Gentiana primuliflora Franch.

, P; Primuliflora Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 31, 375
(1884); Kusnez. Monogr. 253. Marq . K.B. 154. i937#
Yunnan.—On open moist pasture on the Tali Range at 3900 m.—
Delavay sine no.; Ducloux 570; Forrest 15526; Maire 1516 * Simeon
Ten 11.
GEJTTIANA PRIMUIAEPLORA., sp.nov. (Franch. B.S.B.F.31r375, 1884)
8tenogyne seet. nov. - Stigmata anguste linearia, elongataj corolla hyp°-
crater imorpha, tubo angustoj pro caeteris ut in sectifcne Chondrophylla.
Annual radice tenui,glaberrima, glauca. Caulis erectus, gracilis, e basi
ramosissimus, ramis erecto-patentibus. Folia rosularum sub anthesi nullm^caul-
ina parva, late cordiformia, semiamplexicaulia, margine anguste cartilaginea,
tenuiter erosa. Flores ad apieem ramulorum inter folia suprema subsessilesl
calyx corolla plus duplo brevior, anguste obconicus, angulatus, dentibus e basi
triangulari lineari-aristatis, tubi quartam partem vix aequantibus; corolla pal-
lide rubella, hypocraterimorpha, tubo angusto, paulo supra medium abrupte in
bum cupuliformem dilatato, lobis ovatis, acutisfplicae lobis multo breviores,
oblongae, integraci stigmata in flore virgineo connata, mox ad basin usque lib-
era, stylo subnullo. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, post anthesin anguste oblong-
um, apice attenuatum. Semina ovata, oblique corrugata. - Pianta circiter pal-
maris; folia 6-8 mill, loriga; flores circiter 20 mill.
In pratis ad Mo-che-tchin, supra Tapintze, pro Tali? 3 octob.1882 (Delavay,
Gent., n. 9} (Ytro-nan).
Species sui juris, cum nulla e genere comparanda, primo adspectu Brythreae
diffusae haud absimillisi corolla fere Primulae.
PLANTS OF YUNNAN, CHINA
Ex-herb. G. Bonati
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