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oblonga vel oblonga, basi rotundata vel cuneata vel corda- 

 tula, apice rotundata vel obtusissima, coriacea, serratula, 

 margine paulo revoluta, rugosa, glabra, efarinosa, nervis 

 reticulatis supra subobscuris ; petiolus 2-4 cm. longus, 

 laminam superans, membranaceo-alatus. Scapus elongatus, 

 folia multo superans, 15-25 cm. longus, umbellam pauci- 

 floram (plerumque 3-4-floram) gerens ; bracteae ± 1 cm. 

 longae, lineari-subulatae, parce farinosae ; pedicelli 1-3 cm. 

 longi, in fructu ad 8 cm. elongati ; flores ± nutantes. Calyx 

 7-8 mm. longus, tubulosus 5-costatus, vix ad medium fissus, 

 farinosus ; lobi anguste triangulari-lanceolati, acuminati, 

 plerumque erecti. Corolla lutea ; tubus 1'5-1*8 cm. longus. 

 calycem longe superans, superne ampliatus, exannulatus ; 

 lobi suberecti ovati vix emarginati. Capsula cylindrica, 

 calycem aequans vel paulo brevior. 



Eastern Himalaya. — At Chumegati, in the Chumbi Valley, 

 at an elevation of 15,000 feet, No. 317 Rohmoo in Herb. 

 Edin. ; at Kalaeree in the Chumbi Valley at an elevation 

 of 16,000 feet, No. 407 Rohmoo in Herb. Edin. 



This species is undoubtedly closely allied to Primula 

 reticulata, Wall., but differs markedly in the leaves. 

 These are small and coriaceous. The plant grows probably 

 in muddy places, and is exposed to less continuously wet 

 conditions during the flowering season than its ally in 

 Sikkim ; at times, no doubt, its habitat is almost dry. 



Primula obliqua, W. W. Sm. Sp. no v. 



Species Primulae Stuart ii, Wall., valde affinis ; umbella 

 paucifiora, calycis lobis obtusis, corolla obliqua fere alba, 

 petalis emarginatis, distinguitur ; a P. sikkimensi, Hook, f., 

 habitu et corollae forma facile separatur. Haec species 

 sikkimensis cum P. Stuart ii ex Himalaya occidentali et 

 centrali diu confusa est. 



Planta robusta glabra 30-45 cm. alta, habitu Primulai 

 Stiiartii, basi squamis subfoliaceis membranaceis, in vivo 

 carnosulis, 2-6 cm. longis, arete obtecta. Folia petiolata ; 

 lamina 10-12 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, anguste lanceolata, 

 obtusa vel subacuta, subcoriacea, argute serrata vel serrato- 

 crenulata, subtus pallido-farinosa, in petiolum laminam 

 aequantem vel minorem, alatum, basi membranaceo-vagin- 

 antem, attenuata. Scapus elongatus, ad 45 cm. longus, 



