NOU rapier ee: 
, 
Androsace.] LXXXVII. PRIMULACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 497 
Var. 5. Thomsoni, Watt Le: much smaller, glandular-puberulous, leaves small, 
lobules acutely toothed, petioles filiform, flowers small, corolla exceeding the entire 
calyx lobes.— Western Tibet; Dras river, Thomson; Iskardo, alt. 9000 ft., and 
Barji la, alt. 11,000 ft., Clarke. 
3. A. geraniifolia, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. ; perennial, stolo- 
niferous, laxly villous with soft spreading hairs, leaves rounded-cordate 7-lobed 
to the middle, lobes 3-lobulate, petiole much longer than the blade, bracts 
very small lanceolate acuminate quite entire, calyx campanulate 5-cleft above 
the middle, corolla exceeding the calyx. 
Kumaon; at Dwali, alt. 8200 ft., Strach. d Winterb. Sixx in damp woods at 
Lachen, alt. 910,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stolons a foot long, very slender. Leaves 1-2 in. broad, petiole 2-6 in. Scapes 
much longer than the leaves; invol. bracts Ain, Calyx small, broadly campanulate, 
yo-# in. diam. ; lobes broad or narrow, recurved. 
TT Leaves lanceolate elliptic or spathulate, densely rosulate. 
4. A. septentrionalis, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 17; glabrous, 
leaves small densely rosulate sessile oblanceolate acute or obtuse, scapes rigid, 
invol. bracts minute subulate, calyx turbinate 5-toothed, corolla very small. 
Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 52; Lamk. Ill. t. 98, f. 2; Fl. Dan. t. 7; Bot. Mag. 
t. 2021; Nees Ic. Gen. Fl. Germ. v. t. 6; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. xvii. t. 1110. 
Western TrsgT; Falconer; Karakoram and Deosar, alt. 12-14,000 ft., Clarke, — 
DisrRrB, Mid-Europe, Caucasus, N. Asia, Arctic America. 
Leaves in Tibetan specimens 1—j in., coriaceous, densely packed, quite entire or 
obscurely toothed. Seapes many, 4-6 in., one usually much stouter than the rest 
and rather longer; invol. bracts j5-À in. ` pedicels 1-2 in., very unequal. Flowering 
calyx ee in. diam., fruiting about A in., teeth acute. Corolla very small. Seeds 
small, angular, granulate. 
5. A. Aizoon, Duby in DC. Prodr. vii. 50; perennial, inflorescence 
glandular-pubescent, leaves densely rosulate sessile cartilaginous spathulate 
cuspidate ciliolate, scapes very long, invol. bracts small lanceolate, calyx be- 
tween hemispheric and turbinate cleft to the middle, corolla small. Dene in 
Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 141, t. 145. 
Kasumir and Wustern Tirer ; alt. 8-11,000 ft., Jacquemont, Falconer, &c. 
Leaves j-l in., very numerous and most densely rosulete, margins thickened 
when dry. Scapes 4-2 ft. ; invol. bracts ;4 in., ovate; pedicels 1-1 in., very unequal. 
Calyx turbinate; lobes oblong, obtuse.  Corolla-lobes 2-fid with 2-fid appendages. 
Capsule with 2-fid valves. Seeds large, angular, rough. 
** Scapes solitary; flowers umbelled, except in 1-flowered varieties of 
4, villosa. 
T Leaves minute, cartilaginous, glabrous except the strongly ciliate margins, 
6. A. sempervivoides, Jacquem. in DC. Prodr. viii. 50; small, 
stoloniferous, leaves densely rosulate obovate-spathulate apiculate ciliate car- 
tilaginous, scape solitary, umbels glandular-pubescent, pedicels short, calyx 
cleft to the middle, lobes obtuse, corolla-lobes obovate, tips rounded. Duby 
Mem. Prim. t. 3, f. 2. . 
Western TiBET; Jacquemont, Falconer. Sind Valley, KAsnurn, alt. 11,000 ft., 
Clarke. —DisTRis. Affghanistan (a form with longer narrow leaves). 
Rosettes 4 in. diam., subglobose. Stolons short, 1-14 in., stout, naked. Leaves 
glabrous on both surfaces, j-3 in. margins translucent when dry. Scape 1-3 inii, 
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