Primula.] LXXXVII. PRIMULACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 491 
Var. 4. macrocarpa ; leaves mealy beneath 2-5 in. oblanceolate obtuse or acute, 
calyx very large A $ in. long divided nearly to the base into linear-oblong obtuse 
leathery lobes, capsule 1 in.—Sikkim, alt. 15-17,000 ft., J. Di 
Van. 5. lineariloba ; lobes of corolla narrow deeply divided into two spreading 
linear lobes.—Tibet N. of Sikkim, J. D. H. I have seen flowers only, procured by 
my collectors. Considering the range of variation in the corolla-lobes of this and 
other species, I do not doubt this being an alpine state of Stuartii allied to var. 
purpurea. 
98, P. sikkimensis, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 4597; glabrous, leaves 
6-14 in. membranous not mealy oblong-obovate or -spathulate obtuse, margins 
sharply toothed decurrent on a long broadly winged and often toothed petiole, 
scape very tall, bracts very short subulate, flowers very many yellow, pedicels 
slender, calyx strongly 5-angled and 5-ribbed, teeth subulate, corolla funnel- 
shaped, tube not annulate longer than the calyx, limb concave, lobes rounded 
emarginate, 
Srxxim Himaraya ; in wet places, alt. 11-15,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 
Rootstock as thick as the thumb, very short. Leaves often 2 in. diam., midrib not 
broad, nerves many slender. Scape often 2 ft. and as thick as a goose-quill, inflorescence 
sometimes mealy; bracts 4-4 in.; flowers 6-30, nodding; pedicels slender, 4-4 in. 
Calyx 4-} in., teeth recurved. Corolla 2 in. long and 4-8 in. broad, blue-green when 
dry, quite glabrous within and without. Ovary globose, crown rounded not 
thickened. Capsule oblong-cylindrie, rather longer than the ealyx, teeth short. Seeds 
coarsely granulate.—The tallest described Primula, more resembling the Cowslip than 
any other Indian one; odour faint, sweet. 
**** Scape much longer than the leaves. Flowers 1-5, Bracts very few, 
slender or 0, base not gibbous or produced. 
+ Tube of corolla cylindric or narrowly funnel-shaped, mouth glabrous or 
puberulous. 
29. P. Kingii, Watt mss. glabrous, not mealy, leaves crowded 2-3 in. 
elliptic-lanceolate acute quite entire or obscurely crenulate, midrib stout, base 
sheathing broadly membranous, scape tall 4—5-fld., bracts subulate from a broad 
base, pedicels short puberulous, calyx narrowly subcampanulate 5-cleft above or 
to the middle, corolla red-purple broadly funnel-shaped puberulous very 
shortly 5-lobed, limb concave, lobes retuse glabrous within. 
Sixxim Himaraya; at Na-tong (Herb. Calcutta). 
A very distinct species, with the habit of P. Dickieana, and the funnel-shaped 
shortly lobed corolla of sikkimensis, Leaves rather thick in texture, spreading, pale 
when dry. Scape 6-10 in., slender; bracts very unequal. Calyx $ in. obtusely 
angled. ` Corolla }-% in. diam., claret-coloured, glabrous within, Ovary with a 
rounded -lobed crown. Fruit not seen. 
30. P. Dickieana, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. ined.; quite gla- 
brous, not mealy, leaves elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate acute quite entire or 
serrate sessile or petiole elongate and narrowly membranous below, flowers 2-6 
large yellow al a or shortly pedicelled, bracts linear or subulate, calyx cam- 
panulate 5-cleft, lobes ovate oblong or lanceolate obtuse or acute, corolla 
yellow, tube twice as long as the calyx hairy within, mouth not annulate, lobes 
obcordate, tube and disk of flat limb pubescent, ovary with a thickened obtuse 
tip. (Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. T. Prim. 13.) ` 
Srxxim Himaraya; Lachen, on open banks, alt. 10-13,000 ft., JOD. 
This, though in many respects approaching small states of P. Stuartii, seems quite 
distinet, in the total absence of scent, small leaves, few flowers, and hairy tube, and 
pubescent disk of the corolla, The leaves too are, if not quite entire, distantly and dis- 
tinctly serrate, not toothed or crenate. It isa beautiful plant. Brutt not seen. 
