Tas. 6210. 
ANDROSACE sarmenvosa. 
Native of the Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. PRIMULACEZ.—Tribe PRIMULEX. 
Genus AnDROosace, Linn, (Benth. et Hook. f., Gen. Plant,, vol, ii., p. 632 ined.). 
ANDROSACE sarmentosa, laxa sericeo-pilosa, sarmentis elongatis nudis undique ab 
caule perbrevi patentibus robustis, declinatis apicibus tantum foliosis, caule 
brevissimo, foliis dense rosulatis obovato-lanceolatis obtusis integerrimis, 
in petiolum brevem angustatis, scapo erecto, involucri foliolis numerosis 
angustis latisve interdum foliaceis, calycis lobis oblongis obtusis, corolla 
tubo brevi globoso, limbi rosei lobis patentibus rotundatis, ore albido forni- 
cibus clauso, capsula oblonga calycem superante. 
Ay sarmentosa, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed, Carey, vol. ii, p. 14; Cat., n. 614; 
Chois. in DC. Prod., vol. viii., p. 49. 
An interesting addition to the collection of rock-work 
plants, hardy and a very free grower. It is a native of the loftier 
regions of the Western Himalaya, and was first found in Central 
Nepal, whence it was sent to Dr. Wallich, then in Calcutta, 
about the year 1820, by the Resident at the Nepalese Court, 
the Hon. E. Gardner. Since that period it has been found 
further west by Mr. Edgeworth, in Kumaon, at an elevation 
of 11-12,000 feet, and on the Zoji La Pass, north of Kashmir, 
_ by Dr. Thomson, at about the same height above the sea. 
Our plant was raised from seed collected by Dr. Bellew (who 
accompanied Forsyth’s mission to Yarkand), at the same 
locality as Dr. Thomson’s came from, and it was flowered first 
and beautifully by Mr. Isaac Anderson Henry, at Hay Lodge, 
Trinity, Edinburgh, and subsequently at Kew, but in far less 
perfection than in the northern clime. As a spring bloomer, | 
flowering in April, it will prove a most welcome accession to 
the hardy herbaceous border, and it is propagated with great 
ease by its runners, which spread all round the plant and hang 
over the sides of the pot in profusion. Asa species, A. sarmen- 
tosa in the form figured differs much from any other 
Androsace, but amongst the varieties of the far more common 
A. lanuginosa, Wall. (Tab. nost. 4005), which inhabits the 
same country and elevations, are some that are with difficulty 
January Ist, 1876. 
