INDIAN SPECIES OF PRIMULA AND ANDROSACE. 18 
minutis, floribus magnis sessilibus nutantibus, calycis profunde 
5-lobi segmentis quadratis, corolla late infundibulari, lobis brevi- 
bus latis grosse dentatis. (Tas. XI. B.) 
Sikkim Himataya: on the Kankola Pass, alt. 15,000 ft., J. 
D. Hooker. 
Rootstock small, with slender fibrous roots. Leaves 4-1 inch, 
including the petiole, rather slender, sparsely pubescent, base 
acute or truncate. Scapes one or more, tall for the size of the 
plant, 1-3 inches, slender; bracts oblong. Calyx nearly 4 inch 
long, campanulate, membranous, segments almost truncate, apicu- 
late, sometimes toothed. Corolla pale lilac; tube short, gradu- 
ally expanding into a limb 3-1 inch broad; lobes short, often 3- 
fid, the intermediate lobe very short. Stamens near the base of 
the corolla. Ovary globose.—A very remarkable species, unfor- 
tunately named, as it has usually two flowers, of which one is 
often imperfect; no other species has flowers so large in compa- 
rison with the foliage. 
PrarE XI. B. fig. l, plant, nat. size; 2,leaf; 3, scape and 
flower (one imperfect); 4, bract ; 5, calyx; 6, ovary: all but 1 
and 3 enlarged. 
19. P. TENELLA, King in Herb. Calcutt.; glaberrima, efarinosa, 
foliis $-pollicaribus obovatis v. trapezoideis supra medium grosse 
crenato-dentatis, scapo filiformi 1-floro, bractea minuta, calycis 
lobis obtusis, corolle tubo gracili fauce late infundibulari, lobis 
latis profunde obcordatis. (Tas. XII. B.) 
Cuvumbi VALLEY, at Phari (between Sikkim and Bhotan), alt. 
about 15,000 ft. 
Rootstock stout. Leaves mealy all over, especially beneath, 
subacute, petiole broadly winged. Scape very slender; bract 
close under the flower, shorter than the calyx. Corolla bluish 
white, tube 3 inch ; limb 2 inch diam. Stamens near the base 
of thetube. Ovary subacute, top thickened; stigma large, capi- 
tate.—4A remarkable little species, very unlike any other. 
Prate XII. B. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2, bract and calyx; 3, 
portion of corolla laid open, with stamens and ovary: all 
enlarged. 
20. P. Exwesiana, King im Herb. Calcutt.; efarinosa, foliis 
2-8-pollicaribus oblanceolatis subacutis integerrimis coriaceis, 
