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axis supra semina longe producta, xyphoidea. — Herbæ terrestres, rhi- 
zomatose, rhizomate crasso apice multisquamato; squamae membra- 
naceæ, fusca, folia alte involventes; pedunculus uniflorus, flore ebrac- 
teato, corolla extus pubescens vel glandulosa. Folia post flores evoluta. 
Species 4 hucusque cognita. 
1. Folia ovata vel rotundato-ovata, basi cordata. 
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” Omphalogramma Delavayi. — Primula Delavayi Franch., 
Bull. Soc. bot. de Fr., vol. XXX, p. 292. 
Folia crenato-dentata, adulta late cordato-orbiculata, limbo in petio- 
lum non producto; corolla rubro-violacea, tubo lato sensim ampliato, 
intus glabro, lobis obovatis, non vel obscure emarginatis, marginibus 
varie inciso-laceris; antheræ oblongo-sagittatæ, 5 mm. longæ, filamentis 
glabris ad medium tubi insertis; capsula ovato-oblonga, 25 mm. longa, 
obtusa, striata; axis placentifera superne longe nuda, intra styli basim 
penetrans; semina plana, subquadrata, ala tenui continua cineta. — 
Pubescentia pilis crispatis pluricellularibus constans; corolla 4 cent. 
longa; calix 10-18 mm. lobis apice nunc dentatis; folia adulta 6-8 cent. 
longa; stylus 25-30 mm. 
Hab. — China occidentalis, prov. Yunnan, inter dumeta mon- 
tis Tsang chan, alt. 4000 m.; fl. Jun. Aug. (Delavay, n. 116); fr. 
mat. Octob. 
9. Folia oblonga, limbo secus petiolum plus minus longe producto. 
0. Elwesiana. — P. Elwesiana King, in Watt, Journ. Linn. 
Society, XX, p. 13, tab. 12 (A) : Hook. f. et Thomps., Flora of 
Brit. Ind. II, p. 492. 
Folia longe petiolata, limbo oblongo, obtuso, laxe et vix conspicue 
denticulato, glabro; pedunculus pube rufa vestitus; calix fere ad basin 
quinquepartitus, rufo-pilosus, lobis lanceolato-linearibus, 6-7 mm. 
longis; corolla infundibuliformis, rubro-violacea (ex King), leviter cer- 
nua, circiter 4 cent. longa, tubo inferne angustato, cylindrico, extus 
pubescente, superne paulo ampliato, intus ad faucem pilosa, lobis parum 
patentibus breviter bilobis superne incisis; stamina infra medium tubi 
inserta, brevia, filamentis glabris antheram oblongam vix æquantibus, 
ovarium ovato-globosum ; stylus e fauce non exsertus; capsula 15-18 mm. 
longa; semina compressa oblique subquadrata, ala continua cincta. 
Hab. — Sikkim Himalaya, ad Pyakring tri, alt. 2800 m., fl. 
4 Jul. (D' King). 
