Primula. 97 



a. Corollae lobi obcordali. Flores 6 mm diametientes 122. Pr. muscoi<h<. 



ß. Corollae lobi lineares. Flores ±z 15 mm diametientes 123. Pr. tenuiloba. 



b. Calycis lobi denticulati 12 4. Pr. Stirtoniana. 



118. Pr. tenella King ex Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1882) 13 t. 12 1 '; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. HI. (1892) 482; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 204. — 

 Glaberrima. Folia farinosa, petiolata, 1,5 cm longa, 1 cm lata, obovata vel rhomboidea, 

 acuta, supra medium crenulato-dentata, in petiolum alatutn, laminam aequantem vel 

 superantem cuneato-attenuata. Scapus filiformis, gracilis, 3 — 5 cm altus, umbellam 

 l-floram gerens; bractea minuta, calyce brevior; pedicellus nullus. Calycis 6 mm longi, 

 tubulosi, campanulati ad medium fere fissi lobi obtusi. Corollae coeruleo-albae tubus 

 gracilis, faucem versus infundibuliformi-ampliatus, calycem multo superans, limbus 2 cm 

 diametiens, lobi late obcordati, profunde emarginati. 



Osttibet: Chumbithal, bei Phari, zwischen Sikkim und Bhutan. 4000 — 5000 m 

 (King!). 



119. Pr. bella Franch. in Bull. Soc. bot. France XXXII. (1885) 268; Pax in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 204; Forbes and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 

 (1889) 37. — Gracilis, caespitosa, glabra. Folia cum petiolo laminam aequante vel 

 superante 1 — 3 cm longa, subtus albo-farinosa, longe petiolata, ovata vel sutÄ>rbiculata, 

 inciso-lobata, lobis angustis, linearibus, acutis vel mucronulatis praedita, in petiolum 

 angustissime alatum attenuata. Scapus folia superans, I — 2 — 3-florus; bracteae lanceo- 

 latae, acutae, integrae vel apice tridentatae; pedicelli 1 mm longi. Calycis 6 mm longi, 

 aperte campanulati, ad medium fissi lobi deltoideo-ovati, acuti, interdum apice tridentati. 

 Corollae purpureo-violaceae tubus cylindricus, calycem paullo superans, limbus fauce 

 pilis albidis densis obsitus, 2 — 2,5 cm diametiens, lobi obovato-cuneati, ultra medium 

 bilobulati. Capsula oblonga, parva, calyce inclusa. 



Yun-nan: Gipfel des Berges Tsang-chan (Delavay). 



120. Pr. yunnanensis Franch. in Bull. Soc. bot. France XXXII. (1885) 269; 

 Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 204; Forbes and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXVI. (1889) 43. — Parvula, glabra. Folia cum petiolo quam lamina breviore 

 1 — 1,5 cm longa, obovato-oblonga, in petiolum alatum attenuata, subtus saepius fari- 

 nosa, crenulata. Scapus foliis 3 — 4-plo longior, umbellam 1 — 2-floram gerens; bracteae 

 lanceolatae, acutae; pedicelli breves, 6 — 7 mm fere longi. Calycis 6 — 7 mm longi, 

 aperte campanulati, ad medium fissi lobi deltoideo-lanceolati, acuti. Corollae purpureo- 

 violaceae tubus gracilis, calycem duplo fere superans, limbus 2 — 2,5 cm diametiens, 

 parum concavus, lobi profunde bilobulati. Capsula ovoidea, parva, calyce inclusa. 



Yun-nan: Felsspalten im Kalkgebirge am Fuße des Gletschers Li-kiang (Delavay). 



121. Pr. diantha Bureau et Franch. in Morot, Journ. de bot. V. (1891) 97. — 

 Caespitosa, humilis, brevissime puberula. Folia 1,5 — 2 cm longa, 4 — 5 mm lata, subtus 

 apicem versus paullo farinosa, lanceolato-oblonga vel ovata, obtusa, exteriora integra, 

 interiora satis grosse dentata, basin versus in petiolum a lamina vix discretum, brevem 

 attenuata, fere subsessilia. Scapus vix I cm longus, umbellam 2-floram gerens; 

 bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, margine farinosae; pedicelli sub anthesi breves, 3 — 5 mm 

 longi, fructiferi longiores, scapum aequantes. Calycis 6 mm longi, campanulati, vix ad 

 medium fissi lobi trianguläres, acuti vel obtusi, margine albo-farinbsi. Corollae tubus 

 • ylindricus, calycem duplo superans, ad 10 mm longus, limbus 16 — 18 mm diametiens, 

 lobi anguste obcordati, leviter tantum emarginati vel subintegri. Capsula subcylindrica, 

 calycem superans. 



Centralchina, Szechuan: Gebirgspässe bei Batang, 4300 m (Prinz Henri 

 d'Orleans). 



Nota. Species quoad affinitatem adhuc incertae sedis mihi videtur, imprimis corollae lobis 

 integris vel subintegris, capsulu cylindrica, calycem valde excedente a speciebus hujus sectionis 

 recedit; an melius in sectionem Macrocarparum transferenda? 



A. Engler, Da« Pflanzenreich. IV. 237. 7 



