Tas. 8612. 
PRIMULA pycnoLosBa. 
Szechuan. 
Primunaceak. Tribe PRrmuneax. 
Primuta, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. ii. p. 631. 
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Primula pycnoloba, Bur. et Franch. in Journ. de Bot. vol. v. p- 99; Paz et 
Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr.-Prim. p. 23; Balf. f. in Journ. Roy. Hort. 
Soc. vol. xxxix. p. 144, fig. 47; ob calycem bene evolutum corollam 
superantem facile distinguenda. 
Herba ab radice pullulans. Folia late cordata vel ovato-cordata, usque ad 
14 cm. longa lataque, crassius membranacea, pagina superiore magis 
minusve bullata, pilis albidis hic illic instructa, inferiore pallidiora, secus 
nervos pilis longis albidis subflaccidis densius ornata, e basi 5-nervia, 
nervis secundariis e costa ortis utrinsecus 4-5, omnibus ad marginem 
excurrentibus infra prominentibus, margine lobulata, lobulis rotundatis 
irregulariter parcius denticulata, ciliata; petiolus lamina nunc parum 
longior, nunc parum brevior, densius lanuginosus. Scapus usque ad 
20 cm. altus, racemum submultiflorum suffulciens, lanuginosus; bracteae 
foliaceae pedicellos superantes, oblanceolatae vel late oblanceolatae, 
apice acutae, basi excepta pauci-serratae; pedicelli circiter 2 cm. longi. 
Calyx primo lobis erectis turbinatus, lobis mox patulis, extra praecipue 
versus basin pilis longis albis, intus pilis brevibus albis instructus; tubus 
1°3-1'7 cm. longus; lobi 5-6, late lanceolati vel ovato-lanceolati, 
apiculati, 10-14 mm. longi, 5-6°5 mm. lati, integri vel irregulariter 
serrulati, interdum bifidi. Corollae tubus 14°5 mm. longus, 2°75 mm. 
diametro, extra pilis albis brevibus perpaucisque longioribus additis — 
instructus; lobi 5-6, oblongi, retusi, 4 mm. longi, 8 mm. lati. Antherae 
parvae. Ovariwm subglobosum, 2 mm. altum, stylo glabro, stigmate 
conspicuo capitato.—W. G. Crar. : 
The Primula now figured is a native of the western 
districts of Szechuan in South-west China. It was first 
met with in 1890 in the neighbourhood of Ta-tsien-lu by 
Prince Henri d’Orleans and his companion Mr. Bonvalot, 
and was originally described from their specimens by | 
Professor Bureau and the late Mr. Franchet. It was 
met with again in the same neighbourhood in 1906 by 
Mr. E. H. Wilson when collecting on behalf of Messrs. 
J. Veitch and Sons, and was introduced to horticulture 
by them from seeds received from Wilson. The plant 
from which our plate has been prepared was presented 
to Kew by Messrs. Veitch in 1912, and flowered in the 
Alpine Collection in 1913. As a species P. pycnoloba 
“May, 1915. 
