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rioso-hyalinae, calyce paullo breviores ; calyx anguste infundibuliformis, 

 glaber, limbus albus purpureo-costatus, costis haud excurrentibus ; 

 ovarium glabrum. 

 Drekalla; July. 



Acantholimon (§ Armeriopsis, Boiss.) calocephalum, Aitchison et 

 Hemsley, n. sp. Foliis brevibus patentibus crassis plano-triquetris acero- 

 sis, scapis quam folia brevioribus, spicis densissimis unilateraliter evo- 

 lutis, spiculis usque 12 saepissime trifloris, bracteis exterioribus maximis 

 orbicularibus concavis margine tantum hyalinis, bracteis interioribus 

 late obovato-ellipticis quam calyx paullo brevioribus. 



Suffrutex caespitosus, pedalis et ultra, ramis crassiusculis dense foliosis. 

 Folia crassa, coriacea vel fere lignosa, linearia, acerosa, usque ad 9 lineas 

 longa, plano-triquetra, minute albido punctata (puncta lacrymae calcis ?) 

 margine minutissime scaberula, patentia, scapo longiora. Flores congesti, 

 capitato-spicati ; spicae densissimae, unilateraliter evolutae, usque polli- 

 cares; spiculae usque ad 12, distich 83, 2-5-florae, sed saepissime 3-floraej 

 bracteae exteriores coriaceae, amplae, orbiculares, concavae, mucronatae, 

 purpureo vel roseo zonatae, margine anguste hyalino-membranaceae j 

 bracteae interiores fere omnino hyalinae, roseo vel purpureo tinctas, ob- 

 ovato-ellipticae, calyce paullo breviores ; calyx infundibuliformis, omnino 

 glaber, atro-purpureo costatus, costis haud excurrentibus ; ovarium 

 puberulum. 

 Near A. hracteatum, Boiss., but differing in its very shortly 



pedunculate spikes and quite coriaceous coloured outer bracts. 



Sikaram, forming immense hummocks, 11,000 to 13,000 feet. 



44. Pbimtjlace^;. 

 130, 521. Primula denticulata, Sm. 

 Biankhel ; April. 



352. P. denticulata, Sm. var. 

 SUalizan; May. 



462. P. rosea, Royle. 



Sbendtoi ravine, at 9000 to 10,000 feet, very local. 



960. P. purpurea, Royle = Griffith, no. 699. 



Profuse from 11,000 to 15,000 feet on all the higher hills, 

 Sikaram. 



169. Androsace incisa, Wall. 



At 7000 to 8000 feet from Shalizan to Habibkalla, not un- 

 common. 



925. A. sp. 



At 13,000 feet on Sikaram ; a very minute woolly plant. 



