Tas. 8043. 
PRIMULA TANGUTICA. 
China. 
Primutaces. Tribe PRIMULEA. 
Primuta, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 631. 
Primula (§ Proliferz) tangutica, Duthie in Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxviii. 
p- 42, fig. 17; ex affinitate P. Mazximowiczii, a qua calycis lobis 
longioribus et corolle lobis angustissimis differt. 
Herba perennis, preter inflorescentiam glabra, rhizomate brevi crasso. Folia 
omnia radicalia, 2-44 poll. longa, subcoriacea, glabra, anguste oblanceolata, 
obtusa vel subacuta, basi in petiolum alatum attenuata, marginibas 
remote et minute denticulatis; costa crassa, nervis lateralibus obscuris. 
Scapus robustus, teres, 1-3 ped. altus, apice tantum puberulus. Flores 
verticillati, cernui, odorati; bractew lineari-lanceolate, pedicellis breviores, 
supra canaliculatz ; pedicelli 3-9 lin. longi, puberuli. Ca/yx quam corolle 
tubus brevior, inzequaliter 5-lobus, extra glaber, intra farinoso-puberulus ; 
lobi tubum subzequantes, triangulari-lanceolati, acuti, marginibus ciliatis, 
vel minute denticulatis. Corolla 9-10 lin. diametro, fusco- vel atro- 
purpurea; tubus 4-6 lin. longus, ore annulo pentagono instructus; lobi 
reflexi, anguste ligulati. Stamina inclusa, medio tubi affixa; filamenta 
brevissima, infra dilatata. Ovarium subglobosum, stigma hemisphericum, 
_apice depressum. Capsula matura oblongo-cylindrica, calycem excedens. 
—Primula Maximowiczii, Regel, var. tangutica, Maxim. in Herb. Hort. 
Petrop. et Kew. 
Amongst the many Primulas already known from 
Eastern Asia this species is chiefly remarkable for the 
peculiar colour of the flowers. It is most nearly related 
to P. Maximowiczti, from which it differs by its narrower 
leaves, longer calyx-lobes, and by the very narrow seg- 
ments of the corolla. Specimens of this plant were first 
collected in 1880 by Przewalski in the Kansu province of 
N.W. China, and afterwards by Soulié (no. 951) at 
Tongolo in Eastern Tibet. The plant here figured was 
raised by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons from seed collected by 
Mr. E. H. Wilson, who found it growing abundantly in 
open grassy places at elevations between 11,000 and 
13,000 feet. The flowers have a strong scent resembling 
that of Jasminum Sambace. 
Descr.—A perennial herb with a short, thick rootstock, 
_ quite glabrous, except on portions of the inflorescence. 
Leaves all radical, sub-coriaceous; blade two to five inches 
long, narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, tapering 
November Ist, 1905. ‘ 
