Tas. 4597. 
PRIMULA SiKKIMENsIs. 
Sikkim Primrose. 
Nat. Ord. PrrmuLaceEz.—PENTaNDRIA Monoaynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4550.) 
Primuta (Aleuritia) Sikkimensis; foliis obovato-oblongis obtusis rugulosis ar- 
gute duplicato-dentatis in petiolum subzequilongum attenuatis, scapo 
elongato, floribus umbellatis terminalibus, involucri foliolis lanceolatis erec- 
tis sessilibus, calycibus farinosis brevi-tubulosis 5-fidis corollz tubum equan- 
tibus, corolla (flava) subinfundibuliformi lobis rotundatis emarginatis, an- 
theris sessilibus obtusis, ovario subgloboso, stigmate peltato-capitato. 
Mention has been already made of this pretty Primrose in 
our ‘ Kew Garden Miscellany,’ vol. iii. p. 128, when speaking of 
the Cankrienia chrysantha of Java (Primula imperialis, Jungh. 
MS.), where it is said in a note, ‘“ Among the numerous draw- 
ings recently sent home by Dr. Hooker from Sikkim-Himalaya, 
is one of a yellow Primula that vies with the Cankrienia, and 
of which that traveller relates, ‘It is the pride of all the alpine 
Primulas, inhabits wet boggy places at elevations of from 
12-17,000 feet, at Lachen and Lachong, covering acres with 
a yellow carpet in May and June.’”’ Seeds transmitted by Dr. 
Hooker to the Royal Gardens produced plants which flowered in 
May of the present year; and from one of which our figure is 
taken. It is, perhaps, the tallest Primu/a in cultivation, and 
very different from any hitherto described. 
Descr. Stemless. eaves all from the root, erecto-patent, 
8-9 inches to a foot long (including the petiole), obovato-oblong, 
thin and submembranaceous, but strongly reticulato-venose, not 
farinose, obtuse, the margin doubly and sharply toothed, the 
thickened médrid and nerves prominent beneath, where the hue 
is paler than above; they taper into a long broad red petiole 
about equal in length to the leaf. Scape a foot to two feet high, 
erect, ‘terete, pale green, bearing an umbel of lemon-yellow 
AUGUST IsT, 1851. 
