— 849 — 



tis, bracteis filiformibus caducis ; perigonio cylindrico- 

 infundibuliformi breve stipitato 6 — 9 lineas longo, fila- 

 mentis medio perigonio insertis pilosulis, stylo stamina 

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

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

 P. umbellatum Baker et P. multifl, Turcz. (non vi- 

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

 vallaria muUiflora Bge. Enum. Chin. n. 366 (cum ? 

 quoad speciem). 



In China boreali: circa Pekin (Skats chkow, frf.), 

 in cemeterio dynastiae Min (Bunge, Tatarinow), 

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

 der, fl.), in rupibus prope Kalgan (Kir i low); in col- 

 libus circa Tscbifu (Hancock, fl.); Mandshuria au~ 

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



5. P. muUiflorum 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) so^ito minoribus (10 — 12 mm.). Pe- 

 rigonium rite medio constrictum, sed intus glabrum, 

 gracile, basi attenuatum, sed in stipitem baud constric- 

 tum, unde bacca supra pedicellum arete 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. hracteata Kth. 1. c. 139. habet bracteas folia- 



Melanges biologiques. XI. 107 



