804 BULLETIN DE L' HERBIER BOISSIER (2 lne SÉR.). 1906 



Belmontia primulseßora (Welw.) Schinz in Vier tel jahrsschr. Zürch. 

 Naturf. Gesellsch. XXXY1 (1891), 333; Engler in Abhandl. K. Akad. d. 

 Wissensch. Berlin (1891), 336. 



Parasia primuliflora (Welw.) Hiern in Cat. Welw. Afr. PL I (1898), 707 \ 



Exochœnium primulœflorum Welw. var. nanum Welw. 1. c, 48. 



Parasia primuliflora (Welw.) Hiern var. nana (Welw.) Hiern 1. c, 708. 



6 cm hoch, vom Grunde an vielverzweigt, mit lanzettlichen, 20 mm 

 langen und bis 4 mm breiten, spitzen Laubblättern. Die blütentragenden 

 Stengelchen sind aufrecht, 1- bis 15-blülig. Die spitz lanzettlichen, sehr 

 schmal geflügelten Kelchabschnitle sind 12 mm lang und 3 mm breit. 

 Die Röhre der prächtig gelben Krone hat eine Länge von + 15 mm; die 

 Lappen sind breit elliptisch, am Grunde zusammengezogen, schwanzartig 



stigmate clavulato-incrassalo apice vis bilobo puberulus. Capsula ventricoso- 

 ovoidea, corolla marcescente vestita, styli residuis apiculata, bivalvis, bilocu- 

 laris; placenta centralis, spongioso-carnosula, quadripartibilis, demum libéra. 

 Semina placentas immersa, minuiissima, subquadrangulari-prismatica. 



Observatio. — Characteribus genericis bene cura Eœochœnio convenit; ab 

 Exochœnio grandi Griseb. radice autonoma nee parasitica, caule a basi fasli- 

 giatim ramoso, floribus ereclis nee horizontaliter nutantibus, alis calycis basim 

 versus evanescentibus nee dilatalis, tubo corollae calycem longius superante etc. 

 nee non habitu discernitur. 



1 Huilla. — An annual, 1 i t Lie herb, 2 lo 3 in. high, branched from the base; 

 branches and branchlels subcorymbose; radical leaves elliptical; stem-leaves 

 linear-lanceolate; calyx but little winged, keeled-angular; corolla deep-yellow; 

 the lobes of the limb 5 or rarely 4, broadly ovate, narrowed at the base' 

 abruplly acuminate at the apex; anthers surmounted at the apex with lanceolale- 

 linear giands as long as the cells or rather longer, biglandular at the base; 

 filaments in some cases elongaled, in others oftener very short; style filiform, 

 pubescent with short glandulär hairs, rather short; stigma cylindrical- 

 clavate, densely papillose-bearded, entire or scarcely emarginate at the apex; 

 placentation central; edges of the carpels qui te coalescent. In elevated spongy 

 pastures with short herbage, in Morro de Lopollo, towards Humpata, above 

 5300 ft. alt., in Company with species of Utricularia, etc. plentiful ; fl. and fr. 

 March and April 1860, N° 1513. Flowers whitish-yellowish. In swampy 

 meadows at the river Monino, in Company with various species of Drosera 

 and Xyris; fl. and fr. end of April 1860, No 1513 b. 



Var. ß nana (Welw.) Hiern. 1. c. 



Huilla. — A pleasantly green, dwarf herb ; flowers brilliant, golden-yellow. On 

 the swampy slopes of the lofliest mountains, nearly dried up at the time. to the 

 south of Huilla, and on the left-hand side of the road leading from Lopollo 

 towards Gambos; fl. end of April 1860, N° 1514. Apparently annual; flowers 

 golden-coloured. In moist pastures in short grass, plentiful; fl. and fr. Feb. and 

 April 1860. Coli. Carp. 748. 



