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description of the Ichang plant, for which the name P. calciphila 
is proposed, in reference to its lime-loving character. 
P. sinensis Lindl. 
Habitat : not known. 
Petioles: fleshy and 
rotting with age. 
Calyx : much inflated 
0. toothed. 
Corolla very variable. 
P. calciphila Hutchinson. 
abitat : limestone cliffs 
of Ichang, Hupeh, China. 
Petioles becoming dry 
and persistent and uae 
ng a dense covering 0 
the old stems 
Calyx - 
triangular in out- 
line, truncate at the 
base shortly 5-lobed, the 
lobes shorter than the 
calyx-tube and broadly 
triangular. 
Corolla : lobes often entire 
flower 
ie Sy sanded Balf. f. 
t Far 
Habitat ” itientdace 
cliffs of Szechuan, 
‘hina 
Pettoles : as in P. 
calciphila. 
Cal: yx - more or less 
asin P. -calciphila, 5 
e lobes 
Corolla : price 
wic ieee and deeply 
bed. 
1. Leaf of Primula calciphila Hutchinson x g; 
P. sinensis x 14; 3, longitudinal section of short- -styl 
flowers of P. calciphila x 2. 
a large batch of cultivated plants of P. calciphila (see 
ghatoiraph! very little variation is observable. 
2, typical calyx © 
of 
ed, 4, of long-styled 
The leaves are 
