1 04 F. Pax u. R. Knuth. — Primulaceae. 



var. purpurea Regel in Acta horti petropol. III. (4 874) 137; Pax in Engler'fl Bot. 

 Jahrb. X. (1889) 208; Derganc in Acta horti petropol. XXI. (1874) 373. — Pr. Stuart» 

 var. purpurea Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XX. (1882) 12 t. 9; Hook. f. 11. 

 Brit. Ind. III. (1882) 490. — Bobusta vel suhrobusta. Folia 5—10 cm longa, 1 — 

 3 cm lata, subtus farinosa, sub anthesi ± evoluta, distanter crenulata. Pedicelli 1 — 

 2,5 cm longi. Flores interdum in umbellas superpositas dispositi. Calyx purpurascens. 

 Flores purpurei. 



Himalaya, vom Hindukusch durch Westtibet bis Kumaon; vielleicht nicht 

 mehr in Sikkim. Hindukusch (Duthie!);. Tibet, Dschalori-Pass (Heyde!); Himalaja 

 (Falconer!, Munro!), Kashmir (Duthie n. 11180!), Garwhal (Duthie n. 70 

 Kumaon (Wallich, Collet!). 



Var. rj. Moorcroftiana (Wall.) Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 207. — 

 Pr. Moorcroftiana Wall. Numer. List (1828) 4988; Klatt in Journ. of Bot. VI. (1868) 

 120. — Pr. Stuartii var. Moorcroftiana Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1882) 12 t. \: 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. III. (1882) 490. — Minor. Folia 8—10 cm longa, 1,5 cm luv 

 lata, efarinosa vel parcissime farinosa, saepius integerrima, sub anthesi dl evoluta vel 

 vix evoluta. Pedicelli breves. Flores purpurei. Scapus quam in var. praeced. humilior. 



Von Kashmir und Tibet bis Kumaon im Himalaya. Kashmir, Bunfl-Paaf 

 (Duthie n. 14031!), Chitral (Duthie n. 1 6 336!); Westtibet (Hooker und Thomson!), 

 Ladak (Schlagintweit n. 1899!, 1943!), Nubra (Neve!, Schlagintweit n. 2286'.); 

 Westhimalaya, Kulu (Schlagintweit n. 12367!), Kumaon (Schlagintweit n. 90 1*. ! . 

 9944!), Garwhal (Schlagintweit n. 8603!). 



Var. #. sinensis Pax n. var. — Pr. nivalis, var. purpurea Franch. in Bull. Soc. 

 bot. France XXXV. (1888) 429. — Pr. nivalis Forbes and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXVI. (1889) 40. — Bobusta. Folia floribus paullo posteriora, subtus densissime 

 aureo-farinosa, integerrima. Pedicelli breves; flores interdum in umbellas superpositas 

 dispositi. Calyx purpurascens, intus et ad margines loborum dense aureo-farinosus. 

 Corolla purpurascens. Capsula ad 3 cm longa. 



Yun-nan, Lan-kong, 3500 m (Delavay n. 751). W. Szechuan, Ta-tsien-lu 

 (Pratt n. 742?). 



Var. i. macrocarpa (Watt) Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 208. — 

 Stuartii var. macrocarpa Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1882) 12; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. III. (1882) 491. — Bobusta. Folia subtus leviter farinosa, cum petiolo alato 

 12 — 20 cm longa, 1,5 — 2,5 cm lata, minute denticulata. Calyx sub fruetu 14 mm 

 longus, fere ad basin partitus, subcoriaceus. Capsula 2 cm longa. 



Sikkim-Himalaya, 5000 — 5600 m (J. D. Hooker n. 16 c !). 



Var. z. lineariloba (Watt) Pax in Engler's Bot. fehlt). X. (1889) 208. — 7V 

 Stuartii var. lineariloba Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1882) 12; Hook. f. FI. Brit 

 Ind. III. (1882) 491. — Corollae purpureae lobi angusti, divaricati. 



Tibet, im Norden von Sikkim (J. D. Hooker). 



Nota. Varietas haec valde incomplete, tantum floribus, nota est et forsan ad nli;un 

 speciem spectat. 



130. Pr. pulchella Franch. in Hüll. Soc. bot. France XXXV. (1888) 429; Foil.es 

 and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. (1889) 41. — Pr. Stuartii Franch. in Hüll. 

 Soc. bot. France XXXII. (1885) 270. — Glabra. Folia 5—11 cm longa, 1 — 1,5 CBQ 

 lata, subtus lutco-farinosa, anguste lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, revoluta, subtiliter dentft- 

 culata, basin versus longe angustata. Scapus 20 — 30 cm altus, risridus, uniIh Hain 

 inullifloram gerens; bracteae lanceolatae vel lineares, acuminatae; pedicelli 1 — 4 cm longi; 

 flores erecli. Calycis 8 mm longi, aureo-farinosi, demum denndati, ultra medium Bad 

 lobi lanceolati, acuti, haud raro inaequales. Corollae ad 2 cm longae, violaceae laboa 

 calycem duplo superans, limbus 2 cm diametiens, lobi breviter lobulati, nunr iniegri. 

 Capsula ovata, obtusa, calycem ± aequans. Semina minutissima, angulata, temdttime 

 scrobiculata. 



