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492 LXXXVII. PRIMULACER, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Primula, 
31. P. Elwesiana, King in Herb. Cale. ; not mealy, leaves 2-3 in. ob- 
lanceolate subacute quite entire glabrescent coriaceous, nerves obscure, scape 
and solitary inclined very large purple flower softly pubescent, bract 0, calyx 
short 5-partite, segments ovate-lanceolate, corolla-tube funnel-shaped 3 in. long, 
lobes obovate-oblong crenate spreading and recurved. 
Srxxmm HIMALAYA ; alt, about 12,000 ft., King. : 
Rootstock very stout, with broad fleshy leafy scales. Leaves narrowed into a 
broadly winged puberulous petiole, Scape 6-7 in., stout. Flower 1 in. long and 
wide, dark purple. Calyx }in. long. Corolla pubescent all over. Stamens linear, 
on the mouth of the tube. Ovary very small, conical, acute; style filiform, stigma 
minute truncate.—A very remarkable and beautiful species. 
vo 32, P. tenella, King in Herb. Calc. ; leaves small (3 in.) petioled obovate 
or ste HR toothed above the middle mealy, scape filiform and large solitary 
erect bluish-white flower glabrous, bract very small, calyx 5-cleft to the middle, 
lobes obtuse, corolla-tube long slender, throat broadly funnel-shaped, lobes 5 
very broadly and deeply obcordate. 
E. Ter - Chumbi valley, between Sikkim and Bhotan, at Phari, alt. about 
13,000 ft., King. 
Whole plant 2-23 in. high, glabrous. Rootstock stout. Leaves many, mealy all 
over, especially beneath, subacute, cuneate and entire below the middle. Scape very 
slender; braet close to and shorter than the calyx. Corolla-tube A in., limb 3 in. 
diam, Stamens near the base of the tube. Stigma included, large, peltately capitate, 
TT Mouth of saiver-shaped corolla densely woolly. 
33. P. pusilla, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 22; Cat. 
609; Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 32; densely tufted, hoary, leaves 3-1 in. spathulate or 
oblanceolate pinnatifidly toothed, scape very slender 1—4-fld., bracts few lanceo- 
late, flowers sessile, calyx hoary, tube short terete, lobes oblong obtuse or acute 
equalling the funnel-shaped corolla-tube, corolla-lobes longer than the tube, 
lobules spreading, capsule included. Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 42; Mem. 
Prim. t. 1, f. 2. P. humilis, Steudel Nomencl. ed. ii. 395. Androsace primu- 
loides, Don Prodr. 81. A. primulina, Spreng. Syst. Veg. Cur. Post. 56. 
CENTRAL and Eastern HiMwALAYA ; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 13-16,000 ft., 
J. D. H., &c. 
Leaves in dense rosettes, 1—2 in. diam., petioled, margins and teeth recurved, hoary 
above; bracts sometimes leafy and toothed, glandular as is the calyx and corolla- 
tube. Scape 2-3 in. Corolla 1—4 in. diam. ; lobules oblong, spreading. 
ttt Corolla broadly funnel-shaped or subeampanulate, mouth glabrous. 
5% 84. P. sapphirina, Hook. f. & T. Herb. Ind. Or. Prim. 82; very 
small, glabrous or hoary, leaves 3-1 in. obovate-spathulate obtuse pinnatifidly 
toothed, scape filiform 1-4-fld., bracts ovate-oblong, flowers sessile nodding, 
calyx-tube short terete equalling the obtuse lobes, corolla hoary, lobes very 
short 2-fid, capsule included. 
Srxxm™ Himaraya, alt. 13-15,000 ft., J. D. H., Ze, 
Rosettes 41— in. diam. Leaves with scattered white hairs above. Scape 1-2 in. 
Corolla } in. diam., bright or pale blue. 
35. P. uniflora, Klatt in Linnea xxxvii. 500; not mealy, leaves petioled 
i in. orbicular or broadly ovate pinnatifidly crenate, scape very slender 1-2-fld., 
racts very minute, flowers sessile very Wës nodding, calyx 5-partite segments 
es shallow coarsely toothed. 
