232 
Becker, Yiolae Asiaticae et Australenses. 
Standorte: Philippinen, Luzon, Benguet Prov. : Pauai 
„Haights in the Oaks“ 2300 m (E. A. Mearns, frct. 1907), Pauai 
in paludibus 2300 m (E. D. Merrill, frct. X. — XI. 1905); Luzon 
central (A. Loher leg.). 
8. V. hupeiana W. Bckr. spec. nov. 
Planta e r e c t a vel suberecta; internodiis ± 
e 1 o n g a t i s , usque ad 25 cm alta. 
Rhizoma subcrassiusculum, verticale vel obliquum, 
breviter articulatum, stolones paucos cauliformes sub- 
erectos elongatos remote foliaceos floriferos 
emittens. 
Folia basilaria longe petiolata, e basi profunde 
cordata rotunda vel late ovata; caulina in p e t i - 
olis laminam aequantibus, e basi ± aperte 
cordata triangulari-reniformia, marginibus 
convexis, obtusiusculis; omnia dilute viridia, 
plane crenata, supra interdum etiam subtus ad nervös 
breviter p i 1 o s a vel glabrescentia. 
Stipulae f o 1 i a c e a e , usque ad 1,2 cm longae, o v a t a e 
vel ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, remote den- 
t a t a e vel subintegrae, + ciliatae. 
Flores modo caulini, folia multum superantes, 
p a r v i ; petala pallide violacea, oblongo-obovata, lateralia sub- 
barbata, infimum brevissime calcaratum; sepala ovato- 
lanceolata, membranaceo-marginata, breviter appendi- 
c u 1 a t a ; Stylus ad basin geniculatus, clavatus, ad apicem utrinque 
bilobo-marginatus, antice breviter rostratus. 
Fl. V— VII. 
Standorte: China: West-Hupeh (Exs. E. H. Wilson, 
a. 1901, Nr. 2206, Herb. Berlin, Hamburg); — West-China, an 
grasigen Orten, 2600 m (Exs. E. H. Wilson, a. 1903, Nr. 3219, 
Herb. Hamburg). 
Syn.: V. verecunda Diels Fl. Centr. Chin. (1900) p. 477 
(probabiliter, fortasse partim = V. arcuata Bl. 
( distans Wall.). 
9. V. Raddeana Regel PI. Radd. I. (1861) p. 256. 
Planta pluricaulis, glaberrima ; caulibus e r e c t i s , graci- 
libus, in statu flor. usque ad 30 cm altis, in statu frct. usque a d 
lm elongatis. 
Rhizoma abbreviatum, crassum vel crassiusculum, obliquum, 
articulatum. 
Caules (in vero stolones erecti) tenues, internodiis 
± elongatis, erecti vel flaccidi, simplices vel ramosi. 
Folia basilaria initio evoluta, sed mox 
e m a r c i d a; caulina e basi subhastata plane cordata 
vel truncata anguste triangulari-oblonga, acu- 
