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remarkably uniform in shape and indumentum. The colour of 
the flower varies very slightly from pale lilac to rose-lilac, the 
“eye” being a very pale greenish yellow. There is usually a 
remarkable difference in the corolla-lobes, however, which may 
be either 4 or usually 5-lobed; in the long-styled form the corolla 
lobes (see text figure 4) are often entire or almost entire at the 
apex, whilst in the short-styled form they are mostly conspicuously 
bilobed as shown in the photographic illustration. Very rarely 
one or two of the corolla lobes have an additional lobe on the 
inside near the base. P. calciphila will probably prove to be a 
valuable decorative plant during the winter months. It gained 
the Award of Merit at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Show 
on Feb. 13th 1923. The following is a description of the new 
species :— 
Primula calciphila Hutchinson, new species. 
Primula sinensis Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880: 262; Franch. 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 33: 65 (1886); Hemsl. and Forbes in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. 26: 42 (1889); Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 
7559 (1899); A. Henry in Gard. Chron. Ser. III. 31: 269, 
fig. 84, 85 (1902). Pax in Engl. Pianzenr. Primul. 21 
partly (1905); E. H. Wilson in Gard. Chron. Ser. IIT. 40: 
191, fig. 78 (1906).—non Sabine ex Lindl. 
Herba perennis pilis brevibus albidis glandulosis ubique 
induta; caulis brevissimus, ramosus, basin versus petiolarum 
basibus persistentibus membranaceis imbricatim obtectus. Folia 
numerosa, radicalia, late ovato-rotundata, basi truncata vel late 
subcordata, apice rotundata, 3-5 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, pinnatim 
6—7-lobata, lobis oblongis vel rotundatis crasse et inaequaliter 
crenato-dentatis, utrinque breviter et molliter glanduloso-pubes- 
centia; nervi laterales utrinsecus 3-4, supra leviter impressi, 
infra lati et prominentes, marginem versus furcati; petioli 
erecto-patentes, saepe circiter 10 cm. longi, basi supra complanati 
et canaliculati, longe ciliati, infra convexi et nitidi, superne 
subteretes et breviter glanduloso-pubescentes, circiter 2 mm. 
crassi. Inflorescentia umbellata, usque ad 14-flora, saepe circiter 
6-8-flora ; pedunculi erecti, usque ad 15 cm. longi, circiter 3 mm. 
crassi, glanduloso-pubescentes; bracteae lineares vel lineari- 
lanceolatae, subacutae, circiter 1 cm. longae, virides, basin versus 
¢arinatae, glanduloso-ciliatae et breviter glanduloso-pubescentes ; 
pedicelli inaequales, usque ad 4 cm. longi, pilis patulis glandulosis 
pubescentes. Calyx ambitu triangularis, basi truncatus, circiter 
lcm. longus et latus, viridis, pilis glandulosis pubescens; lobi 
tubo breviores, triangulari-lanceolati, subacuti, 3-4 mm. longii 
Corolla pallide lilacina vel roseo-lilacina, calyce duplo longior; 
tubus cylindricus, in forma brevistyla per tertiam partem summam 
in forma longistyla per tertias duas partes superiores dilatatus, 
apicem versus parce glandulosus; lobi 5 vel interdum 4, in forma 
Jongistyla interdum integri, in forma brevistyla bilobati, obovati, 
circiter 1-5 cm. longi et 1 cm. lati, supra basin versus pilis 
