Tap. 8736, 
PRIMULA nutans, 
Yunnan, 
Primutackar, Tribe Prrmubzar. 
Primuta, Linn.; Benth, et Hook, Sf. Gen, Plant, vol. ii. p. 681, 
Primula (§ Soldanelloides) nutans, Delavay ex Franch, in Bull. Soc. Bot. — 
France, vol. xxxiii. p. 69 (1886); Pax in Engl, Bot. Jahrb. vol. x. p. 193 
(1889); Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. vol. xxvi. p. 40 (1889) ; 
Paz et Knuth, Primulaveae, p. 94 (1905); Balf. f. in Journ, Roy. Hort. 
Soc, vol. xxxix. p. 153 (1913); affinis P. penduliflorae, Franch., sed foliis 
duplo repando-denticulatis angustioribus differt, 
Herba ut videtur monocarpica, usque ad 80 cm. alta, basi leviter fibrosa. Folia 
petiolata, elliptico-oblanceolata, apice obtusissima yel rotundata, basi in 
petiolum late alatum sensim attenuata, 6-15 cm. longa, 3-8-5 cm, lata, 
duplo repando-denticulata, tenuiter chartacea vel membranacea, utrinque 
breviter et mollissime pubescentia ; nervi laterales utrinsecus 8-10, a costa 
sub angulo 45° abeuntes, utrinque prominuli; petioli 8-4 cm. longi, late 
membranaceo-alati. Flores 6-10, nutantes, in capitulum longe pedun- 
culatum dispositi, sessiles; pedunculi apicem versus albo-farinosi, foliis 
duplo longiores, Calyx late campanulatus; tubus 5 mm. longus, viridis, 
extra albo-pulverulentus, lobis late ovatis acutis 2°65 mm. longis 2 mm. 
latis. Corolla violacea ; tubus cylindricus, 0°75-1 em. longus, extra albo- 
pulverulentus, in limbum 5-lobatum circiter 2 cm. diametro expansus, 
lobis ovato-orbicularibus circiter 7 mm. diametro apice inter dentes duos 
minutos mucronulatis. Antherae infra tubi medium insertae, late ovoideae, 
1°56 mm, longae. Stylus 7 mm. longus, stigmate depresso-capitato.— 
J. Horcuinson, 
The charming Primula here described and figured is a 
denizen of woodlands at high altitudes in Yunnan, where 
it was originally discovered by the late Abbé Delavay, — 
by whom it was named P. nutans. Its introduction to 
our gardens we owe to Mr. G. Forrest, by whom seeds 
were obtained and transmitted to Mr. J. C. Williams, 
Caerhays Castle, Cornwall. The plant fi gured was raised 
from seed presented to Kew by Mr. Williams in 1915. 
The species is a member of the section distinguished by 
Professor Bayley Balfour as Soldunellvides, and is not 
easily distinguished from another described later by 
Mr. Franchet as P. penduliflora, of which our material is 
not altogether adequate. The two appear to differ as 
Novemser, 1917, 
