5 cm lata, 

 obovata vel oblongo-obovata, obtusa, in petiolum brevissimum, alatum attenuata, fere 

 sessilia, argute et irregulariter serrata. Scapus ad 8 cm altus, folia aequans vel superans, 

 parce aureo-farinosus vel subcalvescens, umbellam simplicem gerens; bracteae parvae, 

 lanceolatae, acuminatae; pedicelli bracteas longe superantes, 4 — 4,5 cm longi. < 



sub anthesi 6 mm longus, aureo-farinosus vel nudus, infundibuliformis, lobi triangu- 

 läres, acuti. Corollae pallide roseae tubus calycem duplo fere superans, ad 1 ,5 cm 

 longus, anguste infundibuliformis, ore exannulato praeditus, limbus 20 — 22 mm dia- 

 metiens, lobi obcordati, emarginati. 



Ostabfall des tibetanischen Hochlandes: Mupin, am Ufer von Gebirgs- 

 bächen (David). 



46. Pr. Tanneri King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LV. (1886) 227 t. 8; Pax in 

 Englers Bot. Jahrb. X. (4 889) 4 75. — Glabra, efarinosa. Folia petiolata, 5 cm l 



3 — 4 cm lata, deltoidea, acuta, basi aperte cordata, irregulariter et argute serrula, 

 juvenilia subtus glauca et interdum imprimis secus nervös leviter puberula; petioli — 

 4 cm longi, angustissime subalati, basi vaginatim dilatati. Scapus 4 2 — 4 8 cm altus, 

 gracilis, umbellam simplicem, 2 — 8-floram gerens; bracteae parvae, e basi dilatata subu- 

 latae; pedicelli 4 — 4,5 cm longi. Calyx infundibuliformis, ± 4 mm longus, lobi lanceo- 

 lati, acuminati. Corollae dilute violaceae tubus calycem paullo tantum superans, an. 

 infundibuliformis, ore annulato praeditus, limbus vix 2 cm diametiens, lobi ovati, pro- 

 fundius emarginati. 



Sikkim-Himalaya, 3 — 4000 m: Chumbi Valley (King's Collector). 



Nota. In herb, calcuttensi adest ex cl. King specimen Primulae a R. Pantling in La. Ii.n 

 Valley lectum fructibus juvenilibus praedilum, foliis Pr. Tanneri simile, cujus schcdulae collector 

 adnotavit »corolla of Ibis plant is purple with a yellow eye«. Cl. King plantam Pantlingiunam 

 pro specie nova cognovit et ad interim Pr. deltoidcam noniinavit. Valde afßnia Pr. Tai 

 sunt specimina in Herb, kewensi et calcuttensi asservata sub nomine nudo Pr. Balfouria nac Watt 



47. Pr. pellucida Franch. in Bull. Soc. bot. France XXXV. (4 888) 428; Forbes and 

 Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. See. XXVI. (4 889) 41. — Folia petiolata, intens.' viri.lia, te- 

 nuiter membranacea, pilis mollibus imprimis ad petiolum et subtus ad nervös consi* 

 cum petiolo 6 cm longa, 2 cm lata, ovata, apice rotundata, basi cordata, crenato-.l. n- 

 tata. Scapus foliis subduplo longior, hirtellus; bracteae breves, subulatae, pedicellis 

 gracilibus 3 — 5-plo breviores. Cahx fere membranaceus, 4 — 5 mm longus, gUberri- 

 mus, aperte campanulatus, lobi ovato-lanceolati, acutissimi. Corollae pallide purpureo- 

 violaceae, tenerrimae tubus cylindricus, calycem duplo superans, 4 — 4 2 mm longus, 



