— 881 — 



, Semina late ovalia 2 — 3 mm. longa, testa ochroleuca 

 supra nucleum laxa eleganter favosoexsculpta. 



144. P. inlostachya Maxim. 1. c. 99. 



Alpibus Nanschan, inter Tibet et Mongoliam finiti- 

 mis, alt. 11,000 p. s. m. (Przewalski, 1879 «flore 

 atrocerasino»). 



Description! adde: racemus fructifer tum palmaris 

 basi interruptus. Pedicelli inferiores 4 mm. longi, 

 Calyx fructifer 14 mm. : 9 mm. magnus. Capsula 

 17:10 mm. ovata acuta apice vix deorsum spectante, 

 compressa. Semina pauca maxima (4:2 — 3 mm.) 

 compressa pallide brunnescentia, testa laxa rugosa 

 more generis crebre celluloso-lineata atque transverse 

 striolata. 



145. P. polygaloidesB.ook.î.¥\.BYitAnd.lY, 317. 

 Diffusa pygmaea v. digitalis multicaulis, radice crassa 

 fusiformi ramosa perenni, cauliculis simplicibus graci- 

 libus seriatim villosis, foliis radicalibus evanidis, cau- 

 linis oppositis usque quaternis brevipetiolatis vel ses- 

 silibus ovatis vel ovatooblongis obtusis pinnatifidis in- 

 cisodentatisque pilosis, verticillis imis remotis fere 

 Omnibus floriferis, bracteis superioribus pinnatifidis; 

 floribus purpureis pedicellatis pedicello inferiorum ca- 

 lycem superante, superioribus in spicam densam sub- 

 globosam approximatis, calyce villoso turbinatocampa- 

 nulato profunde 5-dentato limbo obliquo dentibus 

 summo minuto subintegro reliquis ellipticis lobatoden- 

 tatis, corollae tubo calycem sesqui superante apice 

 incurvo, galea tubo sesquibreviore labium aequante 

 porrecta margine versus basin incrassato apice sub- 

 verticali angulo inferiore in rostrum brevissimum api- 



Melanges biologiques. Xu. 111 



