488 © LXXXVII. PRIMULACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Primula. 
Western TIBET, ZANSKAR and Lanor, alt. 13-15,000 ft., Falconer, &c.— DISTRIB. 
Europe, N. America, Arctic America. 
Leaves coriaceous, rosulate or suberect and crowded, midrib obscure. Scape 3-6 
in., bracts erect equalling the pedicels or shorter. Calyx Y in. ; lobes short, ovate. 
Corolla 3—4 in. diam. Ovary globose, top rounded, thickened ; stigma capitate. 
Capsule cylindric, exserted. Seeds 2; in., angular, smooth, pale. 
20. P. involucrata, Wall. Cat. 7107; not mealy, leaves 1-3 in. coria- 
ceous elliptic ovate oblong cordate or orbicular narrowed into a long or short 
etiole obtuse entire or obscurely crenulate, scape long slender loosely 3-6-fld., 
ës linear base much produced often 2-fid, calyx tubular 5-ribbed, corolla 
white, tube much exserted, mouth annulate, limb flat, lobes broad emarginate. 
Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 42; Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 31 ; Regel. Gartenft., 1863, t. 
994. P. Munroi, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1833, t. 15. 
ALPINE HrwAYLAYA, from Kashmir to Sikkim and Western Tibet, alt. 12-15,000 
ft.—Disrris. Europe, N. Asia, Arctic America, 
Closely allied to P. sibirica, but distinguished by the much larger size, broader 
longer petioled leaves, stouter longer scape, larger white flowers, annulate mouth of 
the corolla, shorter capsule, and large elliptie or subeuneate seeds acute at one or 
both ends, j; in. long. Ovary and stigma as in P. sibirica. 
21. P. tibetica, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. ined.; dwarf, tufted, 
not mealy, leaves petioled 4—3 in. coriaceous elliptic obtuse or acute quite en- 
tire, scape very short 1—5-fld., bracts linear base gibbous, pedicels very long in 
fruit, calyx tubular, corolla-tube not exserted, mouth annulate, limb flat, lobes 
deeply cleft. 
WesTerN Trpet, north of Kumaon, alt. 15,500 ft., Strach. & Winterb. EASTERN 
Ter, on the Sikkim frontier, alt. 16-17,000 ft., J. D. H. 
This closely resembles a dwarf state of P. sibirica, to which it stands in the same 
relation as P. concinna does to P. farinosa, The capsule is cylindric, much exserted ; 
seeds not seen. 
TT Capsule globose, included in the hemispheric calyx (not seen in P. elliptica). 
22. P. elliptica, Royle Ill. 311, t. 76, f. 9; not mealy, leaves 3-1 in. 
elliptie ovate or ovate-oblong narrowed into the broad petiole sharply toothed, 
scape long loosely 3-10-fld., bracts linear base shortly produced, calyx campanu- 
late deeply cleft, corolla purple, tube exserted, mouth not annulate, limb flat, 
lobes broad deeply cleft. Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 44; P. denticulata, Wight 
le. t. 2000. P. spathulacea, Jacquem. mss. 
Western HrvaraYa; Kashmir and Lahul, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Falconer, &c. WESTERN 
TisET; Ladak, Watt. 
Leaves suberect, thinly coricaceous, closely serrated down to the dilated top of 
the petiole, midrib slender, nerves obscure, Scape much exceeding the leaves ; bracts 
equalling or exceeding the short pedicels ; flowers nodding. Calyx }ł-4in. Corolla- 
tube variable; lobes usually acute, sometimes toothed. Ripe fruit not seen.—A dis- 
tinet and beautiful plant. The figure in Royle's work is very bad indeed, and but 
for his specimens the species could not be identified, 
23. P. rosea, Royle Ill. 311, t. 75 f. 1; quite glabrous, not mealy, leaves ` 
dense subsessile obovate-oblong or -spathulate or oblanceolate obtuse or acute 
crenulate or toothed, scape short stout b—oo-fld., bracts linear-lanceolate or 
subulate base shortly produced, pedicels short, calyx-lobes ovate acute, corolla 
rose-red, tube exserted, mouth not annulate, limb flat, lobes bifid. Duby in DC. 
Prodr. viii. 41; Bot. Mag. t. 6437 ; Regel Gartenfl. t. 994. 
