Wulfenia Carinthiaca. jj 



but confluent at the tips. Stigma capitate. Capsule acute, 

 septiferous ; scepes leafless. 

 Fl. end of May and June. 



The species are as follow : 



W. Carinthiaca, Jacq. Carinthian Alps. 

 W. orientalis, Boissier. Seleucia, N. Syria, (Aucher 

 Eloy), Antioch (Montbret). 



Cf Boissier,/ 7 /. Orientalis, IV.. pp. 430,431. 

 W. Amherstiana, Bentham, Scroph. Ind., 46. 



Western Himalaya,nr.Kumaon,and Afghanistan. 

 W^eniformis, Douglas ? 



It is uncertain whether this belongs to the genus. 



Wulfenia Carinthiaca, Jacquin {Miscellanea 2, p. 62, t. 8). 



Leaves oblong, crenated, somewhat narrowed at the base, 

 radical ; tube of the corolla swollen above the base, segments 

 of the limb rounded, upper bifid, lower crenate, lateral often 

 undivided, blue, whitish within : 1 ^ to 2 ft. 



Syn. : — Pcedarota Wulfenia, Lamk. 



Introduced to England, 18 17. 



Named by Jacquin in honour of the Rev. Francois 

 Xavier Wulfen, author of the Plantce rariores Carinthiacce. 



The localities affected by Wulfenia are most circum- 

 scribed : 



Nyman, Conspectus Flora Europece, p. 543, cites 



" Carinthia meridionalis (Kiihweger Alp et secus Grise- 

 bachium in 1872 detecta a cl. Schenk in alia alpe huic 

 proxima) Carniola (Auernick Kofel el Ball 1865). Friul 

 (pr. Ponteba sec Pir. Syll.) alp." 



To which in the Supplement to the above, 1889, p. 235, 

 he adds : 



" In Carinthia loca speciei natalia sunt (ex Pucher ; Gail- 

 thai, circa montem Gartner Kofel in Watschiger-Kiihweger-, 

 Granitzer-, Zichel-, et Auernigalm : Hab. inter rupes ; in 

 pascuis et silvaticis apertis, 1 500-1900 metr. s.m.„; loca italica, 



