Tas. 8801. 
PRIMULA BELLIDIFOLIA. 
Sikkim. 
PRIMULACEAE. Tribe PRIMULEAE. 
Priva, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 681. 
Primula (§ Capitatae) bellidifolia, King ex Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. iii. p. 486 
(1882); Pax et Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr.—Primul. p. 95; Watt in 
Journ. Hort. Soc, vol. xxxix. p. 199 (1913); species foliis membranaceis 
duplo crenato-dentatis appresse strigoso-pubescentibus, floribus dense 
capitatis distincta. 
Herba usque ad 25 cm. alta. Folia radicalia, spatulato-obovata, basi cuneata 
in petiolum subalatum incurvatim attenuata, apice rotundata, 4-8 em. 
longa, 1°5-2°8 cm. lata, sicco membranacea, duplo crenato-dentata 
dentibus minutissime mucronatis, utrinque appresse setuloso-pubescentia, 
nervis lateralibus pinnatis basalibus ascendentibus; petiolus usque ad 
3°5 cm. longus, utrinque pubescens, medio circiter 3-5 mm. latus. Flores 
sessiles, reflexi, in capitulum 4 cm. diametro longe pedunculatum 
aggregati, numerosi (circiter 15); pedunculus usque ad 23 em. longus, 
glaber ; bracteae minutae. Calyx extra parce farinosus, late campanulatus, 
fere ad basin 5-lobus, circiter 6 mm. longus, lobis oblongo-ellipticis 
obtusis ad 8 mm. latis viridibus marginibus papilloso-ciliolatis. Corolla 
violacea ; tubus cylindricus, 1 cm. longus, extra glaber, lobis 5 late obovatis 
profunde et late emarginatis in limbum 1-5 cm. diametro expansis. 
Antherae subexsertae, 1 mm. longae. Ovariwm globosum; stylus ovario 
aequilongus, stigmate craiso bifido coronatus. Capsula haud visa.— 
J. Hutcutinson. 
The pleasing Primula here figured is a native of the 
Eastern Himalaya, belonging to the Capitatae section of 
the genus, from all other members of which it is dis- 
tinguished by its doubly and rather coarsely toothed 
membranous leaves which are adpressed _ strigose- 
pubescent on both surfaces. It has been regarded by 
Sir George Watt as the East Himalayan representative 
of the well-known P. farinosa, Linn., which extends from 
North America through Europe to Western Tibet. Our 
species was first discovered on Alpine slopes in Sikkim, 
at elevations of 13,000 feet, by one of the native 
collectors employed by Sir George King, who, recognising 
it as distinct, gave it the name P. bellidifolia, The plant 
Aprit-JunE, 1919, ; 
