244 *". Pax u. R. Knuth. — Primulaceae. 



(1870) t. 5871 (?). — D. speciosam Hort, ex Bot. Magaz. 1. c. — Herba 12 — 40 cm alta, 

 glabra, intense viridis. Folia pauca, crassiuscula, late ovata, in petiolum alatum, lamina 

 longiorem attenuata, integra, apice rotundata, 3 — 7 cm longa, 2 — 3 cm lata. Scapus 

 plerumque 15 — 25 cm longus. Bracteae 6 mm longae, lineari-lanceolatae. Pedicelli 

 plerumque 3 — 4 cm longi. Flores 4 — 7, 4 — 5-meri; calycis ultra medium partiti laci- 

 niae lanceolatae vel lanceolato-triangulares ; corolla intense rubello-purpurea, supra basin 

 intense purpuream annulo luteo notata; lobi oblongo-lanceolati , utrinque aninrinati; 

 androeceum plane intense purpureum; tubus 2 — 3 mm longus; antberae 2-plo longiores, 

 apice paullum approximatae , nunquam divergentes. Capsula cylindrica, apice circum- 

 scissa; semina vix conspicue multangularia, rugose reticulata. — Fig. 55 F — G. 



Cascadengebirge u. Sierra Nevada: Washington (Howell's Pacific Coast PI. 

 a. 1880!); Californien, in der Umgebung von San Francisco (!), südl. bis Monterey, 

 vielleicht Santa Barbara, östl. bis Mt. Diablo (nach Greene; Baker PI. of the Pacific 

 Coast n. 296!) 



Nota. Specimina territorii Washingt. a planlis californicis Acribus 5-meris, corollae basi 

 manifestius intense purpureo-tincta distinguuntur, caeterum non diversa. 



26. D. laetiflorum Greene, Pittonia V. (1903) 112. — Herba erecta, glabra, 

 15 — 40 cm alta. Folia pro planta satis parva, intense viridia, crassiuscula, obovata 

 vel elliptica, cum petiolo 4 cm longa, 8( — 13) mm lata, in petiolum laminae aequi- 

 longum sensim coarctata, margine erosa. Umbella pauciflora, floribus 3( — 6); pedicelli 

 3 cm longi; bracteae lanceolatae, acutae vel acutissimae, 6 mm longae. Calycis ultra 

 medium partiti laciniae ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, vix glandulosae; corollae basi intense 

 purpureae lobi oblongo-lineares, utrinque acuminati, albidi; staminum tubus constrictus. 

 antherae apice late divergentes. Capsula circumscissa. 



Sierra Nevada Nordamerikas: Stoney Creek 300 m Hansen, Fl. of the 

 Sequoia gigantea Reg. n. 1514!); nach Greene bei Gilroy in Calif. (Baker n. 1945! . 



Nota. Species facile recognoscitur staminum tubo constricto , androeceo plane atro- 

 purpureo. • 



27. D. Hendersonii A. Gray in Coult. Bot. Gaz. XI. (1886) 233. — Meadia 

 Hendersoni (A. Gray) 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. I. (1891) 398; Greene, Man. Bot. San Fran- 

 cisco Bay (1894) 237. — Herba 30 cm alta, glabra, intense viridis. Folia pauca, 

 crassiuscula, oblongo-ovata, in petiolum alatum, laminae aequilongum attenuata, margine 

 zh erosa, apice rotundata vel vix mucronulata, 4 — 6 cm longa, 1 — 1 i / i cm vulgo 1 cm 

 lata. Scapus foliis 4 — 7-plo longior. Bracteae maximae, 8 — 15 mm longae, lineari- 

 lanceolatae. Pedicelli sub anthesi foliis aequilongi. Flores ut in D. frigido; antherae 

 autem lutescenti-marginatae et divergentes; Stylus longe exsertus. Capsula manifeste 

 circumscissa. 



Var. ct. typicum R. Knuth. — Folia ovata, margine dr erosa. 



Sierra Nevada Nordamerikas: Californien (Heller, PI. of Calif. n. 6487? 

 Greene, PI. of Calif.!, Cleveland, Fl. of. Calif.!); bei Sancelito(!); Oakland Hills(!): 

 Long Valley(!). Zweifelhaft Oregon, bei Waldo und im Umpqua-Thal (Howell's Pacif. 

 Coast PI.!); Washington Terr., Klickitat Prair. (Howell's Pacif. Coast PI.!). 



Var. (i. Hanseni Greene in Erythea III. (1895) 71. — Tota glaberrima. Folia 

 firmiora, angustiora, plane integra. Corollae basis latior; andröceum brevius et minus 

 conicum; connectivum rugulosum, oblongo-lanceolatum, utrinque acuminatum; antherae 

 divergentes. 



Sierra Nevada (Hansen, Fl. of the Sequoia Reg. n. 986!). 



Nota. Nescio plantas sub var. «. enumeratas ad hanc speciem pertinere, quamquam simil- 

 limae plantis typicis varictatis /?. 



28. D. Clevelandii Greene in Pittonia I. (1888) 213. — D. Meadia var. 

 brevifolium A. Gray in Bot. of Calif. I. (1876) 47; Synopt. Fl. North-Amer. II. 1. 

 (I88f>) . ! i7. — Meadia Ckvclandi O. Ktze. Rev. gen. I. (1891) 398. — Herba glabra, 

 30 — 50 cm alta. Folia pallide viridia, crassiuscula, spathulato-obovata, cum petiolo 



