328 F< I >ax u - '*• Knuth. — Primulaceae. 



crassiuscula, alterna, sessilia, parte superiore caulis opposita, vix petiolata, late ovata, 

 breviter acuminata, acuta. Flores axillares, pedicellati. Pedicelli longltudine valde va- 

 riantes, foliis plerumque 4 — 4V2-plo longiores, apicem versus ramorum vagantiuni 

 non raro 3 — 4-plo longiores, fructiferi plerumque 2-plo longiores, recurvati. Calycis 

 fere usque ad basin partiti, corolla 2-plo brevioris laciniae lanceolatae, acuminatae, 

 acutae; corollae albae, fere usque ad basin partitae lobi angusto-oblongi vel oblongo- 

 lineares, obtusi; filamenta filiformia, calvcis laciniis aequilonga, tubum vix formantia; 

 Stylus staminibus aequilongus. Capsula 2 — 3 mm diam. 



Ostafrika: Central-Uluguru, auf dem Hocbmoor des Lukwangule-Plateaus, um 

 2400 m (Goetze n. 294! — blühend utfd fruchtend Nov. 1898). 



4 0. A. kingaensis Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXX. (1902) 371. — Herb* 

 repens. Caulis procumbens, ubique radicans, 7 — 30 cm longus, ramosus vel subsimplex, 

 rubro-fuscus. Folia alterna, 4 — 6 mm inter se distantia, petiolata petiolo 4 mm longo, 

 suborbicularia, obtusissima, iuvenilia rubro-marginata, 5 — 7 mm longa et lata. Flores 

 axillares, breviter pedicellati pedicellis petiolis vix longioribus; calycis profunde partiti 

 laciniae lanceolatae, acutae; corollae calyce 5-plo longioris, fere usque ad basin partitae 

 lobi oblongi; filamenta filiformia, corolla 2-plo breviora; antherae oblongae, utrinque ob- 

 tusae. Pedicelli fructiferi foliis 4 — 5-plo longiores, incrassali, x-ecurvati. 



Tropisches Afrika: Kingagebirge, an Bachufern des Kipengere-Bückens, 

 2200 m (Goetze, Kinga-Gebirgs-Exp. n. 958!). 



II. A. nummularifolia Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1883) 4 96. — Berba 

 perennis, reptans. Caulis gracilis, elongatus, 4 — 4 8 cm longus, decumbens, ramosus. 

 Folia parva, sessilia, alterna, orbicularia, 3 — 4 mm lata, membranacea, glabra, rabtaa 

 vix pallidiora. Flores axillares, solitarii. Pedicelli foliis 2 — 3-plo longiores, G mm it 

 ultra longi. Calycis 2 mm longi tubus brevissimus, laciniae lanceolatae; corollae 

 4 mm longae, rubellae tubus brevissimus, lobi oblongi; stamina basi brevissime connata. 

 lobis vix breviora; filamenta basi fimbriata; antherae parvae, oblongae. 



Central-Madagaskar (Baron n. 2148!), bei Bara (Deans Cowan a. 4 880!). 



Nota. Planta herb. Mus. Brit. vix 8 cm longa, a diagnosi Bakeri differt pedicellis folia 

 4 — 6-plo superantibus. 



4 2. A. Meyeri Johannis Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXX. (4 902) 372. — 

 A. Meyeri Schumann in H. Meyer, Ostafr. Gletscherfahrten, Anhang S. 332. — A. 

 Quartiniana var. Meyeri Joliannis Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. d. trop. Afrika (4 892) 330; 

 Pflanzenwelt Ostafr. C. (4 895) 304. — Herba repens. Caulis solo adpressus, 5 — 

 4 cm longus vel ultra, subsimplex, ubique radicans, rubro-fuscus. Folia crassiusnil.-i. 

 alterna, valde approximata, sessilia, late ovata, 4 mm longa, 2 1 •> mm lata. Flora 

 axillares, brevissime pedicellati, fere sessiles. Calycis fere usque ad basin partiti lacinia.- 

 lineares, acutae; corollae albidae, fere usque ad basin partitae, calyce duplo longioris 

 lobi anguste oblongi, obtusi; stamina calycis lacinias vix superantia, tubum vix formanti.i: 

 Stylus staminibus aequilongus. — Fig. 70-4 — C. 



Kilimandscharo, an der Grenze des ewigen Schnees 3000 — 4500 m Bani 

 Meyer n. 4 53!). 



4 3. A. peploides Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (4 883) 4 96. — Herba pennnis. 

 reptans. Caulis brevis, 3,8 — 5 cm longus, simplex vel furcatus. Folia parva, sessilia, oblonge, 

 opposita, ereeta, 4 — 8 mm longa, vix spathulata, basi angustata, crassiuscula, glabra. 

 Flores pauci, axillares, solitarii, pedicellati pedicellis 6 mm longis, folia 2-plo super- 

 antibus. Calycis campanulati, S 1 /^ mm longi tubus brevissimus, laciniae lanceolatae; 

 corollae rubellae tubus campanulatus ; lobi oblongi, tubo 2-plo longiores; stamina corolla 

 vix breviora; filamenta basi fimbriata breviter connata. 



Central-Madagascar (Baron n. 2435!). 



Nota. Specics valdo similis L. Meyeri Johannis Africae tropicae. 



