Tas. 8051. : 
PRIMULA VEITCHIL, 
China. 
PrimvuLacea&. 'I'ribe PRimutea. 
Primuta, Linn,; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 631. 
Primula (§ Aleuritia) Veitchii, Duthie in Gard. Chron. vol. xxxvii. (1905), 
i. p. 344, cum tab. in Suppl.; ex affinitate P. cortusoidei, Linn., 
a qua habitu robustiore, foliis et floribus majoribus, et foliorum pagina 
inferiore copiose pubescente differt. 
Herba perennis, rhizomate gracili horizontali. Folia omnia radicalia, petio- 
lata; lamina 3-4 poll. longa et lata, ovata, cordata, bullata, alte lobata ; 
lobi imbricati, 3-5-dentati, dentibus obtusis vel subacutis, marginibus 
ciliatis; pagina superior viridis, parce hirsuta, inferior tomento albo 
subfloccoso induta, costa et nervis primariis crassis valde prominentibus ; 
petiolus laminam subequans, pilosus. Scapi robusti, 9-14 poll. alti, 
dense puberuli. Flores umbellati vel verticillati, roseo-purpurei; pedi- 
celli 9-12 lin. longi, bracteas superantes, puberuli; bracteze numerose, 
anguste elliptico-lanceolatz, marginibus ciliatis. COa/yx 6 lin. longus, 
brunneo-viridis, extra copiose intra vix pubescens, lobis circa 2 lin. 
longis, lineari-lanceolatis, marginibus ciliatis. - Corolla hypocrateriformis, 
1 poll. diametro, extra puberula; tubus 4-5 lin. longus, szepius rubro 
suffusus, ore flavo annulo aurantiaco conspicue circumcincto, lobis obcor- 
datis ad basim cuneatis. Filamenta brevissima, infra dilatata. Capsula 
matura calycem duplo superans. 
This is one of the handsomest of the more recently 
imported Chinese primulas, and will probably prove to be 
a valuable addition to the list of the cultivated species of 
this favourite genus. In general habit it approaches 
P. cortusoides, but it is a much more robust plant, and 
with larger and broader leaves, the under surface of which 
is densely clothed with whitish floccose tomentum; the 
flowers also are much larger, and of a deeper rose colour. 
It was discovered by Mr. H. H. Wilson on the mountains 
of Western Szechuen, growing on cliffs and exposed spots, 
at elevations between 8,000 and 10,000 feet. The 
accompanying plate was prepared from material supplied 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, from their Nursery at 
Coombe Wood. 
Descr.—A perennial herb. Rhizome slender, horizontal. 
Leaves all radical, petioled; blade three to four inches in 
length, and as broad as long, ovate, cordate, rugose or 
subbullate, deeply lobed ; lobes imbricate, coarsely 3—5-fid., 
DeceMBER Ist, 1905, 
