K)8 F. Pax u. R. Knuth. — Primulaceae. 



n. 832!, 833!, 834!, 470l!, 4706!, 4707!), Miao-wang-shan (Giraldi n. 4705!), 

 Ngo-shan (Giraldi n. 4702!, 4704!). Tschili, Siao-wu-tai-shan (v. Möllendorff!). 



139. Pr. tangutica Pax n. sp. — Glabra, efarinosa. Folia fere sessilia, 5 — 8 cm 

 longa, 2 — 2,5 cm lata, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, acuta, basin versus attenuata, inte- 

 gerrima vel tenuiter denticulata, nervo medio latissimo, albido percursa. Scapus validus, 

 35 — 40 cm altus, glaber, umbellas superpositas, sub anthesi 4 cm inter se distantes 

 gerens; bracteae 1 — 1,5 cm longae, e basi lata long« acuminatae; pedicelü 1,5 — 2,'» cm 

 longi; flores in umbella 4 — 6, mox cernui. Calycis glaucescentis, 12 mm longi, tubuloso- 

 campanulati, ad trientem partem fere incisr lobi trianguläres, acuti, ciliolati. Corollae 

 purpureae tubus calyce sesquilongior, ad 15 mm longus, limbus 2 cm diameliens, lobi 

 angusti, lineares. — Fig. 30. 



Nordchina: Kansu (Potanin!). 



Nota. Species haec nova, in Herb, berol. asservata, affinis est Pr. szeehttanicac i 

 Maximoicicxii, a quibus differt calyce magno et corollae satis magnae lobis linear ibus. 



Sect. 15. Omphalogramma (Franch.) Pax. 



Omphalogramma Franch. in Bull. Soc. bot. France XXXII. (1885) 272; XLV. 

 (1898) 178. — Sect. Barbatae Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 209. 

 Verbreitungsgebiet vom Sikkim-Himalaya bis Westchina. 



Clavis speciernm. 



A. Flos cum foliis nascens vel posterior. Folia in petiolum 

 attenuata. 



a. Corolla 5 — 7 cm longa 140. Pr. Franci 



b. Corolla 4 cm longa. 



er. Corollae lobi emarginati 141. Pr. vineiflora. 



ß. Corollae lobi denticulati 142. Pr. Ehccsiana. 



B. Flos foliis praecocior. Folia petiolata 143. Pr. Delavagi. 



140. Pr. Franchetii Pax. — Omphalogramma Souliei Franch. in Bull. Soc. 

 bot. France XLV. (1898) 180. — Habitu Qesneriae species simulans. Folia <• 

 subtus glaucescentia, margine et ad nervös parce pilosa, chartacea, integerrima. Scapus 

 cum calyce et corollae superificie exteriore pubescens. Calycis profunde 6-partiti lobi 

 6 — 10 mm longi, anguste lanceolati, subacuti. Corollae coeruleo-violaceae, 5 — 7 cm 

 longae tubus sensim ampliatus, basi 1 cm, ad faucem plus quam 2 cm latus, lobi ob- 

 ovati, patentes, late et breviter bilobi, obscure crenulati; corolla intus pilis nigris, minima, 

 capitellatis conspersa. 



Westchina, am Mekongfluß, bei Sela unweit Yerkalo (Soulie). 



Nota. Species, a me non visa, floribus pro genero maximis distinclissima! Nomen 

 Franchetianum transmutandum erat, natn Pr. Sotdiei Franch. (1895) prioritate gaudet. et 

 genus Omphalogramma mihi cum Primula conjungendum videtur. Nomen novum dedi in honorem 

 cl. Franc het Parisiensis, perscrutatoris Primularum sinensium felicissimi. 



141. Pr. vineiflora Franch. in Card. Chron. 3. ser. I. (1887) 575 f. 108; 

 Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 210; Forbes and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXVI. (1889) 43. — Omphalogramma vineiflora Franch. in Bull. Soc. bot. 

 France XLV. (1898) 180. — Bhizoma extra folia squamis subfoliaeeis praeditnni: 

 squamae membranaceae, fulvae, albo-marginatae, obtusae, sensim in folia abein 

 simul ac folia glandulis testaeeis, sessilibus vestita. Folia zh petiolata, floribus coaetanea, 

 papyracea, obovata vel oblongo-obovata, integra vel vix crenulata, in petiolum longe 

 attenuata, praeter glandulos pilis albidis vestita. Scapus uniflorus, ebracteatus, 15 CBQ 

 altus, glanduloso-pilosus. Calycis dense glanduloso-pubescentis, 10 — 12 mm longi, fere 

 ad basin partiti lobi lanceolato-lineares, subobtusi. Corollae tubus calycem malt 

 excedens, ad 3,5 cm longus, flavescens, extus pilis nigris, glandulosis obsitus, fau 



