Tas. 8313. 
PRIMULA Forrest. 
Western China. 
PRIMULACEAE. Tribe PRIMULEAR. 
Primos, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 631. 
Primula Forrestii, Baif. f. apud Morrest in Not. Roy. Bot. Gaurd, Edin. 1908, 
pars xix. p. 228, cum icon.; affinis P. bullatae, Franch., sed bracteis, 
pedicellis, calyce et corolla haud aureo-farinosis differt. 
Herba perennis, 15-90 em. alta, corolla excepta undique dense glanduloso- 
pubescens. hizoma elongatum, crassum, lignosum, apice folioram anno- 
tinorum vestigiis obtectum. Folia omnia radicalia, chartacea, irregulariter 
duplo-crenata vel vix duplo-dentata, juvenilia, subtus sulphurea mox viri- 
descentia; infima reflexa, ovato-elliptica, apice obtusa, basi rotundata vel 
cuneata, 3°5-5 cm. longa, 1°5-3°3 cm. lata; petioli compressi 3-4 cm. 
longi; superiora erecta, oblonga elliptico-oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 
apice obtusa, basi cordata vel subtruncata, 5-11 em. longa, 2°5~5°5 em. 
lata; petioli supra plani, subtus convexi, 6-9 em. longi. Scapi erecti, 
robusti, 8-28 cm. longi, folia aequantes vel superantes, umbellum sim- 
plicem multifloram gerentes. Flores sulfurei; pedicelli 1-4 em. longi; 
bracteae foliaceae, late lanceolatae. Calyx campanulatus, 10 mm. longus, 
lobis ovatis apice rotundatis 3 mm. longis. Corollae tubus basi cylindricus, 
superne infundibuliformis, 14 mm. longus, fauce saturate aurantiaco; 
limbus 2 cm. diametro, lobis luteis late obcordatis. Capsu/u ovoidea, calyce 
inclusa.—W. G. Cras. 
The figure of the handsome Primu/a which forms the 
subject of our plate has been prepared from material 
supplied in May, 1909, by Bees, Limited, by whom the 
species was introduced to cultivation through their collector, 
Mr. G. Forrest, whose name has been associated with the 
plant by Professor Bayley Balfour. The species was met 
with by Mr. Forrest on the eastern flank of the Likiang 
range in North-western Yunnan at from 9,000 to 11,000 
ft. above sea-level. According to him, it is usually found 
growing in the crevices of dry shady limestone cliffs. It 
has a long, very tough woody rootstock, with a much 
tapering base, reaching a total length of 2-3 ft., only 
2-3 in. being enclosed in the rock. The free portion is 
pendulous, except for a few inches at the tip, where it turns 
outwards and upwards, the upper two-thirds being clothed 
with the remains of the leaves of former years which, at 
the apex, form a dense matted mass. This extensive cover- 
ing, taken in conjunction with the fact that behind the 
larger specimens the rock has been scored and worn into 
May, 1910. 
