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F. Fax u. R. Knuth. — Primulaceae. 
55. L. cephalantha Franch.) R. Knuth. — L. japonica var. cephalantha Franch. 
in Morot, Journ. de bot. IX. (189 5) 461. — Herba perennis, 15 — 25 cm alta, eau- 
libus puberulis vel hirsuto-puberulis. Folia opposita, petiolata petiolis foliorum mediorum 
8 mm longis, inde gradatim brevioribus, membranacea, cum petiolo 2 Y 2 — 3 cm longa, 
13 mm lata, ovata, basi in petiolum cuneatim attenuata, vix rotundata, pilosa, apice 
obtusa, venis vix conspicuis. Flores llavi, pauci, 7 — 10, ad apicem cum foliis congesti, 
pedicellati pedicellis 2 — 6 mm longis. Bracteae foliaceae, ovatae, ciliatae. Calycis usque 
ad basin partiti, corolla minoris laciniae lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, pilosae, ad 8 mm 
longae, eglandulosae; corollae subrotatae lobi oblongo-ovati, acutiusculi; stamina corolla 
subduplo minora, vix basi dilatata, tubum non formantia; Stylus staminibus vix aequi- 
longus. 
Central-China: Prov. Süd-Sliensi (Giraldi n. 567!, 3949!); Hupeh, Icbang 
(Henry n. 482!); Yun-nan, Tchen-fong-chan, in Gehölzen (Delavay n. 5154! , Mengtze 
Henry n. 9428 ex pte. !), ohne Standort (Anderson a. 1 868!); Sze-tschuan, Tchen- 
keou-tin Farges n. 629!); Kiang-su, Shanghai (Carles n. 385!, Fortune a. 1846 
n. 52 ex pte.!); Macao (Callery n. 10l!). 
56. L. melampyroides R. Knuth n. sp. — Caulis ascendens vel erectus, tenuis, 
I 1 4 — 2 mm crassus, sublaevis, 15 — 40 cm altus, puberulus, rarius subsimplex, plerum- 
que ramosus ramis inferioribus saepe 10 cm longis. Folia remota, opposita, e basi 
rotundata vel vix cordata ovata vel lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, pilis brevissimis hispi- 
dula, internodiis semper (saepe 2-plo) breviora, petiolata petiolo 1 cm longo, cum petiolo 
3 — 4 cm longa, 10 — 13 mm lata, membranacea. Flores apice ramorum congesti, 
pedicellati pedicellis 4 — 7 cm longis, raro nonnulli pauci in axillis foliorum eaulinorum 
longe (2 0 mm pedicellati. Calycis usque ad basin partiti laciniae lineari-lanceolatae, 
pube brevi hispidulae; corollae pallide luteae (flavae?), fere usque ad basin partitae lobi 
obovati, apice rotundati; filamenta inaequalia, usque ad 1 / s — 2 / 5 ' n tubum vix birsutum 
coalita, corolla 2 — 3-plo breviora; Stylus staminibus longior. 
Central-China: Prov. Ost-Sze-tscbuan , Tchen-keou-tin an Bachufern Farges 
n. I 116!, 1 457!). 
57. L. rubiginosa Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. (1889) 56; Oliver in Hook. 
Icon. pl. XX. (1891) t. 1981; Diels in Englers bot. Jahrb. XXIX. ( 1901) 525. — Herba 
perennis (?), pluricaulis. Caulis ferrugineo-pubescens, erectus, subsimplex vel sparsim 
ramosus, 45 — 60 cm altus. Folia omnia opposita, in petiolum 2 cm longum attenuata, 
membranacea, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, basi rotundata vel interdum 
subcuneata, sparsim puberula; venae primariae prope marginem inter se anastomosantes. 
Flores llavi, in cymas parvas, saepe trifloras, axillares et apicales, bracteatas, pedun- 
culatas pedunculo y 2 — I V 2 cm l° n g 0 dispositi; bracteae foliis simillimae, sed minores; 
pedicelli breves, 3 mm longi. Calycis corolla fere duplo minoris, usque ad basin partiti 
laciniae lineares, vix acutae, glanduloso-striatae, extus pilosulae; corollae campanulato- 
rotatae lobi oblongo-lanceolati, acuti; stamina calyce aequilonga; filamenta usque ad 
mediam partem in tubum a corolla liberum connata; Stylus stamina longitudine paullo 
superans. 
Central-China: Prov. Hupeh , Patung (Wilson n. 1 559!, Henry n. 1823!, 2 4 4 0 !, 
4680!, 4945!, 6134!, 6244!, 7559!); Yun-nan, Mengtze (Hancock n. 205!, Duc- 
loux n. 434!). 
Nota. Species similis L. involucratae, quae differt pedunculis longioribus efoliatis. 
58. L. involucrata Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIX. (1 893) 315 t. XXXI; Diels in 
Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1901) 525. — L. rubiginosa var. glabra Franch. in Morot, 
Journ. de bot. IX. (1 895) 463. — Herba perennis (palustris?), fere omnino glabra, 
caulibus elongatis 50 — 1 00 cm longis, internodiis paullum elongatis, quam folia longio- 
ribus. Folia opposita, membranacea, ovato-lanceolata, acute acuminata, 5 — 7 cm longa, 
petiolata petiolo 1 cm longo, basi rotundata vel subcuneata, glandulis nigris lineolatis 
conspersa , venis primariis utrinque circiter 5 , arcuatis , juxta marginem in nervum 
