Androsace. 201 



arctica Kurtz in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1895) 469. — Densissime caespitosa; 

 caespites crispi, 5 — 10 cm et ultra diam. Radix multiceps, verticalis, 2 mm crassa. 

 Caudiculi breves, densissime ramosi, valde foliati. Folia imbricata, basi vaginata, oblonga 

 vel linearia, recurvata, obtusa, pilis ramosis et simplicibus dense veslita. Pedunculi 

 breves, circ. 3 mm longi, paullum pilosi. Calycis vix ad medium partiti laciniae glabrae, 

 ovato-triangulares. Capsulae 3 — 5-ovulatae valvae calycis lacinias vix superantes, apice 

 recurvatae. — Fig. 47 B. 



Tschuktschenhalbinsel a. d. Behringsstraße: St. Lorenzbucht (Eschscholtz!) 

 Luetke Hafen (Dr. AI. et Ar. Krause, Exped. d. Bremer geogr. Gesellschaft a. 1882 

 n. 13!). 



Nota. Species a cl. Trautvetter (in Acta hört, petropol. V. 2. (1878) 544) pro statu 

 vernali A. caespitosae sumpta est; sed cl. Chamisso sub fine Augusti et fratres Krause medio 

 mensis Septembri plantam collegerunt fructiferam; fructus mea opinione e floribus ejusdem anni 

 orti sunt. 



42. A. caespitosa Lehm, ex Spreng, in Isis (1817) 1290 t. 9; Duby in DC. 

 Prodr. VIII. (1844) 48; Boiss. Fl. Orient. IV. (1879) 15. — Ä. arctica Herder (nee 

 Cham, et Schlechtd.) in Acta hört, petropol. I. 2. (1872) 398. — A. baikalensis 

 Schlechtd. in sched. herb. Berol. ' — A. ochotensis Willd. ex Roem. et Schult. Syst. IV. 

 (1819) 786; Cham, et Schlechtd. in Linnaea I. (1826) 221; Martelli, Riv. monogr. 

 Androsace ( 1 890) 21. — Caespitosa, caespites 8 cm et ultra diam. Radix verticalis, 

 fusca, 2 mm crassa. Caules 5 cm longi, ramosissimi, dense conferti, etiam partibus 

 inferioribus foliati. Folia subimbricata, vaginata, lineari-lanceolata, longe acuminata, 

 obtusa, praeeipue apicem versus pilis ciliaribus albidis simplicibus, rarius paullum ramosis 

 obteeta. Pedunculi 5 mm longi, folia paullum superantes, glabri. Calycis ad medium 

 partiti laciniae glabrae, triquetro-obovatae, obtusiusculae. Corollae tubus calycis lacinias 

 superans, lobi obovati, limbus 7 mm diam. Capsulae valvae calycem vix superantes, apice 

 recurvatae. 



Nordpersien: Prov. Gilan, auf hohen Bergen (Pallas ex herb. Lehmann!). Ost- 

 sibirien: Ochotsk, auf Felsen (Merk!, sub nomine A. ochotensis Willd.); Arakam- 

 tchetchene Isl. (Wright in Herb. N. S. North Pacific Explor. Exped. a. 1853 — 56). 



Nota 4. In Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 290 Klatt refert plantas a Pallas et a Merk leetas 

 ad speciem eandem pertinere, et ego ipse has plantas distinguere non possum; A. ochotensis 

 Willd. itaque verisimiliter syn. A. caespitosae Lehm, sistit. 



Nota 2. Locus natalis a Lehmann indicatus mihi valde duhius! 



43. A. Vegae R. Knuth n. sp. — Dense caespitosa, caespites 10 cm diam. et ultra 

 formans. Radix verticalis, 1 mm crassa, atro-fusca. Caules 5 cm longi, regulariter ramosi, 

 dense conferti, etiam partibus inferioribus foliati. Folia subimbricata, vaginata, linearia, 

 obtusa, praeeipue apicem versus pilis albidis simplicibus vestita. Pedunculi 5 mm longi, 

 folia manifeste superantes, glabri, rarius paucis pilis vestiti. Calycis vix ad medium 

 partiti laciniae glabrae, obovato-triquetrae, acutae. Capsulae valvae calycis lacinias sub- 

 aequantes, apice recurvatae. 



Arktisches Ostsibirien: Kap Jakan (Kjellmann in Vega-Exped. !). 



Nota. Species ab afflni A. caespitosa, caespites similes formante distinguitur colore 

 rubro-fusco plantae exsiccatae, foliis 1 ineari-lingulatis, calycis laciniis acutis. A. caespitosae 

 folia a basi lata sensim acuminata, calycis laciniae obtusiusculae, color plantae exsiccatae pal- 

 lide fuscus. 



44. A. Delavayi Franch. in Morot, Journ. de bot. IV. (1895) 456. — Primula 

 Prxevahkii Derganc in Kneucker, Allg. bot. Zeitschr. X. (19041 IM. — Caespitosa; 

 caudiculi repetito-furcati, superne fastigiati, vestigiis foliorum emareidorum vestiti. Folia 

 in globulum dense coaretata , late euneato-obovata , apice rotundata , 4 — 5 mm longa, 

 crebre et manifeste margine tenui ciliata, ad facies parce et breviter pilosa. Flores 

 breviler (4 — 5 mm) peduneulati, sub calyce bibracteolati ; calycis vix 4 mm longi, cam- 

 panulati, pilosuli , ad medium 5-partiti laciniae oblongo-ovatae , obtusae ; corollae albae 

 vel roseae limbus 7 — 8 mm diam. ; tubus globosus, calyce inclusus ; lobi explanati, late 

 obovati, emarginati. 



