PhLate 2726. 
CAROLINELLA HENRYYI, //emsl. 
PRIMULACER. 
Carolinella Hems!. Genus novum habitu et capsula calyptratim 
dehiscente a Primula recedens. 
Calyx anguste wont pacha! — tec 5-lobatus, lobis 
erectis acutis. Corolla bene evolut visa ; tubus s eylindricus, 
rectus, supra medium inftatis ‘ habese: : " ianvan 5, eequalia, 
inclusa, tubo a affixa, filamentis brevissimis ; ; anthere lineari- 
oblonge. Ovarium oblongo-ovoideum ; stylus filiformis, inclusus, basi 
indurata Sedat aaster Capsula ovoidea, polysperma, corolla marcescente 
coronata. Semina inzequalia, sepius irregulariter cuneata, angulata, 
levia, peltatim affixa, longe funiculata.—Herba perennis scapigera, 
undique glabra, rhizomate subhorizontali. Folia omnia radicalia, 
coriacea, longe vel longissime petiolata, lanceolata, maxima circiter 15 
lamina sapissime longior. Sc capi erecti, graciliusculi, per totam longi- 
tudinem nudi, quam folia sepissime longior es, Flores parvi, 10-20 ac 
iden scapi fasciculatim conferti , pedicellr graciles, 2-5 lin. longi ; 
acteole linesres, quam pedicelli circiter dimidio breviores. 
C. Henryi, Hemsl. (species unica). 
Cuina : forests south-east of Mengtze, Yunnan, at 5,000 feet, 
A. Henry, 10735. 
This genus is dedicated to the memory of Caroline, the late wife of 
r. A. Henry, who accompanied him ea China in 1891, and was with 
him successively at Shanghai i and in Formosa. rs. Henry assisted to 
some extent in collecting, but delicate Haadids necessitated change, and 
she first contd to Japan, “where she made a small collection of plants 
around A , near Kobe. Subsequently Mrs. Henry went to Denver, 
Colorado, aicinpanied by Miss M. Henry, now Mrs. A. 5. OL 
Mailoor, in the Nilghiris. These wake ladies made : oP tage 
on of Colorado plants, a set which is t 
enry grew gradually worse, and died in “1894, Perfect af foes 
of Garotinela are still wanting, but I fear we may have long to wait, 
because the seed from the Kew specimens has not pencchaned: — 
W. Borrine Hace 
1, rhizome with bases of leaves and = as 26 2, a flower, the corolla withered ; 
3, withered corolla _ = showing sta 4, pistil ; 5, cross section of ovary 
6, capsule; 7, seeds ; mbryo. AB danest hy. 1 enlarged, 
SERIES IV. VOL. VIII. PART IL. sg 
