494 LXXXVII. PRIMULACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Primula. 
eupular with broad short lobes.—Garwhal, at Tungnath, alt. 8-900 ft., Edgeworth ; 
Simla, alt. 7-10,000 ft., Thomson ; Kumaon, at the Madhari Pass, alt. 8000 ft., Strach. 
d Winterd, (Prim. 8). 
a\\ VAR. T. scapigera ; leaves as in var. 1, scape very stout equalling or exceeding 
D 
the leaves, braets short subulate from a broad base, pedicels 1-2 in. stout with some- 
times a few small leaves intermixed.—Bhotan, Griffith; Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 
ft. d, D. A. 
38. P. minutissima, Jacquem. mss. in DC. Prodr. viii, 42; very small, 
densely tufted, stoloniferous, leaves 1-3 in. spathulate lanceolate or oblanceolate 
acuminate acute or obtuse toothed above glabrous or puberulous mealy beneath, 
scape sunk amongst the leaves 1-3-fld., flowers sessile 1-2-bracteate, calyx 
cleft to the middle, tube terete, lobes oblong or lanceolate much shorter than 
the long corolla-tube, corolla very large for the plant, lobes obeordate. Duby 
Mem. Prim, t. 1, f. 3. P. Saundersiana, Herb. Royle. P. Stracheyi, Hook. f. ; 
Munro in Garden, 1879, 535. 
Arte Hrmaraya, alt. 12-16,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 19—15.000 ft. 
Forming large patches of rosettes each }-? in. diam. Leaves densely crowded, 
dark green, teeth not recurved. Calyx glabrous, lobes very variable. Corolla bright 
purple, 4-3 in. diam., tube glabrous, lobes bifid, lobules rounded. Ovary globose, 
tip subacute; stigma capitate.— This may be a reduced form of P. Heydei. 
Van. spathulata ; leaves larger spathulate-obovate crenate, tip rounded. Corolla 
jin. diam. Sikkim, alt. 13,000 ft., J. D. H. 
39. P. reptans, Mook. f. ; minute, not mealy, tufted, minutely puberu- 
lous, stem creeping, leaves 4—1 in. long including the petiole orbicular cleft one- 
third way down into lobules with recurved margins, flowers solitary shortly 
pedicelled erect much larger than the foliage, calyx small terete cleft to the 
middle, lobes oblong obtuse one-fourth the length of the corolla-tube which is 
long with a narrowly funnel-shaped mouth and spreading deeply 2-fid lobes. 
Western HriMALAYA ; Falconer; Kashmir, Burjila, alt. 14,500 ft., Clarke. 
The creeping stem, minute rounded leaves i.i in. diam., suddenly contracted 
into the slender petiole, palmately lobulate except at the very base, and the large 
f'owers, well characterise this little species. Corolla pale purple, A in. diam., tube 
4 in. long. Ovary globose, tip acute; stigma globose. 
40. P. Hookeri, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soe. Bot. ined.; tufted, glabrous, 
not mealy, leaves 3-1 in. usually sessile narrowly obovate-oblong or -spathulate 
tip rounded margin sharply toothed and recurved, midrib very broad, outer 
reduced to large sheaths, scape 0 or very short, flowers 1-3 very shortly pedi- 
celled, calyx cupular or campanulate glandular with 5 very short broad acute 
teeth, corolla-tube wide cylindric twice as long as the calyx, lobes short 2-fid 
rounded. Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. Prim, 25. 
Sixxra. Hrmaraya; Lachen, alt. 12,000 ft., J. D. H. 
A very distinct species, differing in the calyx from any of the group.— Roots stout, 
fleshy. Leaves dark green, rather fleshy, rarely produced into a petiole, teeth often 
recurved, outer reduced to oblong fleshy scales toothed at the tip. Corolla white, 
mouth without a thickened ring; lobes about as long as the tube. Ovary globose, tip 
acute; stigma globose. 
margins recurved coarsely toothed or oblong and toothed at the tip only, midrib 
very broad, flowers solitary subsessile with 2 broad ovate bracts, calyx short 
