TAR 8363; 
PRIMULA Maxrmowiczi. 
Northern China. 
PRIMULAGEAE. Tribe PRIMULEAE. 
Primuta, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 681. 
Primula Maximowiczii, Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. iii. (1874), p. 139; 
Gard. Chron. 1910, vol. xlvii. p. 221, fig. 96; species ab affini P. tangutica, 
Duthie, ot haga lobis brevioribus, corollae coccineae lobis brevioribus facile 
distinguen 
Herba perennis, efarinosa, calycis lobis exceptis glabra. Folia omnia radicalia, 
anguste elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, apice obtusa vel subacuta, basi in 
petiolum membranaceo-alatum attenuata, 4-15 cm. longa, 2-4°7 cm. lata, 
supra viridia subtus pallidiora, nervis lateralibus utrinque numerosis 
supra conspicuis subtus prominulis, margine crenulato-denticulata. Sca 
robustus, teres, erectus, folia multoties superans, 20-30 cm. altus, umbellam 
solitariam multifloram vel umbellas plures superpositas gerens. Pedicelli 
graciles, 1-5-4 em. longi, primo recti, demum curvati. Calycis viridis 
tubus ad 6 mm. longus, 3-3-5 mm. diametro, lobi acuti vel subacuti ad 
38 mm. longi, margine ciliolati. Corollae coccineae tubus cylindricus 
superne leviter ampliatus, 1°3-1°6 cm. longus, 2-3 mm. diametro, ore 
annulo subpentagono instructus, limbus 1:5 em. diametro, lobi reflexi 
oblongi, exsiccati atro-purpurei, 7-7°5 mm. longi, 2°5-3 mm. lati. Antherue 
parvae; filamenta brevia basem versus dilatata. Ovarium globosum; stylus 
calycis tubum paulo superans, apice depressus.—P. oreocharis, Hance in 
Journ. Bot. vol. xiii. (1875) p. 183. P. Maximowiczii, var. B Dielsiana, 
Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. vol. iv. Primulaceae, p. 107.—W. G. Crat. 
The Primula here figured has been, since its independent 
and almost simultaneous description by Regel and Hance 
in 1874 and 1875 respectively, an object. of desire and a 
subject for debate. The original specimens showed that 
P, Mazximowiczii must prove a welcome addition to horti- 
culture. The wish of more than five and thirty years’ stand- 
ing has at last been fulfilled. The original specimens, 
collected by Moellendorf, Bretschneider, Hancock and. 
Potanin, all came from the province of Chihli in Northern 
China, from the mountains in the neighbourhood of Peking. 
The plants now, thanks to the efforts of Messrs. J. Veitc 
& Sons, established in this country come from the same 
province, but from a Jocality considerably further to the 
Marcu, 1911. 
