Primula. 79 



pedicelli flexuosi, filiformes, Horem aequantes vel superantes. Corollao limbus 10 — 14 mm 

 diametiens, lobi quam tubus vix breviores. 



Nordost-Kaukasus, in der subalpinen und Waldregion, 300 — 3000 m: Terektal 

 (Ruprecht, Radde!, A. H. et V. F. Rrotherus, PI. cauc. n. 739!). 



Subsp. II. farinifolia (Ruprecht) Kusnetzow, Fl. cauc. crit. IV. (1901) HO. — 

 Pr. farinifolia Ruprecht in Bull. Acad. St. Petersbourg VI. (1863) 236; Regel in Acta 

 horti petropol. III. (1874) 143; Boiss. Fl. orient. IV. (1879) 29; Pax in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. X. (1889) 191. — Folia subtus albo-farinosa, in petiolum laminam superantem 

 attenuata. Scapus (etiam fructifer) foliis brevior vel paullo tantum superans; umbella 

 saepius multiflora; pedicelli longissimi. Corollae limbus minor, 4 — 6 mm diametiens, 

 lobi quam tubus duplo breviores. 



Ostkaukasus, Daghestan, in feuchten Felsspalten der subalpinen Region, 1200 

 bis 2300 m (Ruprecht). 



Nota. Pr. farinifoliam Ruprecht non vidi; secundum cl. Kusnetzow 1. c. specics haec 

 cum Pr. darialica in unam conjungenda est. — In districtu Chewsuria Caucasi inagni occurrit 

 forma subsp. fartnifoliae, a cl. Kusnetzow f. chewsurica laudata, »foliis majoribus longio- 

 ribusque, pluriens denudatis vel paullo tantum subtus albo-farinosis, umbellis multifloris« insignis. 



90. Pr. efarinosa Pax n. sp. — Efarinosa, glaberrima. Folia membranacea, zb 

 4 cm longa, 1,5 cm lata, oblongo-obovata, obtusa, in petiolum alatum, laminam aequan- 

 tem vel breviorem attenuata, argute eroso-denticulata. Scapus folia superans, 13 — 

 1 8 cm altus, umbellam laxam, multifloram gerens ; bracteae dz 6 mm longae, e basi 

 saccata acuminatae; pedicelli graciles, dz flexuosi, 1,5 cm fere longi. Calycis 7 mm 

 longi, tubuloso-campanulati, non ad medium fissi lobi breviter trianguläres, subobtusi. 

 Corollae violaceae tubus calvcem paullo superans, fauce non constrictus, limbus 1,5 cm 

 diametiens, lobi anguste obovati, profunde emarginato-bifidi. Capsula globosa, calyce 

 inclusa. 



Centralchina: Westhupeh (E. H. Wilson n. 1851 !). 

 Nota. Affinis Pr. Knuthianae. 



91. Pr. Knuthiana Pax n. sp. — Farinosa, glaberrima. Folia membranacea, 

 4 — 5 cm longa, 1,5 — 2 cm lata, oblongo-obovata vel lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, in 

 petiolum alatum, a lamina discretum vel vix discretum, laminam aequantem vel breviorem 

 attenuata, subtus dense farinosa, denticulata. Scapus folia aequans vel superans, 1 — 

 1 4 cm altus, umbellam laxam, multifloram gerens; bracteae dz 6 mm longae, e basi 

 lata subulato- acuminatae, basi vix gibbosae; pedicelli gracillimi, flexuosi, 1,5 — 2 cm 

 longi, fructiferi erecti, paullo tantum longiores. Calycis 7 — 10 mm longi, aperte cam- 

 panulati, ad medium fissi lobi trianguläres, acuti. Corollae violaceae tubus calycem 

 superans, fauce constrictus, limbus 1 ,5 cm diametiens, lobi obcordati, profunde emarginati. 

 Capsula globosa, calyce inclusa. — Fig. 25. 



Nordshensi. 



Var. a. brevipes Pax. — Folia minora, sub anthesi juvenilia, demum in petiolum 

 brevem sensim attenuata, vix manifeste petiolata. Scapus folia superans. Umbella 

 valde multiflora. Calyx 7 — 8 mm longus. — Fig. 25Ä 



Nordshensi: Ki-san (Giraldi n. 839!), am Berge Hua-tou-san n. 836!, 4709!, 

 7088!), Lao-y-shan (Giraldi n. 4708!). — Herb. Berol. 



Var. ß. major Pax. — Folia majora, tenuioria, sub anthesi evoluta, in petiolum 

 laminam subaequantem contracta. Scapus folia aequans. Umbella 4 — 5-flora. Calyx 

 9 — 10 mm longus. — Fig. 25-4. 



Nordshensi: Tai-pa-shan (Giraldi n. 471 0!). — Herb, berol. 



Nota. Species supra descripta habitu simillima est Pr, frondosae. sed calyx aperte cam- 

 panulatus et Capsula globosa calyce inclusa omnino alieni. 



92. Pr. frondosa Janka in Österr. bot. Zeitschr. XXIII. (1873) 204; Boiss. Fl. 

 orient. IV. (1879) 30; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 201; Widmer, Europ. 

 Arten Primul. (1891) 123; Velenovsky, Fl. bulg. (1891) 477. — Pr. farinosa Griseb. 

 Spicileg. Fl. rumel. II. (1844) 2. — Pr, farinosa var. turcica Frivaldsky, Exsicc. — 



