242 F - Pax u - R - Knuth. — Primulaceae. 



verisimile 2-vel 272"Pl° longior. Umbella 3 — 8-flora. Bracteae magnae, 5 — 7 mm 

 longae, lanceolato-ovatae. Calycis usque ad medium partiti laciniae lanceolatae, acumi- 

 natae, acutae; corollae lobi fere lineares, lilacino-purpurei (?); tubus recurvatus luteus (?), 

 fauce linea angustissima undulata notatus; filamentorum tubus 2 mm longus vel ultra, 

 luteus; antherae lilacino-purpureae. Capsula magna, 10 mm longa, cylindrica, 5 den- 

 tibus dehiscens. 



Felsengebirge Nordamerikas: Südöstl. Alaska, im Gebiet des Lynnkanals 

 bei Dejuh (Au. et Ar. Krause, Reisen im südöstl. Alaska n. 50 ! blüb. 4 Juni). 



Nota. Species foliis magnis, membranaceis , in petiolum longuni sensim attenuatis et 

 staminum tubo luteo et bracteis magnis facile recognoscitur. 



19. D. puberulentum Heller in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XXIV. (1897) 311. t. 309. 

 — Caudex 1 — 2 cm longus, tuberula non proferens, petiolis foliorum emarcidorum 

 1 cm longis obtectus. Folia spathulata vel oblongo-obovata, cum petiolo 2 cm longo 

 5 — 6 cm longa, glabra, laete viridia, tenuia, sed firma, integra vel vix crenata, obtusa 

 vel acutiuscula. Scapus 10 — 20 cm altus, saepe purpureo-maculatus, semper puberulus. 

 Umbella 3 — 6-flora; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, 3 — 4 mm longae; pedicelli 2 — 4 cm 

 longi, puberuli. Calycis usque ad dimidiam partem partiti lobi lanceolato-triangulares, 

 2Y2 mm longi ; corollae lobi roseo-purpurei, tubus reflexus late luteo-annulatus : stamina 

 5 mm longa; filamenta 2 mm longa, lutea, connectivis lanceolatis basi lutea purpureis; 

 Stylus filiformis, 6 mm longus. Capsula ovato-oblonga, calyce paullo longior, 5 valvis 

 dehiscens, stylo deiecto. 



Felsengebirge Nordamerikas: Idaho, Nez Perces County (Heller n. 2985, 

 n. 3169!; Sandberg, PI. of Idaho n. 63!,. 



Nota. Species valde affinis D. Cusickii, quocum saepe commutata et a quo diversa 

 petiolis emarcidis, scapo puberulo. 



20. D. Cusickii Greene, Pittonia II. (1890) 73. — Meadia Cusickii 0. Ktze. 

 Rev. gen. I. (1891) 398. — Herba D. paucifloro simillima, his characteribus distincta: 

 Folia plus minus glanduloso-viscida, dentato-crenata vel integra. Staminum tubus 

 brevior. Pedicelli numerosi, sub capsulis maturis 1 0-striati. Capsula ovalis, acuta. \i\ 

 calycem superans, perfecte 5 valvis dehiscens. 



Felsengebirge Nordamerikas: östl. Oregon 1200 m (ex Greene; Lyall in 

 Oreg. Bound. Comm.!); Washington (Cotton, Fl. of the Yakima Region n. 357!). 



Nota. Speciraina a nie visa (Eimer, Fl. of Whittnan County, Washington n. 174! 

 Palliser's Brit. N. Am. Expl. Exp., Saskatschewan !, Horwood, Wyoming n. 84! Heller, Idaho 1 

 cum diagnosi non congruunt foliis fere glabris, staminum tubo ei D. pauciflori aequilongo, 

 capsulis calycem fere 2-plo superantibus. Cum ad D. pauciflorum propter umbellam multi- 

 floram et ad D. radicatum propter caudicem brevem nequaquam numeranda sint, ego huic 

 speciei attribuo. 



21. D. pauciflorum (Durand) Greene, Pittonia II. (1890) 72. — D. Meadia 

 var. pauciflorum Durand, PI. Pratten. (1855) 95. — D. Meadia var. alpiuum Coult 

 Rocky Mount. Bot. 233 ex Greene 1. c. — D. Meadia Porter, Fl. Color. (1874) 90. — 

 D. integrifolium Nutt. Gen. I. (1818) 119. — D. integrifoliiim vulgare Hook. Fl. 

 bor. amer. II. (1840) 11 9(?). — D. integrifolium Curt. Bot. Magaz. LXIV. (1837 t. 3622 

 (non Michx.?). — Meadia pauciflora 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. I. (1891) 398. — Caudex 

 brevis, depresso-globosus, simplex, tuberula non proferens. Folia glabra, eglandulosa, 

 viridia, integra vel inconspicue dentato-crenata, suberecta, lanceolato-spathulata, com 

 petiolo 4'/ 2 — 6 cm l° n g a > * — 1*/| ci" lata, petiolata petiolo non raro 2 cm longo. 

 Scapus foliis 3 — 4-plo longior. Umbella 1 — 7-flora. Bracteae lanceolatae, 2 — 4 min 

 longae. Calycis usque ad mediam partem partiti laciniae lanceolato-triangulares; corollae 

 lobi lilacino-purpurei, lineari-oblongi; tubus recurvatus, luteus, fauce linea angi: 

 sima undulata. media parte annulo crenato-undulato intense purpureo tinctu> : staniiiiuin 

 tubus l'j — 2 mm longus, interdum antheras longitudine aequans; antherae plerumque 

 3 4 /j~ 4 mm longae, purpureae, saepe luteo-marginatae. Capsula calyce vix duplo 

 longior, fere cylindrica, 5 dentibus dehiscens. 



