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Tas. 6712. 
PRIM ULA FioriBunpa. 
Native of the Western Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. Primutacex.—Tribe PrimvuLez. 
Genus Prruvuta, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 631.) 
Primvta floribunda; glanduloso-pubescens, foliis vernatione conduplicatis ellipticis 
ovatisve acutis v. obtusis ia petiolum latum angustatis irregulariter crenato- 
dentatis, floribus in verticillos superpositos involucratos dispositis gracile pedi- 
cellatis, involucri bracteis sessilibus foliaceis ovatis lanceolatisve acutis, calycis 
segmentis ovatis acuminatis fructiferis reflexis, corolla flave tubo gracili piloso 
calyce duplo longiore, limbi lobis obcordatis, capsula globosa, dein conico- 
ovoidea ad basin latam 5-valve, valvis membranaceis, seminibus minutis angu- 
latis granulatis, — 
P. floribunda, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 33, et Cat. no. 1825; Duby in DC. Prodr. 
vol. viii. p. 35; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. iii. p. 495, xix. parti. p. 113, f. 17; 
Gard. C) ron, N.S, vol. xix. p. 113, f. 17. 
P. obovata, Wall. Cat no. 610. 
AnpDRosack obovata, Wall. MSS. 
P. floribunda belongs to a small section of the genus in 
which the leaves, instead of having revolute margins in 
vernation, are complicate, having them folded down the 
middle on the upper face. The species are remarkable for 
inhabiting comparatively very low elevations in warm 
countries. Thus the plant here figured is found at lower 
elevations in the Himalaya than any other of the numerous 
Species that inhabit that rich region, occurring between 
2500 and 6500 feet along the whole division of the range 
which extends from Kumaon to Kashmir; occurring 
also in Affghanistan, where it was collected by Griffith on 
the banks of canals at Pushut. Its nearest allies are P. 
verticillata, Forsk (Plate 2842, which is the same as 
P. Boveana, Dene.), a native of the mountains of Arabia, 
and P. simensis, Hochst. (P. verticillata var. simensis, 
Masters in Gard. Chron, 1870, p. 597, and our Plate 6042), 
which is an Abyssinian plant. 
The specimen here figured was received from the Royal 
SEPTEMBER lst, 1883. 
