170 F. Fedde. 
XLVIII. Species novas in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 3. ser., 
XXXVIII (1905), descriptas 
compilavit F. Fedde. 
13. Primula tangutica Duthie, l. c., p. 42, fig. 17. 
Rootstock short, stout. Leaves all radical, fleshy, glabrous, 2—41} in. 
long and ?/,—1 in. broad, narrowly oblanceolate, rounded or abruptly 
acuminate at the apex, tapering downwards into the winged petiole, finely 
denticulate along the margins of the upper half, midrib stout, lateral 
veins obscure. Scape 1—3 ft. high, stout glabrous except just below the 
flowers. Flowers whorled, drooping, 5—9 in a whorl. Bracts narrowly 
subulate, shorter than the pedicels, deeply channelled above, pubescent. 
Pedicels !/,—3/, in. long, puberulous. Calyx shorter than the corolla-tube, 
glabrous outside, puberulous within, divided !/—!/, way down into 
narrowly subulate somewhat unequal segments, the margins minutely 
dentieulate. Corolla */, in. across, varying from yellow to dark chocolate 
or almost black; tube ?/, in. long in the long-styled form, and 3/; in. in 
the short-styled form, tinged with crimson, the mouth surrounded by a 
5-gonal ridge; lobes reflexed, narrowly ligulate, obtuse. 
This very remarkable-looking Primula was originally discovered in 
1880 by Przewalski in the Kansu province of Western China. It 
was regarded by Maximowiez as a variety of Regel’s P. Maximowiczii, 
and was named by him “var. tangutica”, but this name does not appear 
to have been published. lt has recently been found by Mr. E. H. Wilson 
on the mountains of Szechuan, growing abuntantly in open grassy 
places at elevations between 11000 and 13000 feet. It differs from P. 
Maximowiezü by its longer calyx-lobes, and by the very narrow ligulate 
lobes of the corolla. The flowers have a strong scent, resembling that 
of Jasminum Sambac. 
14. Aloe Chabaudii Schónland, |. c., p. 102, fig. 34. 
„Acaulescent. Leaves eighteen to twenty-four, forming an irregular 
rosette; up to 19 inches long and 9 inches broad near the base, about 
?[, inch thick, ovate-lanceolate, unspotted, somewhat glaucous; upper sur- 
face indistinctly striate, nearly flat, except near the apex, where it is 
channelled; lower surface slightly convex; margin with a narrow horny 
border; prickles !/, inch long or even smaller at first flesh-coloured, 
brown in older leaves, straight or (especially in the upper portion of the 
leaf) curved forward, about ', inch apart, interspaces straight. In- 
florescence a loose panicle with squarrose ascending branches 24 to 
30 inches in height, about 18 inches in diameter; racemes lax, floriferous 
portion 6 to 8 inches long; bracts-deltoid acuminate, membranous, lowest 
about !/, inch long, upper gradually smaller; pedicels spreading, lowest 
