INDIAN SPECIES OF PRIMULA AND ANDROSACE. 9 
Puate VI. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2, bracts; 3, calyx; 4, por 
tion of corolla laid open ; 5, ovary: all enlarged. 
12. P. Kner, Watt; glaberrima, efarinosa, foliis confertis 
2-8-pollicaribus elliptico-lanceolatis acutis integerrimis v. obscure 
crenulatis, petiolo late vaginante membranaceo, costa valida, scapo 
gracili elongato 4—5-floro, bracteis e basi lata subulatis, pedicellis 
brevibus puberulis, calyce anguste subcampanulato, corolla rubro- 
purpurea late infundibulari puberula breviter 5-loba, limbo con- 
cavo, lobis retusis intus glabris. (Tas. VII.) 
Sikkim Himataya: at Natong (Herb. Hort. Calcutt.). 
Leaves spreading, subcoriaceous, pale beneath when dry. Scape 
6-10 inches high, very slender; bracts very unequal. Calyx 
l inch long, obtusely angled. Corolla i-$ inch diam., claret- 
coloured. Ovary witha rounded 5-lobed crown. Fruit not seen. 
PLATE Vll. fig. 1, plant, nat. size; 2, calyx; 3, part of corolla 
laid open; 4, ovary : all enlarged. 
13. P. Dicxreana, Watt; glaberrima, efarinosa, foliis ellip- 
tico-obovatis v. oblanceolatis acutis integerrimis v. serratis sessi- 
libus v. petiolatis, petiolo basi anguste membranaceo, scapo elon- 
gato 2-G-floro, floribus magnis sessilibus v. breviter pedicellatis, 
bracteis linearibus v. subulatis, coroll» flave tubo calyce duplo 
longiore intus hirsuto, limbo plano, disco pubescente. (Tas. 
VIII. A.) 
Sikkim Hıīımaraya: Lachen, on open banks, alt. 10,000- 
13,000 ft., J. D. Hooker. 
Rootstock stout, crowned with short sheaths that embrace the 
petioles. Leaves 1-3 inches, narrowed into broadly winged 
petioles, midrib stout, nerves indistinct. Scape stout, 3-10 
inches; bracts membranous, sometimes inserted on the very short 
pedicel ; flowers drooping. Calyx large, half as long as the corolla- 
tube and funnel-shaped throat. Corolla 1 inch diam., tube and 
throat hairy within, lobes rounded and bifid. Top of ovary 
obtuse, thickened. Fruit not seen.—A beautiful species, re- 
sembling small states of P. Stuartii; but the leaves are, when not 
entire, serrate, the corolla-disk is pubescent, and tube hairy 
within; it is scentless. It has not been found except by Sir 
J. Hooker in 1848. 
Prats VIII. A. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2, bract; 3, calyx; 
4, portion of corolla laid open ; 5, ovary: all enlarged. 
