Primula.] ^ rxxxvn. pRiMULACEE. (J, D. Hooker.) 489 
Western Himataya; from Kulu to Kashmir, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Falconer, &c. 
—Distris. Affghanistan. 
Often forming large tufts. Leaves numerous, variable in length and breadth ; margins 
revolute or flat when flowering, not umbelled, midrib broad, nerves inconspicuous. 
Scape equalling or exceeding the leaves, robust ; bracts 4-3 in.; pedicel very variable. 
Calyx cleft to the middle, tube angular. —Corolla-tube glabrous within and without, 
one half to twice as long as the calyx, disk of limb puberulous; lobes variable in 
width, sometimes toothed. Seeds j- in. long, sharply angled, pale. 
Van. elegans; corolla smaller, tube longer, lobes narrower.— P. elegans, Duby l. c. 
49; Mem. Prim.t.i.f. 1l. Kashmir, Jacquemont ; Afghanistan. 
*** Scape longer than the leaves. Flowers many (few in P. elongata), 
umbelled or in superposed whorls. Bracts irregular, ovate or subulate, or lan- 
ceolate from a broad not gibbous base. (See also P. petiolaris, var. 7 scapigera.) 
+ Ovary globose, top acute not thickened, Capsule glohose, included in. the 
calyx. 
24. P. prolifera, Wail. in As. Research, xiii. 372, t. 9, and in Roxb. FI. 
Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 18; tall, not mealy, leaves 8-16 in. oblanceolate or 
elongate obovate-spathulate obtuse quite entire or toothed glabrous or puberu- 
lous beneath, scape very tall, flowers in superposed whorls, bracts shorter than 
the pedicels, calyx short, lobes subulate, corolla yellow tube very Jong, mouth 
annulate, limb flat, lobes obcordate crenulate, capsule globose included. Duby in 
DC. Prodr. viii. 34; Don Prodr. 81. P. imperialis, Jungh.; Miquel Fi. Ind. 
Bat. ii. 1001.  Cankrienia chrysantha, de Vriese im Jahrb. der Maatsch. van 
Tuinb. 1850, 30. 
Kaasta Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft., Wallich, &c.—DisrTnrE. Java. 
Leaves thin, nerves reticulate, petiole broad. Scape 12-18 in., stout, quite erect; 
flowers in 2-4 distant whorls, pedicels subequal; lower bracts sometimes foliaceous. 
Calyx i in. long, 5-ribbed. ^ Corolla-tube i in. Capsule quite glabrous, j in. 
diam., not exserted. Seeds rather large, 3; in. diam., coarsely papillose.—I can see no 
difference between the Khasian and Javan plants. The Japanese P. japonica, A. Gray, 
differs chiefly in the purple flowers. I have not found any specimens of this in 
Wallich’s Herbarium. 
95. P. obtusifolia, Royle IU. 311, t. 77, f. 1; mealy or not, leaves 
2-6 in. membranous elliptic spathulate obovate or ovate acute or obtuse entire 
crenulate erose or coarsely toothed, base narrowed rounded or cordate, petiole 
winged, scape stout few- or many-fld., bracts ovate or subulate much shorter 
than the pedicels often connate below, corolla purple, tube twice as long as the 
calyx, mouth annulate, limb flat, lobes obcordate. Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 42. 
(Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. Prim. 10.) 
Eastern and Western Himataya; Kunawar, Royle; Kumaon, Herb. Calcutta ; 
Sikkim, alt. 11-12,000 ft., J. D. H., Watt; Bhotan, Griffith. 
Rootstock stout, clothed with fleshy broad sheathing scales. Leaves excessively 
variable, naked or with yellow meal beneath. Scape stout, 6-10 in. ; bracts 3-4 in; 
pedicels 3-14 in., stout in fruit. Calyx usually mealy, cupular or broadly campanu- 
late in fruit; lobes triangular and ovate or linear, acute or obtuse. Corolla large, 
bright blue-purple ; limb 3-1 in. diam., often puberulous. Seeds large, subglobose, se 
in. diam., coarsely papillose.—This resembles states of P. Stuartii, but is dis- 
tinguished by the thin texture of the leaves, acute ovary, and globose capsule sunk in 
the ealyx. The forms with broadly ovate-cordate deeply toothed leaves differ widely in 
aspect from those with obovate-spathulate ones. 
Van. 1. Roylei; leaves obovate-spathulate subentire or erose mealy beneath, 
tip rounded, umbels few- or many-fld.—Kunawur and Sikkim. 
Van. 2. Grifithii, Watt in Journ, Linn. Soe. ined.; leaves ovate-cordate acute 
deeply toothed.— Bhotan and Sikkim. 
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