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Scapus nanus folia non aequans umbellam 4-6-floram 

 gerens ; bracteae lineares 7-8 mm. longae ; pedicelli bracteis 

 longiores. 



Calyx 5 mm. longus pubescens tubuloso-campanulatus 

 lobis ad medium fissis leviter dentatis. 



Corollae luteae tubus calycem duplo superans, limbus 

 concavus 10-12 mm. diametiens, lobi obcordati emarginati. 



Capsula ovato-rotunda calycem subaequans. 



Yunnan. Batang. Soulie (1903). No. 4061. 



Near P. bracteata, Franchet, from which it is distinguished 

 by its narrow leaves, white mealy below, at least when 

 young, by its calyx, not longer than 5 mm. , and with lobes 

 not deeply cut (whilst that of P. bracteata, Franchet, is 

 1 cm. long with deep, much narrower lobes), and by its 

 much more elongated corolla-tube — up to 1'5 cm., — recalling 

 that of P. Lacei, Hemsley et Watt. 



I only know this species from Petitmengin's description, 

 which I have transcribed. 



6. Primula Lacei, Hemsley et Watt, in " Journ. Linn. Soc," 

 xxviii. (1891), 325, pi. 41. (Plate XL) 



Suffruticosa pulvinaris fragrans caudiculis sublignosis 

 brunneis foliis et innorescentiis vetustis densissime vestitis 

 hie et illic elongatis et cataphyllis paucis suftultis, plus 

 minusve albo- v. aureo-lanatis. 



Folia petiolata, 2-3 cm. longa, ad apices ramorum subrosu- 

 lata; lamina l - 5-2 cm. longa 8-12 mm. lata firma obovato- 

 spathulata vel oblonga foliorum juvenilium semper rugosa 

 albo- vel aureo-lanata saepe glabrescens, apice rotundata 

 vel deltoidea, margine dentata, deorsum in petiolum anguste 

 alatum et basi vaginatim expansum attenuata. 



Inflorescentia inter folia immersa ; scapus sub anthesi 

 nullus post anthesin in axem validum brevem 3-35 mm. 

 longum sparsim puberulum elongatus, umbellam 3-7-floram 

 gerens bracteae lineari-lanceolatae acutae virides puberulae 

 9-10 mm. longae 1'5 mm. latae ; pedicelli 5*5-7 mm. longi 

 puberuli bracteis multo-breviores. 



Calyx anguste campanulatus basi subsclerosus puberulus 

 vel albo- vel aureo-lanatus 7-8 mm. longus alte fissus, 

 lobis 5 mm. longis submembranaceis lineari-lanceolatis 

 acutis. 



