INDIAN SPECIES OF PRIMULA AND ANDROSACE. 15 
folis 4-1-pollicaribus anguste obovato-oblongis v. spathulatis 
obtusis argute dentatis, dentibus recurvis, costa lata, seapo O 
v. brevissimo, floribus 1-3 breviter pedicellatis, calyce cupulari v. 
eampanulato glanduloso, dentibus brevibus latis acutis, coroll: 
tubo late cylindraceo calyce duplo longiore, lobis rotundatis bre- 
viter bifidis. Herb. Ind. Or., Hook. f. & Thoms., Prim. no. 25. 
(Tas. VILI. B.) 
Sikkim HriMmaríaYa: Lachen, alt. 12,000 ft., J. D. Hooker. 
Roots of thick fleshy fibres. Leaves dark green, rather fleshy, 
rarely narrowed into a petiole, teeth often recurved, the outer 
reduced to oblong fleshy scales with toothed tips. Corolla white, 
tube about 4 inch long, limb as broad. Ovary globose, top acute; 
stigma globose. 
Prare VIII. B. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2, leaf; 3, bract; 4, 
calyx ; 5, part of corolla laid open: all enlarged. 
23. P. muscoipes, Hook. f.; minuta, dense ceespitosa, glaberrima, 
efarinosa, foliis 44,—l5-pollicaribus sessilibus ovato-oblongis con- 
vexis apicibus grosse dentatis, costa crassa lata, scapo 0, floribus 
solitariis subsessilibus 2-bracteatis, corolle tubo calyce brevi 
profunde 5fido duplo longiore cylindraeeo, lobis brevibus. Herb. 
Ind. Or., Hook. jz. & Thoms., Prim. no. 23. (Tas. IV. D.) 
SixkiM Himataya: Kankola Pass, alt. 15,000 ft, J. D. 
Hooker. 
Much the smallest species of the genus, forming moss-like tufts 
amongst the roots of creeping alpine plants. It is closely allied 
to P. Hookeri; but the shape of the leaves is quite different, the 
flowers very much smaller. 
Prare IV. D. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2, leaves; 3, bracts and 
flcwer; 4, calyx: all enlarged. 
Van. Ptenuiloba. Leaves with short broad petioles; corolla 
larger, tube longer, slightly hairy, lobes longer, very narrow, cleft 
into two linear spreading lobes —Sikkim Himalaya, at Yemutong, 
alt. 14,000 ft. (Herb. Ind. Or., Hook. f. § Thoms., Prim. 
no. 22). This may prove a different species, but is undoubtedly 
nearly allied to P. muscoides. 
Prare XIII. A. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2,1eaf; 3, bract and 
calyx; 4, portion of corolla laid open: all enlarged. 
24. P. Stirrontana, Watt ; pusilla, dense cespitosa, glanduloso- 
puberula, efarinosa, foliis 4-pollicaribus obovato-spathulatis ob- 
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