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41403 to 41417— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper.) 



41406. Primula sp. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 "No. 4166. Only seen in fruit, but allied to if not Primula obtusifolia; 



preferring peaty soil under shade of Abies forest, along stream edges at 

 altitudes of 12,000 to 13,000 feet." 



41407. Iris sp. Iridacese. Iris. 

 " No. 4190. Growing under oak forest at an altitude of 8,000 feet, only 



seen in fruit and suspected of being only half hardy, but growing in dry 

 situations on slopes that are snowed under in winter. May prove all 

 right." 



41408. Primula petiolaris Wallich. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 " No. 4213. Growing under rhododendrons at altitudes of 10,000 to 



11,000 feet, in moss, on rocks, trees, etc. Not seen in flower. Inflores- 

 cence stalked." 



41409. Primula petiolaris Wallich. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 " No. 4214. Growing in similar situations as S. P. I. No. 41408 and 



differing only in the sessile inflorescence a la Primula winieri. Flowers 

 not seen." 



41410. Primula sp. Primulacese. Primrose. 



"No. 4217. Suspected of being Primula ichitei W. W. Smith, growing 

 under rhododendron scrub at an altitude nf 10.000 feet in moss on 

 bowlders by stream. Never in actual swampy peat by water. Flowers 

 dark blue, yellow eye, in a head often of 12 to 20 flowers." 



41411. Primula mollis Nutt. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 " No. 4227. Growing in sodden leaf soil in undergrowth of Elatostema 



on slope facing north at an altitude of 7,000 feet. Not hardy. Flowers 

 not seen." 



41412. Primula obtusifolia Royle. (?) Primulacese. Primrose. 



" No. 4270. Var. lutea. Flowers yellow with golden eye, harsh scented, 

 growing in profusion in peaty alpine meadows at an altii udeof 1 1,000 feet." 



41413. Tamarix sp. Tamaricacese. Tamarisk. 

 "No. 4283. Scrubby plant with spike of heather-colored flowers. 



growing on gravel by a stream in the bed oi a glacial valley at an altitude 

 of 12,000 feet. Plants 6 inches to 1 foot high, in masses; fruits woolly." 



41414. Meconopsis sp. Papaveracese. 



"No. 4293. Allied to Meconopsis simplicifolia ; only seen in fruit 

 among dwarf rhododendrons at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Fruil peculi- 

 arly round, differing in this from usual long fruits of Meconopsis xim- 

 plicifolia" 



41415. Pinguicula sp. Pinguiculacese. Butterwort. 

 "No. 4311. Only soon in fruit, growing 'in moist peal by a si renin in 



an alpine meadow at an altitude of 12,000 feet." 



41416. Primula sp. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 "No. 4330. isnnie as S. P. I. No. 11404, but seed selected from plants 



with only two or tbree tiers of fruits." 



41417. Bryocarim m hi mai ah i m Hook. t'. and Thorns. Priinulaceae, 

 "No. 4332. Flowers yellow, solitary, growing in moss, etc., under 



Abies forest at an altitude of 11.000 feet." 



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