INDIAN SPECIES OF PRIMULA AND ANDROSACE. 7 
Prats XI. A. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2, bracts ; 3, portion of 
corolla laid open ; 4, ovary ; 5, calyx and capsule: all enlarged. 
9. P. GLABRA, Klatt in Linnea, xxxvii. p. 500; inflorescentia 
farinosa, foliis 3-1-pollicaribus obovato-spathulatis acutis v. ob- 
tusis erosis v. dentatis, scapo gracili laxi- v. densifloro, floribus 
sessilibus v. breviter pedicellatis, bracteis brevibus basi gibbosis, 
calyce campanulato lobis brevibus late obovatis obtusis, corolla 
exannulata, lobis brevibus bifidis. (Tas. IV. B.) 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 13,000-15,000 ft., J. D. Hooker, O. B. 
Clarke, G. Watt. 
Tufted, 13-3 inches high. Leaves rosulate, spreading, small 
for the size of the plant, 1-1 inch long, rather thin, rigid when 
dry, tip rounded, base narrowed into a broad or slender petiole, 
teeth horizontal or recurved. Scape tall in comparison with the 
leaves, slender, erect, usually many-flowered; bracts subulate, very 
small, base gibbous ; flowers small, often in a rounded head. Calyx 
very different from any allied species, the broad lobes not one 
third the length of the tube, and as long as the corolla-tube. Oo- 
rolla blue-purple, limb 4-1 inch diam. Capsule oblong, included. 
Seeds coarsely papillar.—This remarkable little species resembles 
P. pusilla, Wall., in habit ; but the bracts are very different, and 
the mouth of the corolla is glabrous. 
Puate IV. B. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2, bracts; 3, calyx; 
4, portion of corolla laid open, with ovary and stamen; 5, seed: 
all enlarged. 
10. P. OBTUSIFOLIA, Royle, Ill. p. 311, t. 77. f. 1; efarinosa 
v. foliis subtus et inflorescentia farinosis, foliis 2-6-pollicari- 
bus obovatis v. elliptico-spathulatis acutis v. obtusis integris cre- 
natis erosis v. grosse dentatis, basi angustatis v. cordatis, petiolo 
late alato, scapo robusto plurifloro, bracteis ovatis v. subulatis 
basi sepe connatis, corolle purpurex tubo calyce duplo longiore, 
ore annulato, lobis obcordatis, ovario acuto, capsula globosa calyci 
immersa. Duby in DO. Prod. viii. 42. (Tas. V.) 
EASTERN and Western TEMPERATE HIMALAYA: from Kuna- 
wur (Royle) to Bhotan (Griffth), ascending to 12,000 ft. in 
Sikkim. 
Rootstock stout, fleshy. Leaves very variable. Scape 6-10 
inches ; bracts ]-l inch; pedicels 4-1} inch, stout in fruit. Calyx 
usually mealy, cupular or broadly campanulate in fruit; lobes 
