340 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. lsxix. 



P. obconica, Hance, var. rotundifolia, Franchet. 

 P. obconica, Hance, var. glabrescens, Franchet 

 (ex specim.). 

 P. Bonatii, Knuth: a nondescript = P. obconica, Hance. 

 P. filipes, Watt : a dwarf obconica with delicate petioles, 



and scapes shorter than leaves. 

 P. Listeri, King. 

 P. obconica, Hance. 



P. obconica, Hance, var. hispida, Franch. 

 P. poculiformis, Hook. f. 

 P. oreodoxa, Franch. : an obconica, hairy, and with 

 narrow oblong lobed leaves, and a calyx showing 

 remarkable denticulate lobes. 

 P. parva, Balf. fil. : a rupestral dwarf glaucous obconica 



with stout petioles and scapes shorter than leaves. 

 P. Petitmengini, Bonati : a large-leaved obconica, not 

 markedly hirsute, with scapes shorter than leaves, 

 and long pedicels thread-like. Doubtfully distinct 

 from P. Vilmoriniana, Petitm. 

 P. poculiformis, Hook, f . = P. obconica, Hance. 

 P. sinolisteri. Balf. fil. : a glabrescent obconica with 

 acute lobed small leaves, and scapes longer than 

 leaves. 



P. Listeri, G. Forrest (ex parte). 



P. Listeri, King, var. glabrescens, Franch. (ex 



descr.). 

 P. Listeri, Pax (ex parte). 



P. obconica, Hance, var. glabrescens, Franch. 

 (ex descr.). 

 P. Vilmoriniana, Petitm. : a hirsute large-leaved ob- 

 conica with stout scapes shorter than leaves, and 

 short pedicels. 



Postscript. 



Since the preceding story was to]d to the members of 

 the Botanical Society, the Primula Conference of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society has been held, to which I 

 contributed an account of Asiatic Primulas, not Himalayan. 

 Speaking of the obconico- Listeri series, I included in it 

 P. Cavcdieri, Petitm., as one of the growth forms. Some 

 better material than that which I had been able to examine 



