— 849 — 



tis, bracteis filiformibus caducis; perigonio cylindrico- 

 iufundibuliformi breve stipitato 6 — 9 lineas longo, fila- 

 mentis medio perigonio insertis pilosulis, stylo stamina 

 superante. Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. V, 205 n. 29. 

 Kunth, Enum. V, 140. Maxim. Ind. Pekin, 478. 

 P. umbellatum Baker et P. muUifl. Turcz. (non vi- 

 sum), Baker in Journ. linn. soc.XIV, 553, 557. Con- 

 vaUaria multiflora Bge. Enum. Chin. n. 366 (cum ? 

 quoad speciem). 



In GJiina boreali: circa Pekln (Skatschkow, frf.), 

 in cemeterio dynastiae Min (Bunge, Tatarinow), 

 Pan-shan, Lung-tsilan-sze, Yin-shan (Bretschnei- 

 der, fl.), in rupibus prope Kalgan (Kirilow); in col- 

 libus circa Tschifu (Hancock, fl.); MandsJiuria au- 

 stralis: prov. Schin-king (rev. J. Ross!). 



5. P. multiflorum All. 1. c. Kunth, 1. c. 138. Ba- 

 ker 1. c. 555. A. Gray, bot. Jap. 413. Miq. Prol. 

 312. Franch. Savat. Enum. II, 55. 



Japonia: prope Nagasaki, in cacumine collis Higo- 

 san frequens (ipse), tum in India, Ural et occiden- 

 tem versus. 



Spec. 1. collectum typum europaeum refert, flori- 

 bus (vix apertis) soMto minoribus (10 — 12 mm.). Pe- 

 rigonium rite medio constrictum, sed intus glabrum, 

 gracile, basi attenuatum, sed in stipitem haud constric- 

 tum, unde bacca supra pedicellum arcte sessilis est. 

 Filamenta solito paulo brevius, at dense puberula. 

 Folia basi vix in petiolum brevissimum latum atte- 

 nuata, elliptica obtusa. Pedunculi 2 — 4-flori. 



Var. hradeata Kth. 1. c. 139. habet bracteas folia- 



Melanges biologtques. XI. 107 



