ÖSTERREICHISCHE 
BOTANISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT 
Herausgegeben und redigirt von Dr. Richard R. v. Wettstein, 
Professor an der k. k. Universität in Wien. 
Verlag von Carl Gerold’s Sohn in Wien. 
XLIX. Jahrgang, N 7. Wien, Juli 1899. 
Zwei neue, tibetanische Gentianen aus der Section 
Comastoma Wettst. 
Von Sv. Murbeck (Lund). 
Gentiana Hedini. — Nova species. — Planta biennis, 
9—20 centimetra alta. Caulis basi in ramos sat graciles, adscen- 
dentes vel adscendenti-ereetos divisus, ima basi plurifoliatus, caeterum 
oligophyllus vel etiam aphyllus; internodia 2—5, inferiora abbreviata, 
supremum (peduneulus) valde elongatum, denique 8S—15 em longum. 
Folia infima lingulata, obtusa. 10—22 mm longa, 3—5 mm Jata, 
caetera lingulato- vel ovato-oblonga, obtusiuscula, 25>—10 mm longa. 
Flores pentameri (interdum 6—7-meri). Calyx fere usque ad basin 
partitus; phylla exteriora e basi rotundata late ovata, plana vel extus 
eonvexiuscula, interiora oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, omnia obtusa, 
erecta vel ereeto-incurva, extus viridia, intus (saltem interiora) pal- 
lide violascentia vel albida, aurantiaco-venosa et haud raro fimbriarum 
serie transversali ornata, basi in appendicem brevissimam producta, 
marginibus epapillosis saepius undulata. Corolla sub anthesi cam- 
panulata vel campanulato-eylindrica, 13—16 mm longa, postea late 
eylindriea longitudine 16—19 mm, fere usque ad medium lobata; 
tubus ealyceem subaequans, 4—5 mm latus, albidus, venis aureis et 
virescentibus longitudinaliter striatus; lobi suberecti 5°5—9 mm 
longi, 3:5—4°5 mm Jati, oblongi, obtusi, albidi vel vix coerule- 
scentes, venis aurantiacis valde ramosis anastomosantibus pulcherrime 
picti; squamae cujusque lobi in unam connatae, profunde pectinato- 
fimbriatae, fimbriis albis, limbo subtriplo brevioribus, fibro vasali 
destitutis. Stamina in tertia parte tubi superiore inserta eumque 
non vel parum superantia; filamenta papillosa; antherae basi pro- 
funde cordatae, apice rotundatae vel subemarginatae. Stylus nullus; 
stigmata late ovato-oblonga. Ovarium fusiforme. Semina (nondum 
matura) late ellipsoidea, exalata, in quaque placenta pluriseriata. — 
Florens lecta die 5 Aug. Fig. 1—3. 
Nördliches Tibet: Sarik-kol (altit. eire. 4800 metr.); leg. 
Dr. Sven Hedin. 
Oesterr. botan. Zeitschr. 7. Heft. 1899. 19 
