Tas. 8564, 
PRIMULA VINCIFLORA. 
South-western China. 
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PRIMULACEAE, Tribe PRIMULEAE, 
- Primuza, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 631. 
Primula vinciflora, Franch. in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 575, fig. 108; 
Paz in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. x. p. 210; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ, Linn. 
Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 43; Pax et Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr. Prim. p. 108; 
Gard. Chron. 1906, vol. xl. p. 230, 1909, vol. xlvi. p. 344, et 1913, vol. liv. 
p- 198; Forrest in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, vol. iv. t. 80; ab 
affini P. Elwesiana, King, corollae lobis emarginatis haud denticulatis 
recedit, 
Herba perennis, rhizoma abbreviatum, Folia plerumque oblonga, obtusa, 
usque ad 9 cm. longa et 8 cm. lata, pagina superiore pilis brevibus erectis 
albidis minute glanduloso-capitatis sparse tecta praetereaque aureo- 
glandulosa, inferiore pallidiora pilis eis superioris simillimis sed paucioribus 
instructa, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6 obliquis intra marginem 
anastomosantibus supra conspicuis, margine integra vel interdum obscurius 
crenulata. Scapus uniflorus, sub anthesin in speciminibus cultis circiter 
8 cm. longus, viridis nisi apice purpurascens, pilis divaricatis albis rubro- 
glanduloso-capitatis vel superne pilis etiam rubris tectus. Calyx viridis, 
profunde 6-lobus, segmentis lineari-oblongis obtusis 6 mm. longis et fere 
2 mm. latis pilis glanduloso-capitatis dorso margineque instructis. _ Corolla 
violacea ; tubus fere 2°5 cm. longus, extra pilis glanduloso-capitatis tectus ; 
limbus 4°4 em. diametro, fauce intensius violaceus, 6- obatus, lobis 
angustius obcordatis ad 1°8 cm. longis et 174 cm. latis dorso sparse 
glandulosis. Stamina 6, glabra, apicem versus tubi inserta, tria superiora 
erecta, tria inferiora retrorsum directa, antheris omnibus conum post styli 
tergum efficientibus. Pistillwm glabrum, stigmate parvo pallido. oe 
(fide Franchet) compressa, alata.—Omphalogramma vinciflora, Franch. in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. vol. xlv. p. 180.—W. G. Crats. 
The Primula here figured is a species which was first 
discovered in the province of Yunnan in South-western 
China by the Abbé Delavay, from whose specimens it 
was described by Mr. Franchet. It is one of a natural 
group of species which includes the Himalayan P, Elwesi- 
ana, King, and three other Chinese species, P. Delavayi, 
Franch., P. Franchetii, Pax, and P. Englert, Knuth. This 
group differs from the rest of the genus in being charac- 
terised by large solitary flowers borne on robust scapes 
rising from a sheath of later developing leaves; by 
having the calyx divided to the ‘base into 5-8 segments, 
Juty, 1914, 
