200 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. lxxvii. 



has almost always the cordate base, while in P. rufa, Balf. 

 fil., it is attenuately cuneate. 



4. Primula bracteata, Franchet, in " Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France," xxxii. (1885), p. 264. (Plate X.) 



Suffruticosa caespitosa efarinosa plus minusve pubescens. 

 Rhizoma lignosum crassum apice ramosum vestigiis siccis 

 foliorum et inflorescentiarum dense vestitum. 



Folia petiolata 4-8 cm. longa ; lamina oblonga petiolum 

 aequans v. eo brevior supra rugosa vel subplana subtus non 

 elevato-reticulata, apice obtusa, margine subtiliter repando- 

 crenata basi attenuata ; petiolus anguste alatus basi 

 vaginato-expansus. 



Scapus tenuis glanduloso-pubescens 3 cm. longus foliis 

 multo brevior umbellam unam 5-10-floram gerens ; bracteae 

 foliaceae ad 1"2 cm. longae lineares vel lanceolatae ; pedicelli 

 inaequales ad 2 cm. longi dense puberuli bracteis longiores 

 v. breviores. 



Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus 1-1 "3 cm. longus basi 

 subincrassatus, lobis 3-4 mm. longis oblongo-ovatis obtusis 

 mucronulatis. 



Corollae luteae tubus calycem vix superans intus infra 

 antheras paullo rugosus, limbus magnus 15 cm. diametiens 

 lobis obcordatis. 



Capsula globosa. 



Yunnan. Clefts of rock in the gorges of the Pee cha ho 

 near Mo so yn, Lankong. Delavay (1883), No. 2. 



A distinct species of the series marked by its non-farinose 

 character and by the short scapes immersed in the leaves. 

 Apparently it is not so spreading as some other species, and 

 the herbarium specimens I have seem to show it is a plant 

 of the habit of our Dryas octopetala. 



5. P. pseudobracteata, Petitmengin, in " Bull. Herb. Boiss.," 

 ser. 2, viii. (1908), p. 366. 



Albo-f arinosa tota pube partim glanduloso - scabrida. 

 Rhizoma lignescens crassum apice vestigiis foliorum anni 

 praeteriti dense vestitum. 



Folia 2 cm. longa 5-8 mm. lata petiolata dentata subtus 

 albo-f arinosa ; petiolus 1*5-2 cm. longus anguste alatus 

 laminam aequans vel superans. 



