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



versus paullo ampliatus, limbus planus, 1 ,5 cm fere diametiens, lobi obovati, vix emar- 

 ginati. Capsula subcylindrica. Semina pallida, papulosa. — Fig. 3 kB. 



Himalaya, von Kashmir bis Sikkim, 3600 — 4000 m: Nepal, Gossain Than 

 (Wallich!); Sikkim (Tanner!). 



172. Pr. Gambeliana Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1882) 3 t. 1 ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. III. (1882) 483; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 216. — Gemmae 

 farinosae. Folia squamis ovatis involucrata, longe petiolata, fere orbiculata, dz 2 cm 

 diametientia, membranacea, basi cordata, sinu clauso praedita, dentata; petiolus lamina 

 longior, 4 — 6 cm longus. Scapus 1 2 cm altus, folia superans, glaber, umbellam sim- 

 plicem, 2 — 7-floram gerens; bracteae lanceolatae, 1 cm longae, acutae; pedicelli ghbri 

 1 — 1,5 cm longi. Calycis 6 mm longi, minute puberuli, campanulati, ultra medium fissi 

 lobi lanceolati, acuti. Corollae purpureae tubus calycem duplo superans, faucem exannu- 

 latam versus ampliatus, limbus 2 — 2,5 cm diametiens, lobi obcordati, emarginati. 



Sikkim-Himalaya, Jongri, 4600 m (Watt). 

 Nota. Arctissime affinis Pr. rotundifoliae et forsan tantum hujus varietas minor; sed flores 

 majores et inflorescentia glabra. 



173. Pr. pulchra Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1882) 3 t. 2 A ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. III. (1882) 483; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 216. — Glaberrima, 

 efarinosa. Caulis basi vaginis elongatis instructus. Folia petiolata, dz 3 cm longa, 

 1,5 cm lata, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, subtus glauca, basi truncato-rotundata vel snl>- 

 cordata, acuta, undulata; petiolus laminam aequans, 2 — 3 cm longus. Scapus brevis, 

 folia vix superans, 3 cm altus, umbellam simplicem, 2 — 10-floram gerens; bracteae 

 membranaceae, anguste lanceolatae, acutae, 1 cm longae; pedicelli elongati, 2,5 — 3 cm 

 longi, laxiusculi. Calycis 8 mm longi, campanulati, ad medium fissi lobi trianguläres, 

 acuti. Corollae purpureae tubus calycem superans, infundibuliformis, fauce obscure 

 annulatus, limbus 2,5 cm diametiens, lobi late obcordati, emarginati simulque ± denticul;tti. 



Sikkim-Himalaya: Lachen, 4000 — 4600 m (J. D. Hooker!); Jongri (Watt 



174. Pr. cordifolia Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 216. — Glabra, 

 efarinosa. Folia longe petiolata, 4 cm longa, 6 cm lata, chartacea, reniformi-cordata, 

 obtusa, subaequaliter dentata, dentes mucronulati; petiolus 6 — 7 cm longus. Sc.ipns 

 12 cm altus, umbellam 5-floram gerens; bracteae lineares, acuminatae; pedicelli 1 cm 

 fere longi. Calycis 5 mm longi, campanulati, fere ad basin partiti lobi lanceolati, acuti. 

 Corollae (purpureae?) tubus calycem duplo superans, faucem versus ampliatus, limbus 

 infundibuliformis, 1 cm fere diametiens, lobi rhombei, obtusi, integri. 



Sikkim-Himalaya: Singhaiila ridge von Tonglo nach Falut, 3000 — 4000 m 

 (Schlagintweit n. 14733! in Herb, vratisl.). 



Sect. 19. Sredinskya Stein. 



Sredinskya Stein in Samenkatal. bot. Garten Breslau 1881; Kusnetzow, Fl. cum. 

 critica IV. (1901) 116. — Sect. Cordifoliae Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 214 

 ex parte. 



Species unica: 



17... Pr. grandis Trautv. in Bull. Acad. Mtenboorg \. (1866) 395; Regel in 

 Acta horti petropol. III. (1874) 131; Boiss. Fl. Orient. IV. (1879) 131; Regel in 

 Gartenflora XXVIII. (1879) 69 t. 968; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 115; 

 Levier et Sommier, in Acta horti petropol. XVI. (1900) 333; Kusnetzow, Fl. cauc. oft. 

 IV. (1901) 116. — Robusta, elata, macrophylla, efarinosa. Folia petiolata ± 1 ."> an 

 longa, 12 cm lata, chartacea, rugulosa, ovata vel triangnlari-ovata, basi cordata vel 

 subcordata, irregulariter duplicato-crenata, subtus tenuissime pulverulaeeo-puberula; 

 petiolus laminam superans, 20 — 28 cm longus, anguste alatus. Scapus robustus, folia 

 superans, umbellam multifloram gerens; bracteae breves, lanceolato-lincnrcs, acuminatae; 

 pedicelli filiformes, pendnli, 5 — 6 cm longi. Calycis ad 8 mm longi, campanulati, 



