8 MR. d. WATT ON SOME 
triangular-ovate or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse. Corolla bright 
purple, limb 3-1 inch diam., often puberulous. Seeds large, 
zy inch diam., subglobose, coarsely papillose. 
Entire-leaved specimens of this fine species resemble at first 
sight broad-leaved states of P. Stuartii, var. purpurea, from which 
the thin texture of the leaves, the acute top of the ovary, and the 
capsule at once distinguish it. There are two forms of it, an 
Eastern and a Western, of which the Western extends to and 
overlaps the Eastern. Though differing at first sight, their diffe- 
rences reside only in the leaves, and these present intermediate 
states. 
Var. 1. Roylei; folis obovato-spathulatis obtusis erosis v. 
subintegris subtus farinosis.—Kunawur to Sikkim. 
Var. 2. Griffithii, Watt; folis ovato-cordatis acutis grosse 
dentatis.—Bhotan, Griffith ; Sikkim, J. D. Hooker. 
Puate V. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2, bracts on scape; 3, bract ; 
4, calyx ; 5, ovary: all enlarged. 
11. P. gnoNGaATA, Watt; folis longe petiolatis 8—5-pollica- 
ribus membranaceis obovatis v. oblanceolatis obtusis crenulatis 
subtus farinosis v. concoloribus, scapo gracili paucifloro, floribus 
subsessilibus, bracteis brevibus subulatis basi simplicibus, calyce 
angusto ad medium 5fido, lobis lanceolatis, coroll; aurez tubo 
valde elongato fauce infundibulari exannulata, lobis rotundato- 
obcordatis crenatis, ovario subacuto. (Herb. Ind. Or., Hook. f. 
d Thoms., Primula, no. 14.) (Tas. VI.) 
Si&krM HiMALAYA: Zemu valley, alt. 12,000-13,000 ft., J. D. 
Hooker. 
Rootstock stout, tuberous, giving off broad fleshy sheaths with 
membranous margins which embrace the petioles. Leaves 4-14 
inch diam., narrowed into the winged, rarely slender petiole, 
midrib stout, nerves slender, crenatures regular. Scape stout, 
twice as long as the leaves, upper part and inflorescence mealy, 
6-8-flowered ; bracts subulate from a broad base; pedicels very 
short. Calyx cleft halfway down into narrow lobes, much shorter 
than the corolla-tube. Corolla golden yellow, tube twice as long 
as the calyx and expanding into a funnel-shaped throat, together 
i inch long.— This more resembles P. obtusifolia perhaps than 
any other other species, from which the long corolla-tube and 
throat and crenate lobes distinguish it. It was collected by Sir 
J. Hooker in 1849 and never since. 
