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40 80. PRIMULACES. 
22. Primula Maximowiczii, Regel, Descr. Pl. Nov. Turkest. ii. 
p. 43, et in Acta Horti Petrop. iii. p. 139; Franchet, Pl. David. 
p. 199; Pax, Monogr. in Engler's Jahrb. x. p. 218, reprint, p. 146. 
Primula oreocharis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 12. 
Cuni: mountains near Peking (Mellendorff! Bretschneider ! 
Hancock!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
23. Primula membranifolia, Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 
xxxiii. p. 68; Pax, Monogr. in Engler's Jahrb. x. p. 219, reprint, 
p. 147. 
Yunnan: Tsangchan mountain, above Tali (Delavay!). Herb. 
Kew. 
24. Primula nivalis, Pall. It. ii. p. 320; Duby in DC. Prodr. 
viii. p. 39; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iii. p. 10, excl. var. pumila, ex Paz, 
Monogr. in Engler's Jahrb. x. p. 207, reprint, p. 135 (var. pur- 
purea). 
Primula Stuartii, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 490, excl. var. typica 
Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. p. 270, non Wall. 
Primula purpurea, Royle, Illustr. Him. Pl. p. 311, t. 77. f. 2. 
YUNNAN: open localities on the summit of Lopinchan, Lan- 
kong, at 3500 metres (Delavay 751!). Herb. Kew. 
A variable species extending from the Caucasus through Cen- 
tral Asia and the mountains of Northern India to Kamtschatka 
and North-western America. 
We have followed Dr. Pax in treating this as a variety of 
P. nivalis, rather than a variety of the yellow-flowered P. Stuartii. 
25. Primula nutans, Delavay ex Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. 
France, xxxiii. p. 69; Pax, Monogr. in Engler's Jahrb. x. p. 198, 
reprint, p. 121. 
Yunnan: mountains above Tapintze (Delavay!). Herb. Kew. 
26. Primula obconica, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 234, et 
1882, p. 154; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxiii. p. 66 
(excl. varietates rotundifolia et glabrescens); Paz, Monogr. in 
Engler’s Jahrb. x. p. 167, reprint, p. 95. 
Primula poculiformis, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6582. 
Huren: Ichang, Patung and immediate neighbourhood (4, 
Henry!); SzEcnvEN: Mount Omei at 3000 feet (Faber !), banks 
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