24 
F. Pax u. R. Knuth. — Priraulaceae. 
subaequilongi, lanceolati, aculissimi. Corollae calycem vix aequantis tubus cylindricus, 
lobi parvi, erecti, obovati, emarginati et quasi subincisi. 
Centralchina: Szechuan, bei Ta-tsien-lu (Prinz Henri d’Orleans). 
Nota. Speciem non vidi. Medium tonet inter Primulam et Androsaces Sect. Pseudo- 
primulam, corollis parvis distincta, Pr. Rosthornii et Pr. cinerasccnti affmis. — A cl. Di eis 
in Enumeratione 11. sinensis (Engler’s bot. Jahrb. XXIX.) cum nonnullis aliis speciebus omissa. 
6. Pr. Clarkei Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (18 82) 4 t. 3 B.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. III. (1 882) 484; Pax in Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. X. (1 889) 1 67. — Glaberrima, habitu 
Violae species simulans. Folia petiolata, 3- — 4 cm longa et lata, orbiculari-cordata, apice 
subrotundata, dentata vel crenata, membranacea; petioli 7 — 9 cm longi, lamina multo 
longiores. Scapus nullus. Pedicelli graciles, 2 — 5, petiolos aequantes vel breviores. 
Calyx late campanulatus, sub anlhesi 5 mm fere longus, post anthesin accrescens, lobis 
late triangularibus, acutis. Corollae tubus 8 mm fere longus, calycem superans, gracilis, 
limbus planus, 1 cm diametiens, lobis satis angustis, profunde emarginatis praeditus. 
Capsula inclusa. 
Himalaya: Kaschmir, bei Poosiana, um 2300 m (C. B. Clarke!). 
Nota. Pr. Clarkei foliis latis, cordatis, calyce late campanulato, post anthesin accrescente 
omni jure inter species Sinensium militat, sed afßnitas cum alia specie hujus sectionis dubia 
remanet et habitus pro scctione valde peculiaris. 
7. Pr. Rosthornii Diels in Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1900) 520. — Folia 
petiolata, 4,5 — 6 cm longa et lata, membranacea, imprimis secus nervös pilis brunneis 
patentibus lanuginosa, e basi cordata suborbiculata, sinuato-crenata, crenis leviter denti- 
culatis; pelioli lamina longiores, 5 — 7 cm longi, brunneo-lanuginosi. Scapus folia 
aequans vel paullo superans, cum pedicellis 1,5 — 2,5 cm longis patenti-lanuginosus, 
umbellam 3 — 7-floram vel umbellas 2 superpositas gerens. Calyx late campanulatus, 
ad 1,5 cm longus, valide nervosus; lobi lanceolato-oblongi, aculi, ciliati. Corollae roseo- 
purpureae tubus quam calyx brevior, limbus crateriformis, lobi ad 5 mm longi et lati, 
emarginati. 
Centralchina: Szechuan, bei Nanchuan (v. Roslhorn n. 2173!). 
8. Pr. cinerascens Franch. in Morot, Journ. de bot. IX. (1895) 448; Diels in 
Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1 900) 520. — Folia petiolata, 2 — 4 cm longa, pube brevi 
cinerascenlia, e basi aperte cordata suborbiculata vel ovata, obscure vel manifeste sinu- 
ato-crenata, crenis minute denticulatis ; petioli 3 — -6 cm longi, lamina longiores, lanu- 
ginosi. Scapus folia superans, inferne lanatus, superne puberulus, umbellam 3 — 8-tloram 
gerens; bracteae lanceolatae, cum pedicellis 2 — 4 cm longis parce pubescentes. Calyx 
7 — 8 mm longus, fere glaber, valide multinervius , late campanulatus; lobi ad calycis 
medium incisi, anguste lanceolati, acutissimi, demum rigidi. Corollae roseo-purpureae 
tubus calycem paullo superans, limbus crateriformis, 15 mm diametiens, lobi obovati, 
bilobi. Capsula ovata, calyce paullo longior. 
Centralchina: Szechuan, Wald bei Chengkou (Farges n. 551). 
Nota. Indumento cinerascente, corollae tubo calycem excedente a Pr. Rosthornii. cui 
proxima, diversa; lloribus majoribus, ut in Pr. Rosthornii, a Pr. pycnoloha distincta. Cfr. notam 
post baue speciem. 
9. Pr. Listen King in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. III. (1882) 485; Pax in Engler’s 
Bot. Jahrb. X. (1 889) 167; Forbes and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. (1889) 
39. — Pr. ohconica var. rotnndifolia et var. glabrescens Franch. in Bull. Soc. bot. 
France XXXIII. (1 886) 66; in Nouv. Arch. Mus. d’hist. nat. Paris 2 ser. X. (1887) 55; 
Pax, 1. c. 168. — Folia petiolata, 4 — 5 cm longa et lata, glabrescentia vel glabra, 
membranacea, opaca, e basi cordata reniformi-orbicularia, sinuato-dentata, lobis irregu- 
lariter paucidentatis vel subintegris, acutis; petioli graciles, 6 — 10 cm longi, lamina 
manifeste longiores, brevissime pubescentes, glabrescentes. Scapus 5 — 6 cm longus, 
foliis multo brevior, glabrescens, 3 — 5-florus; bracteae parvae, lineares; pedicelli I — 
2 cm longi, filiformes. Calyx sub anthesi fere 10 mm longus, post anthesin paullo 
accrescens, fere glaber, late campanulatus, lobi late semiorbiculares, oblusi vel vix 
