418 
Becker, Violae Asiaticae et Australenses. 
V. Arten aus der Verwandtschaft derV.bulbosa 
Maxim, und Hookeri Thoms. em. W. Bckr. 
1. V. bulbosa Maxim. Mel. biol. (1876) p. 748. 
Syn.: V. bulbosa Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersb. XXIII. 
(1877) p. 334; — Forbes et Hemsley Enum. (1886) 
p. 52; — Diels Fl. Centr.-China (1900) p. 477 
(dubie!). 
Planta humilis, debilis, subcaulescens, rhi- 
zomate perpendiculari et in parte infima simu- 
late bulboso, stolones debiles aphyllos subterraneos emit- 
tens. 
Rhizoma tenue, verticale, radicellatu m , in 
parte infima squamis 4 — 6 confertis latis in 
medio coriaceo-incrassatis navicularibus, 
ex eo simulate bulbosum; squamae reliquiae 
stipularum sunt. 
Stipulae angustae usque ultra medium adnatae, in- 
te g r a e , glabrae vel ciliatae. 
Folia breviter vel plerumque longe petiolata, approximata, 
e basi cuneata vel plane cordata oblongo- 
ovata usque rotundiuscula, indistincte ere- 
il a t a , glabrescens vel praecipue subtus et ad petiolos alatos 
pilosa. 
Flores folia superantes, inconspicui, albi; petala late- 
ralia ebarbata, infimum brevissime calcara- 
tum; sepala lanceolata, obtusiuscula, ciliata vel glabra, appen- 
dicibus subacutiusculis; Stylus ad apicem depla- 
natus et convexus, distincte suberecto-rostellatus, 
in parte aversa utriusque marginatus. Fl. VI. 
Verbreit.: China, Prov. Kansu: im Lande der 
Tanguten leg. Przewalski a. 1873 et 1880; — im chines. Kansu 
leg. Potanin a. 1885. 
Hierzu als L'nterart: 
sbsp. tuberifera (Franch. pr. sp.) W. Bckr. ined. 
Syn.: T r . tuberifera Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Free. XXXIII. 
(1886) p. 410 et PI. Delavay. (1889) p. 70. 
tuberifera var. pseudo-palustris Leveille in Fedde 
Repert. XIII. (1914) p. 343. 
. Hookeri Franch. in Bull. Soc. bot. Free. XXXII. 
(1885) p. 5; non Thoms. 
V. bulbosa De Boissieu in Bull. herb. Boiss. II. ser. 
V. 
V 
(1901) p. 1076. 
E x s. : Delavay PI. Yunnan nr. 40, 249, 1095; — J. H. Lace 
Fl. Chamba- State (1899) nr. 1949; — Herb, late East Ind. Comp, 
nr. 231 (East Himalaya). 
Icon.: Franch. PI. Delavay. (1889) tab. 19a. 
