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PLATE 2776. 
CAROLINELLA CORDIFOLIA, Hemsl. 
PRIMULACES. 
ordifolia, Hemsi. (sp. ahs ; a speciebus hucusque cognitis foliis 
eis cordatis omnino differ 
Herba perennis, scapigera, novellis plus minusve ferrugineo- 
tomentosis, demum fere undique glabra. olia longe petiolata, papy- 
racea ; etiolus gracilis, an -semiteres, enguste “alat tus, 3-9 poll. 
longus ; Jamina papyracea, elliptico ov pate. vel rotundato cordata, lobis 
basilaribus obtegentibus, margine setaceo- denticulata et obscure 
lobulata, supra glabra vel cito “glabrescentia, subtus precipue secus 
venas ferr ugineo-puberula, costa subtus elevata, venis plimariis 
diametro, 7 -8 lin ongi, cymoso-racemosi, cymis fructiferis elongatis, 
graciliter pedicellati, peclicellis brevioribus bracteis linearibus suffultis 
dimorphi, alii staminibus altius affixis stylo brevi consociatis, alii 
staminibus medio tubo affixis stylo elongato consociatis. Calyx minute 
puberulus, tubulosus, 5-costatus ; lobi angusti, acutissimi, erecti, tubo 
paullo breviores. orolla sparsissime ‘minuteque puberula, hypo- 
craterimorpha, limbi lobis subquadratis erosis sinu unide nticulato. 
Orarium glabrum. Capsula calyptratim dehiscens, ora demum fim- 
briata. Semina ignota. 
Cuina; Mengting mountains, Yunnan, in forests at 7500 ft. 
A. Henry, 10890. 
have figured this second species of Carolinella in order 
Soha the generic character (given under plate 27 26) which, after all 
amounts to vy tle more than the calyptrate capsule, as distinguished 
ei as rimu 
nswer te inquiries, Dr. Henry wrote :—‘ The Carolinella, with 
ree cordate leaves, was collected by me in sad corel = Mengting, 
south of the Red River, in a direction somewhat south-west of 
Mengtze. This was the extreme limit reached rag me ona weap I made 
south of the Red River, after crossing the great range, which is the 
watershed between the Red and the Black iver, in a densely wooded 
virgin forest country. I turned back after descending two or three 
miles of the southern slope of the range, exactly at the point where 
