102 F. Pax u. R. Knuth. — Primulaceae. 



squamis subfoliaceis circumdata. Scapus robustus, 20 — 30 cm altus, folia longe superans, 

 umbellam multifloram gerens; bracteae parvae, e basi lata subulato-acuminatae ; pedi- 

 celli 1 — 1,5 cm longi; flores leviter cernui. Calycis farinosi, campanulato-tubulosi, ad 

 12 mm longi, vix ad medium fissi lobi acuti vel obtusi. Corollae flavae tubus calycem 

 superans, infundibuliformi-ampliatus, limbus concavus, explanatus ad 2,5 cm diametiens, 

 lobi subrotundi, vix emarginati, hinc inde subcrenulati. 



Himalaya: Tihri-Garhwal, 4000 m (Gamble!); Nepal, Gossain Than (Wallicb!), 

 Sikkim (Dungboo!, King!). — In Kultur; 1845 von Sheriff Spiers in Granton House 

 aus Samen erzogen, die Mayor Grant au< Indien gesandt hatte. 



Nota. Pr. Stuartii arcte affinis est Pr. sikkimemi nee Pr. nirali, quacum cl. Watt afl 

 J. D. Hooker conjunxerunt. 



127. Pr. Prattii Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIX. (1893) 314. — »Pr. j>ul- 

 chellae arcte affinis, sed minor, gracilior, foliis subintegris, deorsum valde attenuatis, 

 floribus fere dimidio minoribus, flavis, corollae tubo sursum minus ampliato.« 



Centralchina, Szechuan (Pratt n. 522). 



Nota. »Pr. pulchclla Franchet is nearer Pr. Stuartii Wall., but differs aecording to 

 Franchet (in schedula) in the shape of capsule and in the seeds. Nevertheless there is liltle 

 or nothing to separate Pr. pulchella from Pr. Prattii beyond wbat is indicated above<. — 

 Speciem non vidi. Descriptio satis incompleta cl. autoris hie verbotenus reiterata est. 



128. Pr. elongata Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1882) 8 t. 6; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. India III. (1882) 490; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 207. — Glabra. 

 Folia 8 — 9 cm longa, ad 3 cm lata, membranacea, obovata, obtusa, crenulata, subtus 

 farinosa vel efarinosa, in petiolum brevem, 3 — 4 -cm longum, alatum sensim attenuata, 

 extus squamis subfoliaceis circumdata. Scapus folia duplo fere superans, 20 — 25 cm 

 altus, superne farinosus, umbellam subcongestam, 5 — 8-floram gerens; bracteae trian- 

 guläres, acutae; pedicelli breves, 0,5 cm fere longi; flores erecti. Calycis farinosi, 

 8 — 9 mm longi, tubulosi, ad medium fissi lobi lanceolati, acuti. Corollae ad 3 cm 

 longae, aureae tubus calycem multo superans, infundibuliformi-ampliatus, limbus con- 

 cavus, 2,5 cm diametiens, lobi ovati, truncati, emarginati et crenulati. 



Sikkim-Himalaya: Zemu-Thal, 4000 — 4100 m (J. D. Hooker!). — Selten»'. 

 Hooker nicht wieder aufgefundene Art, von der ich nur mangelhaftes Material sah. 



129. Pr. nivalis Pallas, Reise versch. Prov. russ. Reichs III. (1772 — 73) 723 

 t. G* f. 2; Lehmann, Monogr. Prim. (1817) 67; Duby in DC. Prodr. VIII. (184 4) 39; 

 Ledeb., Fl. ross. III. (1847 — 49) 10 ex parte; Herder in Acta horti petropol. I. (1872) 

 388; Regel in Acta horti petropol. III. (1874) 134 ex parte; Pax in Engler • Bot 

 Jahrb. X. (1889) 207. — Pr. oricntalis Willd. ex Roem. et Schult. Sylt IV. 1819) 

 785. — ?Pr. crassifolia Lehm. Monogr. Primul. (1817) 91 t. IX; Duby in DC. Prodr. 

 VIII. (1844) 39. — Pr. speciosa Gmel. ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2. II. (1841) 396. — 

 Glabra, farinosa vel efarinosa. Folia 8 — 12 cm longa, 1,5 — 3 cm lata, ovato-oblonga 

 vel lanceolata, obtusa vel subacuta, margine saepe recurva, crenato-dentata vel sub- 

 integra, in petiolum a lamina saepissime vix discretum, alatum, lamina breviorem sensim 

 attenuata, extus saepe squamis subfoliaceis cineta. Scapus robustus, 8 — 25 cm altus, 

 folia superans, umbellam multifloram, rarius umbellas 2 superpositas gerens: bracteat 

 e basi lata subulato-acuminatae; pedicelli satis breves, sub anthesi 0,5 — 3 cm longi, 

 post anthesin longiores; flores erecti. Calycis saepius farinosi, ad 12 mm longi, cupulati, 

 ultra medium fissi lobi lanceolati, acuti vel obtusiusnili. Corollae purpureae vol albae 

 tubus calycem superans, limbus 1,5 — 2 cm diametiens, lobi ovati, retusi. Capsula 

 calycem saepius duplo superans. Semina papulosa. 



Von den pontischen Gebirgen durch den Kaukasus, Turkestan, Afgha- 

 nistan, Himalaya bis Yun-nan und nordwärts durch den Altai bis ins Baikal- 

 gebict und Daurien; an Bachufern, auf feuchten Wiesen, in der Nähe schmelzen'!. t 

 Schnqefelder. Im Gebiete in lokal entwickelten Varietäten verbreitet. — In Kultur, 

 nach Nicholson, Dict. Garden. III. 221, seit 1790. — Liebt einen freien, sonnigen, aber 



