77 



yellow, elegantly veined. See Bul- 

 letin de VUerhier Boissier, 2ine ser. 

 vii. 526, f. Western China. 

 Ltd.) 



(Bees, 



^Primula modesta. 



176. f. 85; Gard, 1914, 280.) 



(/. R, H. S. 



XXXIX 



H. 



Closely allied to P. farinosa, of 

 which it may be a subspecies. It has 

 a golden instead of silvery farina, 

 and the flowers are purplish. Japan. 

 (Edinburgh B. G.) 



Primula nessensis. IGard. 1914, 119.) 



H. Another name for the plant dis- 

 tributed as P. farinosa Bcesii and 

 I\ p'Szudodenticulata, (Bees, Ltd.) 



Primula oblanceolata. (<?. C. 1914, 



Ivi. 142.) H. A new species which, 

 with two others, has been called P. 

 angwit-jdens.^ It is closely allied to 

 P. Poissonii, and is characterised as 

 follows :— Plant not aromatic. Leaves 

 long, narrow, flat. Corolla-tube white ; 

 limb flat. China. (Bees, Ltd.) 



Primula oculata. (7. 7?. H. S. xxxix. 



144.) H. Belongs to the section 

 GeTanioides, and is allied to P, sep- 

 temloba. It has Geranhtm Wke leaves 

 and red -purple drooping flowers, 

 darker than in other Chinese species 

 of the section. Western China. (J. 

 Veitch & Sons; introduced in 1904, 

 but probably not now in cultivation.) 



r 



Primula pseudomalacoides. (7. R. 



H, S, xxxix. 149.) G. Very similar 

 to P, 7nalacoides, bat it is in every 

 ^ay a more delicate plant, and does 

 not readily seed unless crosa-pol- 



linated. 

 Ltd.) 



Yunnan, China. 



(Bees, 



Primula pseudoslkkimensls, (/. R. 



Y^S. xxxix, 159, f. 04.) G. DifiFers 

 irom P. siJckinicnsis in its shorter 

 leaves and larger flowers. Yunnan, 

 China. (Bees, Ltd.) 



^''Sr^"'^ '■edolens. (G. C, 1914, Iv. 



c"V ■?■ "^ species of the section 

 ^^ifrruticosae, resembling P. For^ 

 Y'^tn m foliage, but this in P. redo- 

 «««^ IS softer- and more hairy. Scape 

 stout, 6-9 in. high. Umbel 12-20, 

 flowered. Flowers white to pale 

 Pjnii, sometimes splashed with purple, 

 au With a small yellow eye. Western 

 ^hma. (Bees, Ltd.; Edinburgh B. 



Primula septemloba, (/. R. TL S. 



^ \^^' f. 46; Gard. 1914, 119.) 

 5,fr^ T ^'^ to the section Gerani- 

 i-.*"'^- It is a graceful plant with 



an ^^^"^^^P^^ drooping flowers in 

 ^rnbel borne on a scape much 



longer than the leaves. 

 China. (Bees, Ltd.) 



Western 



*Prlmula slnollsteri. (/, R. II, S, 



xxxix. 142, f. ^%{Gard. 1914, 119.) 

 G. A microform of P. obconica, but 

 it has not the irritant hairs of that 

 species. It is a free-grower, forming 

 compact masses of dark green acutely 

 lobed leaves, and produces many 

 umbels of white or sometimes lilac 

 flowers. It has been distributed as 

 P. Listeria from which it is distinct. 

 Yunnan, China. (Bees, Ltd.) 



PNmula sinomollis. (/. R. H. S. 



xxxix. 145, f. 48.) G. A species 

 of the Mollis section. It has petiolate 

 grey-hairy rounded leaves and long 

 scapes bearing superposed whorls of 

 red flowers. Calyx cup-shaped to 

 campanulate, fibbed, with straight 

 erect lobes. Yunnan, China. (J. C. 

 Williams.) 



Primula sphaerocephala. (Gard, 1914, 



93.) H. Similar to P. capUata, 

 having small globular heads of 

 purple - blue flowers. South - West 

 China. (Edinburgh B. G.) 



(/. R. H. S. 



H. Resembles 



*Primula umbrella. 



xxxix. 164, f. 72.) 

 P. Chmenfinae (P. hchanensis) m 

 many points, but has a shorter scape 

 and a calvx with long sharp lobes. 

 The plant'' is farinose, and produces 

 an umbel of 5 or 6 lilac-purple 

 flowers. Yunnan, China. (Bees, 

 Ltd.) 



*Prunus Conradlnae. (PI WHs. I 



211, 233: (;. C. 1914, Iv. 345.) Rosa- 

 ceae. H. A new species of the 

 section Pseudocerasus. It forms a 

 graceful tree, with rather thin shoots 

 and large leaves. The branches of 

 the current year and the petioles are 

 glabrous. Flowers pink. Petals about 

 * in. long, emarginate-bilobed Style 

 glabrous. Central China. (Arnold 

 Arboretum; Hon. Vicary Gibbs.) 



*Prunus microlepis, var. Smithil. 



(K.B, 1914,51.) H. This has been 

 in cultivation during the last 3 or 4 

 vears under the erroneous name ot 

 p MlqueUana. It is a small de- 

 ciduous tree, with ovate Jo ovate- 

 lanceolate serrate leaves, 1H% "^• 

 long, and pale pmk flowers, 1 in 

 acrSss, remarkable in having 10-1^ 

 petals. Japan. (T. Smith, ^ewry.) 



Prunus pllosluscula, var. media. 



(PI Wds. i. 304; G. C. ^l^\^l' 



W\ H A free-flowering shrub or 

 ^ee? Leaves obovate or oboyate. 



oblong, 2-^J in. long, Hy^-^^S 

 acuminate, sharply toothed. Petiole 



