Primula.] . LXXXVII PRIMULACE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 495 
cleft nearly to the base, lobes oblong-lanceolate, corolla-tube twice as long as 
the calyx cylindric, lobes short. Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. Prim. 23; Watt 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. 
Sixxrw HIMALAYA; Kankola Pass, alt. 15,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Much the smallest species of the genus, forming moss-like tufts interlaced with 
the roots and stems of other small plants. It is most allied to P. Hookeri. Ovary 
globose, tip acute, stigma capitate. 
Van.? tenuiloba; leaves with short petioles, corolla-tube narrower slightly hairy, 
lobes very narrow deeply cleft with narrow lobules.—Sikkim Himalaya; Yeumtong, 
alt. 14,000 ft., J. D. H: (Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. Prin. 22). I have very few 
specimens of this, which may prove a distinct species. 
42. P. Stirtoniana, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. ined. ; not mealy, 
glandularly puberulous, tufted, leaves 4 in. obovate-spathulate tip rounded mar- 
gins flat sharply closely toothed, midrib slender, scape 0, flowers solitary on 
slender pedicels sunk amongst the leaves, calyx cleft to the middle, teeth lanceo- 
late acute entire or toothed, corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, mouth 
funnel-shaped, lobes deeply cleft entire or crenate. 
Bn HIMALAYA; Kanglanamo Pass, alt. 14-16,000 ft., Watt. 
In size this much resembles P. Hookeri, but it differs entirely in the shape of the 
leaves, calyx, and corolla tube. Bracts 0 or 1-2 very slender ones on the pedicel. 
Corolla bright purple, 3-2 in. diam., glabrous. Ovary obovoid, tip thickened retuse ` 
stigma capitate. 
C. Leaves narrowed into a broad winged petiole, complicate in vernation. 
Scapes many, longer than the leaves. Flowers in superimposed whorls. Bracts 
few, leafy, toothed. 
43. P. floribunda, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 83; Cat. 1825; glandular- 
pubescent, leaves elliptic acute or obtuse narrowed into a broad winged petiole 
coarsely irregularly toothed, whorls 2-8, pedicels very unequal, bracts ovate or 
elliptic, acuminate toothed, calyx campanulate, lobes acute, corolla yellow, tube 
long, limb small, lobes obcordate. Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 385. P. obovata, 
Wall. Cat. 610. Androsace obovata, Wall. mss. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 2500-6500 ft.—Duisrris. 
Affghanistan. 
Leaves 2-4 in. Scapes numerous, stout, 4-8 in. ; pedicels 3-1 in. ; bracts shorter. 
Calyx glandular, hemispheric in fruit, cleft to the middle; lobes ovate, acute. 
Corolla-tube 4-4 in., pubescent, throat more or less dilated, mouth annulate; limb 
1-l in. diam. Ovary globose, top rounded; stigma globose. Capsule globose, in- 
cluded in the hemispheric calyx. Seeds jJ; in., black, angled, minutely papillose.— 
Closely allied to the Arabian and Abyssinian P. verticillata and P. simensis. 
2. ANDROSACE, Linn. 
Perennial rarely annual low herbs. Leaves various, rosulate or imbricate on 
the branches. Flowers small, white or red. Calyx 5-lobed or -partite. Corolla 
salver-shaped with a very short tube, or funnel-shaped, limb 5-lobed, mouth 
annulate or with folds opposite the lobes. Stamens 5, anthers subsessile, in- 
cluded in the tube, obtuse. Ovary globose, style short. Capsule ovoid or 
globose, 5-valved. Seeds 2, rarely more, angular or subglobose, embryo trans- 
verse.—Species about 40, chiefly mountain plants, all of N. temperate or 
Arctic regions. 
