and are oblong-elliptic. The first introduction of P. vitiata 
to this country took place in 1905 when it was raised 
by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons from seed obtained on 
behalf of the firm by Mr. E. H. Wilson. It has since 
then been found again by Mr. G. Forrest on the Likiang 
range. Plants raised from seeds sent by Mr. Forrest to 
Messrs. Bees, Limited, were exhibited at Chelsea in 
May, 1914; from one of these, purchased for the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, the material for our plate has been 
derived. Like most other Chinese Primulas, P. vittata 
prefers moist, shady conditions, It can be propagated 
by seeds which ripen early and germinate freely in and 
after August. 
Description.—Herb, perennial. Leaves oblanceolate 
or broadly oblanceolate, narrowed at the base into the 
petiole, apex acute or rather blunt, up to 6 in. long, 
1; in. wide, glabrous on both sides, distinctly beset 
below but very sparingly beset above with granules of a 
yellow powder, green on both surfaces, lateral nerves 
about 12 along each side, conspicuous above and raised 
beneath, margin irregularly rather sharply toothed ; 
petiole stout, 13 in. long, flat or wide-channelled above, 
often flushed with red. Scape stout, 7-8 in. high, + in. 
thick, white-floury above, supporting a 6—16-flowered 
umbel; bracts of the involucre over } in. long, narrow 
lanceolate, green and flushed with purple except at the 
base ; pedicels nodding in flower, over 1 in. long, 
sparingly white-floury. Calyx about 1 in. long, tube 
« mm. long, lobes lanceolate or wide-lanceolate, some- 
what acute, longitudinally 10-vittate; five of the vittae 
glabrous, tawny-purple, continued into the centre of the 
lobes, the other five white-floury 2-furcate at the tip 
and continued along the margins of the lobes, within 
white-floury, especially on the lobes. Corolla purple ; 
tube } in. long, | in. wide at the top; limb campanulate, 
5-lobed, lobes often slightly unequal, obovate-oblong 
with rounded or occasionally slightly retuse tips, about 
+ in. wide and nearly as long. Filaments very short ; 
anthers short. Ovary subglobose, yz in. high; stigma 
large, capitate, green. 
Baty flower with corolla removed; 2, section of corolla; 3, pistil :—all 
